A Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto has dismissed a suit filed by a former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, over ownership of official vehicles he took away on leaving office last May. In June, the police raided Matawalle’s residences and seized the vehicles as ordered by the court. A statement on Monday by Governor … [Read more…]
PRESS STATEMENT NIGERIA AT #COP28 The Federal Government has noted with interest the public conversation on the number of delegates from Nigeria attending the ongoing Climate Summit in Dubai, otherwise called COP-28, and the need to provide clarity in line with a standing pledge to conduct itself with transparency and accessibility regarding public information. The … [Read more…]
The Labour Party Presidential flag bearer in the last general election in the country, Peter Obi has again screamed at the quantum of waste going on in the APC administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Obi who just chastised the regime for the large size of over 1400 delegates it took to COP28 as wasteful again … [Read more…]
Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to use his position to reject plan by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nysom Wike, to spend N15 billion for the construction of ‘a befitting residence’ for the Vice President, Kashim Shettima. SERAP also urged him to assert the Senate’s … [Read more…]
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two notorious kidnappers who allegedly abducted and buried alive a former Community Development Committee Chairman in Kereken-Boue, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Praise Daakian. The police disclosed that the suspects collected N200,000 as part of payment for the ransom from the victim’s wife before burying him … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Army has taken responsibility for Sunday’s Air Strike that left many villager killed and several others injured at Tudun Biri village in Kaduna State. This development was confirmed by Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs at the end of an emergency security meeting on Monday. On Sunday … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised Nigeria’s large delegation of 1, 411 persons to the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). PDP alleged that the country’s “over-bloated” delegation to the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) brimmed with President … [Read more…]
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has granted taxpayers and businesses full waiver on accumulated penalties and interests for outstanding tax liabilities. Chairman of the revenue service, Zacch Adedeji, made the decision known in a notice he signed. The agency imposes penalties and interests for failure by companies to fulfil their tax obligation as and when … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Government has observed with dismay the indiscriminate destruction of public utilities such as water pipes, electric cables and roads by contractors and contract workers in the course of laying of fibre optic cables, road construction, mounting of billboards or any other activity that requires digging or drilling in Enugu State. The government … [Read more…]
Captains of industry and prospective investors of South-East extraction have expressed their readiness to key into the investment and economic growth plans of the Dr. Peter Mbah-led Enugu State government. They expressed satisfaction with the administration’s effort at rallying local domestic business leaders and de-risking the state’s business environment, stressing that investments go to where … [Read more…]
…Umahi Assures of Commitment to Delivery of Enduring Road Infrastructure in Nigeria The Federal Government of Nigeria has restated its commitment to the delivery of enduring road infrastructure that will conform with the world best standard and add value to the economic recovery action plan of the Renewed Hope administration of the President Bola Ahmed … [Read more…]
The Senate on Friday passed for second reading, the N27.5 trillion 2024 Appropriation Bill presented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on November 29, 2023. LEADERSHIP Weekend reports that the bill is now with the appropriation committee and will undergo public hearing for two weeks before likely approval of the National Assembly on 19 December, 2023. … [Read more…]