ICSAN 2025 Forum
20 Mar
Industry leaders at the 2025 Company Secretaries and Registrars Forum, organized by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), have emphasised responsible AI adoption in corporate governance and sustainability. The forum gathered experts in governance, finance, and technology to discuss AI’s role in sustainable corporate practices. Speaking at the panel discussion themed…
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The Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have called on the Federal Government to increase the Tobacco Control Fund (TCF) from N13 million to N300 million allocated to it in the 2025 budget. At a joint press conference held in Abuja, they argued that N13 million remains…
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The Senate, on Tuesday, approved the appointment of Prof. Melvin Ayogu as a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), reinforcing efforts to strengthen the nation's financial sector. His confirmation came after the presentation of a report by the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Institutions. Sen.…
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Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, will on Wednesday unveil the Free to Shine Triple Elimination Campaign for HIV/AIDS, Syphilis, and Hepatitis in Asaba, Delta State. Senator Tinubu disclosed this on Tuesday in Asaba, the state capital, while presenting 10,000 professional kits for the retraining of 120,000 frontline health workers in the South-South region.…
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Kashim Musa Tumsah, MFR, an oil and gas lawyer, diplomat, and farmer, is challenging our collective conscience in Yobe State, Northeast Nigeria, by investing in human capital and infrastructural development, as well as silently empowering the people across the state. In the northern region, where political office holders elected by the people to improve their…
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The Ondo State Security outfit, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has reassured residents of its resolve to combat the surge in kidnapping and banditry in the state. The Commandant of the Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, stated this after a meeting with lawmakers in the Ondo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday in Akure. The News Agency of…
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Delta elder statesman and former Military Administrator of Abia State, Air Vice Marshal Frank O. Ajobena (rtd), on Tuesday, added his voice to the condemnation of President Bola Tinubu's declaration of a state of emergency on Rivers State's executive and legislative arms. Ajobena said the President's action is nothing but autocratic governance, as he lacks…
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Another fleeing inmate from the jailbreak at the Koton Karfe custodial centre in Kogi State has been arrested. This brings the total number of those recaptured to six out of the twelve inmates who escaped from the facility on Monday morning, March 24, 2025, leaving one officer dead. The spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Service…
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has urged media professionals to partner with the Nigerian Army and other security agencies to enhance national security. Oluyede made the call in a keynote address he delivered at the Nigerian Army, Civil-Military Cooperation Media Chat held on Tuesday in Gombe. The event was declared open by…
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The lawmaker representing Ebonyi North, Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi, and a former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, on Tuesday, engaged in a heated argument at the National Assembly. The clash occurred at the ethics committee hearing on the sexual harassment allegations levelled against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, by suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central,…
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Political parties that participated in the 2024 Edo and Ondo governorship elections collectively spent over N13.4 billion, with the All Progressives Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party (LP) accounting for nearly all expenditures. This was revealed in a new report released on Tuesday by Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), a non-governmental…