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1 week ago | 
gazettengr.com | Adefemola Akintade |Ahmed Oluwasanjo
Nigerian payments startup Paystack is embroiled in a regulatory crisis after the launch of its consumer product, Zap, sparked a trademark war with another startup, Zap Africa and triggered scrutiny that showed that Paystack’s Zap failed to inform the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), let alone obtain approval to launch. Paystack went behind CBN’s back to launch Zap, a report by Big Tech This Week found.
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3 weeks ago | 
gazettengr.com | Adefemola Akintade |Ahmed Oluwasanjo |Olumayowa Samuel
The Independent National Electoral Commission has dismissed the recall petition filed against the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. “The petition for the recall of the senator representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District has not met the requirement of Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended),” the electoral body wrote on X Thursday afternoon.
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1 month ago | 
gazettengr.com | Victor Olorunfemi |Ahmed Oluwasanjo
Temidayo Ajayi, President Bola Tinubu’s media aide, says the corps member who called his principal a “terrible” leader deserves to be executed by hanging or firing squad. Ushie ‘Raye’ Uguamaye, the corper, had in a recent TikTok post. Ms Uguamaye is serving in Lagos. The presidential aide was not pleased with what Ms Uguamaye said and called for her head because she is a corps member. “If she is not a corper, she can say whatever she fancies like people do per second.
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1 month ago | 
gazettengr.com | Adefemola Akintade |Ahmed Oluwasanjo
The Rivers Assembly on Thursday made plans to direct the nation’s secret police, SSS, to investigate the state’s chief judge, Simeon Amadi, over alleged age falsification, in a cloaked and desperate attempt to get rid of anyone deemed an obstacle to an alleged impeachment plot against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
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1 month ago | 
gazettengr.com | Adefemola Akintade |Ahmed Oluwasanjo
Neda Imasuen, chair of the Senate Committee on Ethics that recommended the suspension of Natasha Akpoti, has been stripped of his bar licence in New York, U.S., over allegations of multimillion-dollar fraud and gross misconduct. A document obtained by Peoples Gazette showed that Mr Imasuen had been disbarred for life in New York after he swindled his client, absconding with representation fees without making an appearance for her in court.
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1 month ago | 
gazettengr.com | Adefemola Akintade |Ahmed Oluwasanjo
The Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund has named Nigeria among the four pilot countries that will benefit from a funding programme for women entrepreneurs. The training session and funds are expected to equip women with the digital trade skills necessary to upscale their businesses.
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1 month ago | 
gazettengr.com | Adefemola Akintade |Ahmed Oluwasanjo
The United States Mission has condemned the “brutal and senseless killing” of Kaduna-based Catholic priest Reverend Father Sylvester Okechukwu and called on the Nigerian government to find his killers. Mr Okechukwu was abducted on Tuesday night and was killed the next day, specifically on Ash Wednesday. His death on a significant holy day, Ash Wednesday, without a ransom demand has renewed religious tensions in the Muslim-dominated state.
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1 month ago | 
gazettengr.com | Adefemola Akintade |Ahmed Oluwasanjo
Impeached Lagos State House Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, said he has no intention to sanction his “brothers and sisters” who voted to oust him from office, as he returned to the assembly complex on Thursday while proclaiming himself Speaker of the House. Mr Obasa, in company of aides, said his impeachment on January 13 —after an explosive report by Peoples Gazette detailing corruption allegations against him— did not follow due process, hence cannot stand.
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2 months ago | 
gazettengr.com | Victor Olorunfemi |Ahmed Oluwasanjo
Longtime Donald Trump loyalist Kash Patel was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), ending a weeks-long delay spearheaded by opposing Democratic lawmakers. Mr Patel was confirmed after a final 51-49 vote on the Senate floor, with Republican senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins joining all Democratic lawmakers in opposing the nominee’s confirmation.
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2 months ago | 
gazettengr.com | Adefemola Akintade |Ahmed Oluwasanjo
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to temporarily decriminalise American businesses from giving or taking bribes from foreigners, saying the policy’s economic consequences far outweighed the benefits. Mr Trump said the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), despite looking good on paper, was in reality sabotaging numerous U.S. businesses across the nation and overseas. “The title is so lovely, but it’s an absolutely horror show for America,” Mr Trump said.
