The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has directed the staff of the Commission to declare their assets.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
ASHENEWS reports that the Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, (CISLAC), Auwal Musa Rafsanjani has described religious leaders have become “beggars to political leaders.”
ASHENEWS reports that one of Nigeria’s ace lawyer, and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, has classified politics as the only lucrative business in the country.
ASHENEWS reports that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed President Bola Tinubu’s claims that he (Atiku) forged his certificates.
When a friend read the list of agriculture-related products among the 43 items that can be imported using the country’s meagre foreign reserves, he quipped, “Nigeria bade farewell to national food security.”
ASHENEWS reports that the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has called for an amendment to the Electoral Act, 2022 that would disallow the President of the country to appoint chairman of the electoral umpire.
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigerian government has threatened that it will adopt the principle of reciprocity in issuing visas to foreigners seeking to enter the country.
ASHENEWS reports that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained that single digit interest for agriculture loans will help transform the agribusiness, and called on the federal government of Nigeria to reduce the interest rate.
Professor Chibedum Nwaijuba has been appointed Senior Fellow of the Center for Climate Change and Development AEFUNAI. Professor Nwaijuba will join hands to realize the Center’s vision to become a world-class think tank and the leading center of innovative learning, research, and policy guidance in the areas of environmental sustainability, climate change and green development in Nigeria and Africa more broadly.
In the USA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has even recommended a ban on hair-smoothing and hair-straightening products that contain formaldehyde, a chemical known to cause cancer.