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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reviewed its guidelines on arrest, bail and processing of suspects. The review, which is premised on the need to adhere to the rule of law and international best practices in the treatment of suspects, was rolled out on Monday, October 31, 2023 across all its Commands. In … [Read more…]
The Imo state government stated that they have no hand in Ajaero’s arrest. The alleged abduction and brutalisation of President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, yesterday, has continued to generate reactions, as the Imo State Police Command, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) traded words. However, NLC revealed yesterday that Ajaero … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu has sought the Senate’s approval of the 2022-2024 external borrowing plan to enable expeditious project implementation. This is coming barely 24 hours after Tinubu requested the approval of the N2.18 trillion Supplementary budget. The request was contained in a letter read during the plenary by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday. … [Read more…]
The Senate will on Thursday, pass the N2.18 trillion 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill forwarded to it for consideration by President Bola Tinubu. As requested by Tinubu in the letter read in the Senate during plenary on Tuesday, the request was given expeditious consideration. The budgetary proposals made in the bill were debated, passed for a … [Read more…]
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, on Wednesday, said N18.6trn is required to address the road sector in the next four years. The minister made this known during the budget defence for a total supplementary budget of N2.1trn before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations chaired by Abubakar Bichi. The minister, who is also … [Read more…]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, defended the N18bn contained in the proposed supplementary budget for the commission when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations. The INEC chairman was among the guests who appeared before the committee. He explained that the N18bn in the … [Read more…]
The Supreme Court has slated 5 December for hearing of two applications seeking to invalidate Hope Uzodinma’s election as Imo State governor. This is coming three years after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Action Peoples Party (APP) filed the two separate applications seeking to have the Supreme Court nullify Mr Uzodinma’s All Progressives Congress … [Read more…]
The Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah has assured that his administration will eradicate hunger and poverty in the state and unlock the rural economy through investment in agriculture and agro-industrialisation. Governor Mbah, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Chidiebere Onyia, said this during the celebration of the 2023 World Food … [Read more…]
…event to hold on November 18 in Enugu Following the recently concluded voting for nominees in the third edition of the Frontier Discourse Annual Public Lecture and Awards, a process which garnered a record total of 24,593 votes spread across over 40 countries of the world, Pacesetter Frontier Magazine, organisers of the event have announced the … [Read more…]
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan as the elected senator for Kogi Central Senatorial Election, Channels Television is reporting. The court dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere for lacking in merit. In September, the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja nullified the election of Mr Ohere of the All … [Read more…]
The court hearing involving Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke in the United Kingdom, over bribery allegations has been adjourned to November 2025. The Westminster Magistrates Court adjourned hearing on the suit on Monday. Alison-Madueke appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday, October 2, 2023, after being charged with bribery offences amounting to … [Read more…]
About 70 decomposed human bodies, including 20 headless ones and countless human skeletons, were discovered around Lokpanta Cattle Market in Umunneochi local government area of Abia State. The state governor, Dr Alex Otti, disclosed this late Sunday night during a monthly media chat for October tagged; ‘Governor Alex Otti Speaks to Abians’, at the Government … [Read more…]