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…]
A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Donald Trump must face civil lawsuits over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by his supporters, rejecting the former president’s claim that he is immune. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that Trump was … [Read more…]
The central bank on Friday announced that all bank accounts without Bank Verification Number (BVN) and National Identification Number (NIN) will be placed on “Post no Debit” effective April 2024. The new directive was contained in a circular issued by the central bank and sent to all deposit money banks. The circular was signed by … [Read more…]
…Wounded children carried from home in Rafah Israel’s warplanes pounded Gaza, sending wounded and dead Palestinians into hospitals and residents into the streets to flee, as its war against Hamas resumed after talks to extend a week-old truce broke down. As the deadline lapsed, Reuters journalists in Khan Younis in southern Gaza saw eastern areas … [Read more…]