CAC issues 6-Week Notice For Unregistered Businesses
The Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, has ordered all businesses operating in Nigeria, to, within six-weeks, comply with the registration requirements of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAMA, 2020. In a circular yesterday, the Commission noted that after the ultimatum, it would take necessary legal action against erring offenders who fail to comply. It warned […]
FG Ready To Pay Outstanding 5 Months Wage Award Arrears
The Federal Government has announced plans to commence payment of the outstanding five months’ wage award arrears to workers immediately. Director of Press, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, who made this known in a statement, explained that while the Federal Government had earlier disbursed five months’ worth of the wage […]
JAMB Denies Posting Candidates Outside Chosen Examination Towns
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied allegations that it assigns candidates to exam centers outside their chosen towns. The board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, stated that candidates are assigned to centers within their selected towns and challenged anyone with proof to the contrary to come forward. Benjamin added that, to ensure transparency […]
FG Warns Against Threats of Cyber-slavery In West Africa
The Federal Government has raised an alarm about the growing threat of cyber-slavery in West Africa, targeting Nigerian youths. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday expressed concern over the alarming rise in cases of cyber-slavery across parts of West Africa, which he said “primarily targets Nigerian citizens, […]
FG Receives 231 Trafficked Nigerian Youths Rescued from Ghana
The Federal Government has received 231 Nigerian youths, comprising boys and girls, who were victims of human trafficking and recently rescued from Ghana. According to the Head of Human Trafficking at Ghana’s Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Staff Officer Dominic Mensah, the victims were found during a raid on an estate where they were […]
JAMB Commences CBT UTME Examination Nationwide
The 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, began yesterday at various CBT centres across the country, with over 2 million candidates participating. In Lagos, officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were deployed to secure all accredited CBT centres for the examination. Speaking at the end of a monitoring exercise at some CBT […]
Federal Government To Conduct Forensic Audit On NNPCL
Federal Government plans to conduct a forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, soon. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, who revealed this at the ongoing Nigerian Investor Forum in Washington DC, explained that the recent changes in the NNPCL management are part of a broader effort […]
Federal Government Releases N50 billion To ASUU And Relaunches School Feeding Programme
Federal Government has released N50 billion to the academic and non-academic staff unions of federal universities for the settlement of earned allowances. Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, announced this in a statement which said the move is in fulfilment of President Bola Tinubu’s promise to the university staff members and to transform Nigeria’s education […]
NAHCON Ready for Hitch-Free 2025 Hajj, Airlifts to Begin Next Month
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has concluded arrangements to commence the 2025 Hajj operations with the airlift of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia starting from May 9, 2025. The update was disclosed on Tuesday after the NAHCON board briefed Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa on preparations for the 2025 Hajj operations. Speaking […]
President Tinubu Returns To Nigeria After Visit To France, UK
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after a working visit to France and the UK. The President had departed Nigeria on April 2 for Paris, France, where he held a meeting with the U.S. Department of State’s Senior Advisor for Africa, Mr Massad Boulos, on deepening bilateral cooperation to enhance regional security and sustainable […]