Author: Amina Mohammed

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says it will delist companies that have not filed their annual reports in a decade. In a statement on Wednesday, the Commission said the full list of the dormant companies was available on its website. “This is to inform the general public that the commission pursuant to its powers contained in Section 692 (3) (4) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 3 of 2020, intends to strike off from the Register, names of defunct or dormant companies that have not filed Annual Returns for a period of 10 years,” the statement partly read.…

Ahead of the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party has announced it will begin a ward-to-ward campaign on July 25. A statement on Thursday from the Deputy Director-General of Media and Publicity of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Management Council, Rev. Olu Martins, stated, “The ward tours will afford us the opportunity of meeting our party faithful at the grassroots level so that they can better be acquainted with the programmes and vision of our candidate, Asue Ighodalo, and his running mate, Osarodion Ogie. “The tours will also serve as a platform for our candidate and the…

Andy Murray withdrew from the tennis singles at the Paris Olympics on Thursday but the two-time gold medallist will play doubles in what will be the final event of his glittering career. The British former world number one, who will retire at the end of his fifth Games, has still not fully recovered from back surgery last month. He believes the men’s doubles, where he is playing with Dan Evans, offers his best chance of another medal. “I’ve taken the decision to withdraw from the singles to concentrate on the doubles with Dan,” said the 37-year-old. “Our practice has been…

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, on Wednesday urged the people of the South-East not to join the planned anti-government protests. This request comes after President Bola Tinubu signed the South East Development Commission bill into law.” Kalu said President Tinubu has shown his resolve to heal the wounds of the past, as the newly signed bill will tackle ecological problems and other related environmental or developmental challenges in the south-east states, and address infrastructural damages suffered by the zone as a result of the civil war. “To my fellow South-Easterners, I implore you not to…

The Federal Government has reiterated commitment to the full implementation of the 2024 Budget. It also pledged to promote a transparent and efficient financial management system. The commitments were made yesterday by the Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun. He spoke during a meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts at the National Assembly in Abuja. Edun’s meeting with the House panel came a day after the National Assembly passed the N6.2 trillion Supplementary Appropriation Bill to raise the 2024 Budget to N35.05 trillion from N28.8 trillion. Pledging to achieve a robust…

Governors yesterday led in cautioning protest promoters, saying there will be no room for a repeat of the 2020 #EndSARS which wreaked havoc on many cities. Although they acknowledged the freedom to protest, the governors said it must be peaceful. Governors Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo) and Duoye Diri (Bayelsa) spoke at different occasions. Southeast governors spoke in unison against the planned protest through their chairman, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma. Oba of Benin Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and chairmen of local governments in Lagos State, among others, also cautioned…

The Edo State Government has charged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to focus on selling their candidate to the people of the State rather than resort to campaign of calumny and mudslinging, peddling falsehoods and mistruths to hoodwink the people. The Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Osa Nehikhare, who briefed journalists, on Wednesday, in Benin City, said the APC is reeling from the fact that they have a bad candidate, who has continued to inflict the party and its handlers with the pain of making up stories to hoodwink Edo people. Nehikhare noted that it was surprising…

The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts in the implementation of its economic policies to cushion the effects of hardship on the people. Oba Ewuare II, who made the call through his Chief Press Secretary, Osaigbovo Iguobaro, in Benin on Wednesday, however, appealed to the people to shelve the planned August 1, 2024, nationwide protest and allowed the Federal Government to implement its economic blueprint. The Traditional ruler disclosed that his appeal was informed by the recent emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee of the National Council…

Justice M.A.Oyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has convicted Etiusen Stephen for spraying Naira notes. He was arraigned on July 19, 2024 on a two-count charge bordering on naira abuse, an offence that contravenes the provisions of Section 21 of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act. One of the charges reads: ‘That you Etiusen Stephen Udo on or about 27th June 2024 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court did sell Forty Thousand Naira notes (N40,000.00) Only to one Edidiong Usoro and thereby Committed an offence contrary to…

Keir Starmer faced his first House of Commons grilling as UK prime minister on Wednesday, after suspending seven of his own Labour MPs for rebelling over a controversial welfare policy. Starmer suspended the Labour rebels late Tuesday after they backed a motion demanding the removal of the contentious two-child limit on benefits introduced by the previous Conservative government. Their votes supporting ending the cap — introduced in 2015 and which restricts payments to the first two children born to most families — is an early test of Starmer’s authority. The new UK leader has warned there is “no silver bullet”…