In a bid to enhance the accessibility and comprehension of Lagos State laws, the Lagos State Government has announced its readiness to translate existing state laws from English into Yoruba. This was disclosed on Wednesday during a One-Day Stakeholders’ Meeting on the People’s Perception Survey regarding the Translation of Lagos State Laws into Yoruba, organised […]

On October 15, 2024, Professor Toyin Falola will inaugurate a new field, African Ancestral Studies (AAS), at the University of Ghana. Professor Falola is Africa’s most decorated humanities scholar, and AAS will ‘merge ideas on what we traditionally call heritage, culture, and identity.’

The Federal Government and Organised Labour, yesterday, agreed on modalities to crash transport fares and prices of essential commodities, especially foodstuffs. This came on a day the House of Representatives asked the Federal Government to reverse the recent petrol price hike and take immediate steps to stabilise petrol and cooking gas prices through targeted interventions, such as

The naira lost N106.7 against the dollar in the last 48 hours at the official foreign exchange market. This comes as the naira further weakened against the dollar in the foreign exchange market as FX supply dropped on Wednesday. FMDQ data showed that the naira dropped to N 1659.69 per dollar on Wednesday from N1658.97 exchanged on Tuesday.

Festus Keyamo, the minister of aviation and aerospace development, has directed foreign airlines to patronise local caterers for on-board meals. Keyamo gave the directive in a letter — signed by Ejibunu, director overseeing the office of the permanent secretary — to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). In the letter dated October 15, 2024, the

The sponsor said the bill sought to establish the Nigerian Coast Guard to be charged with the responsibility of securing maritime zones within Nigeria. A bill to establish the Nigerian Coast Guard has scaled second reading in the Senate. This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of the bill by

The Nigerian Naira is among the worst-performing currencies in sub-Sahara Africa at the end of August 2024. The World Bank disclosed this in its latest edition of Africa’s Pulse report. Report showed that the Naira is at par with the Ethiopian Birr, and South Sudanese Pound in terms of decline in the region. The report

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has unveiled new regulations to simplify the process of obtaining petrol import licences and other operational regulations in the industry into a single document. It stated that previous regulations, administered by the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources concerning midstream and downstream operations, have been

The Federal Government has unveiled a comprehensive plan to provide cash transfers to 20 million poor Nigerians in a move to address poverty and improve living standards. According to Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, the social investment program aims to impact 60% of the poorest citizens, directly supporting 20

Adedeji Adeleke, the father of the award-winning superstar, David, popularly called Davido, has revealed what he went through securing the environmental permit for his power plant worth over $2 billion. The billionaire industrialist disclosed this while speaking as a Layperson from the West-Central Africa Division during the Seventh Day Adventist General Conference Annual Council on