UN Frees 876 Children Linked To Boko Haram

By Bliss Okperan The Sokoto State Election Petition Tribunal will on Saturday, September 30, 2023, deliver a judgement on the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship election in the state, Mr Sa’idu Umar. Mr Umar challenged the victory of the Governor of Sokoto State, Mr Ahmed Aliyu, who contested the poll under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said Mr Aliyu was not qualified to partake in the poll and also alleged electoral fraud during the March 18 governorship election. In a press release, the court stated that, “Take

By Adedapo Adesanya The federal government has declared Monday, October 2, 2023, a public holiday to celebrate Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Day, which falls on Sunday, October 1. The Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known in a statement signed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mrs Oluwatoyin Akinlade, in Abuja on Thursday. Mr Olubunmi acknowledged the global socio-economic hardship, noting that Nigeria is not excluded. He, however, reasserted the government’s commitment to tackling the issues facing the country to reassure Nigerians. “It is today a known fact that difficult Socio-Economic and Security challenges are global, and Nigeria is not

By Adedapo Adesanya The chief executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Mr Gbenga Komolafe, has cancelled all activities lined up for his 60th birthday amid increased calls for his sack. Mr Komolafe, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), turned the milestone age on Tuesday, September 26 and there was a planned thanksgiving service to mark the day slated for this Saturday, September 30. However, he said that amid the current economic state in the country, he has decided to cancel all the planned celebrations, according to a report by Premium Times. This development comes

By Adedapo Adesanya The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been chosen as the best federal government agency in Digital Transformation. This recognition came from the Presidency through the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR). In a statement, it was disclosed that the Director-General of the maritime regulator, Mr Bashir Jamoh, has been nominated to receive the distinguished GovTech Trailblazers Award for his exemplary leadership. The BPSR explained that the nominees were picked from a nationwide nomination and online voting process initiated by the bureau, as well as a detailed analysis of the performance of all government MDAs

Founders of Nigeria’s digital content distribution platform Publiseer, Chidi Nwaogu and Chika Nwaogu, have been invited by Mastercard Foundation to participate in its Young Africa Works Summit, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa on October 17 and 18, 2019. Chidi Nwaogu, Publiseer’s CEO, took to his twitter page to announce this. This is following his selection as a Westerwelle Fellow and a Yunus & Youth Global Fellow, and his recent shortlist in the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 List. This news also comes with the founders’ invitation to the 2nd Midem African Forum, in association with Trace, taking place

In line with its avowed commitment to transparency and accountability in all its activities as committed by the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, the National Oil Company has announced winners of its 2019/2020 Direct Sale of Crude Oil and Direct Purchase of Petroleum Products (DSDP) arrangement. A release on Sunday in Abuja by the Corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, said following the completion of the 2019/2020 DSDP tender exercise, 15 consortia/companies made up of reputable and experienced international companies and Nigerian Downstream companies emerged successful

By Adedapo Adesanya The last transaction of the week at the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange ended with a negative outlook on Friday November 8, 2019 with the key parameters pointing south. Business Post reports that both the NASD Unlisted Security Index (NSI) and the market capitalisation closed lower on Friday after finishing flat at the previous session. The market capitalisation dropped 0.19 percent or N970 million to settle at N504.17 billion on Friday compared with N505.14 billion it ended on Thursday, while the NSI also depreciated by 0.19 percent or 1.35 points to settle at 701.76 points in contrast

By Adedapo Adesanya For another week, the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange languished in the negative territory, losing 0.15 per cent in the 48th week of trading this year. This shrank the NASD Unlisted Securities Index (NSI) by 1.08 points to 710.58 points from 711.66 points recorded in the previous week and drained the market capitalisation of the NASD OTC exchange by N1.41 billion to N933.71 billion from N935.12 billion. The loss printed by the bourse in the week was driven by the decline in the share prices of the trio of UBN Property Plc, FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc, and

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Content intelligence platform for the world’s leading publishers, Chartbeat, has announced that the company has closed a $7 million funding round, led by North Atlantic Capital. The capital will enable Chartbeat to accelerate its leadership position in real-time analytics across desktop, social, and mobile platforms. 2018 has seen unprecedented traffic shifts, and Chartbeat provides media organizations with instant insights about content engagement and reader traffic — whether directly on publisher websites or from platforms such as Facebook and Google. Empowered with data, media organizations can better understand, measure, and build business value from the attention earned by

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By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is partnering with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries to implement the ‘Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050’ (ASL2050) project. The project aims to facilitate dialogue, knowledge sharing and consultation among livestock, health and environment stakeholders in order to identify opportunities and threats associated with the long-term development of livestock, and to agree upon priority reforms and investments to create the capacity needed to ensure a sustainable development of the livestock sector in the next three or four decades. ASL2050

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Buying interest at the secondary treasury bills market on Thursday, which was supported by slight offshore demand in the market and inflows from OMO and PMA repayments, compressed yields to a 6-week low of 14.73 percent after a 0.21 percent decline. Business Post reports that yields across all tenors depreciated yesterday except for the 3-month maturity, which appreciated by 0.09 percent to settle at 11.76 percent. Yields on the one-month bill crashed by 0.43 percent to close at 14.24 percent, the 6-month bill dropped 0.60 percent to finish at 13.88 percent, the 9-month paper fell by 0.05