July 2025 – Page 220

Daily Trust MD Makes Case For Statistical Data In National Devt

02.07.2025

Former Managing Director of Daily Trust Newspaper Isiaq Ajibola has harped on the importance of statistics in national development. Ajibola emphasized the need to educate the public on how to understand, interpret, and apply statistical information in everyday decision-making. He noted that making statistics accessible and user-friendly is key to fostering a data-driven culture in Nigeria....

Edun Canvasses Fiscal Reform At Un Finance Summit

02.07.2025

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economys ,Mr Wale Edun, has harped on need for fiscal reform and international cooperation. He stated this yesterday when he delivered the country’s statement at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), holding in Sevilla, Spain. Speaking at a high-level roundtable on domestic public resource...

Dangote Refinery Reduces Ex-Depot Price By N40 As Partnership Grows

02.07.2025

With assurance of a steady supply of petroleum products, more independent marketers have joined the growing list of distributors retailing Dangote Refinery’s high-quality petroleum products across the country. New marketers signed the partnership deal with Dangote Refinery just as the Refinery management announced a reduction in its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly...

Dalori: Coalition Not A Threat To APC

02.07.2025

Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ali Bukar Dalori, said he is committed to uniting party members and leading the ruling party to victory. He also dismissed chances of a coalition usurping the APC at the centre in 2027. Dalori, who officially assumed office on Monday, previously served as the party’s deputy...

Fagbemi Tasks Judges, Lawyers To Make Positive Impact On Nigeria’s Justice System

02.07.2025

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has tasked Judges and lawyers to endeavour to make positive impacts on the nation’s justice system. He pleaded that as ministers in the temple of justice, judges and lawyers must ensure that Nigerians and others who deserve justice are not unjustly...

Olowu Bags UNESCO-TOFAC Cultural Award, Reiterates Call For Promotion Of Tradition

02.07.2025

Olowu of Kuta, HRM Oba Dr Hammed Oyelude Makama, CON, Tegbosun iii, has received the UNESCO-TOFAC Cultural award 2025. Welcoming Olowu to UNIOSUN, venue of the award ceremony in Osogbo, Osun State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Abiodun Bankole, congratulated the monarch for a well-deserved award and for being Cultural Icon. Responding, Olowu, who admonished...

Bawa: Law Enforcement Agencies Benefitted From Fuel Subsidy Scam

02.07.2025

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that law enforcement agencies benefitted from the fuel subsidy sleaze. In his new book: ‘The Shadow of Loot & Losses: Uncovering Nigeria’s Petroleum Subsidy Fraud’, Bawa said Nigeria lost $450 million to subsidy fraud under the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) scheme,...

We Wont Tolerate More Killings, Ogoni Youths Warn Fulani

02.07.2025

Ogoni youths under the auspices of Coalition of Rivers State Youth Bodies (CORYB), have warned Fulani herdsmen in their communities that they will no longer tolerate more killings, urging them to go about their business or leave. The youths, who protested yesterday at the headquarters of the Rivers State Police command in Port Harcourt, accused...

Ex-IPC Chief Flays Presidency’s Funding Of INEC’s HQ Building

02.07.2025

Former Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Engineer Yabagi Sani, has accused the presidency of undermining the independence of Nigeria’s electoral commission by funding and constructing the new headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Speaking during an interview on Channels Television to mark his 68th birthday, Sani described the development as a...

Aregbesola Joins Coalition, Appointed As Interim Scribe

02.07.2025

The immediate past Minister of the Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola alongside his numerous supporters have joined the coalition initiative being proposed by the opposition to oust the Bola Tinubu led government. The decision of the former minister alongside his support group called the Omoluabi is contained in a statement culled from the verified Facebook page...