BY GODWIN OBI By Innocent Anaba, Henry Ojelu, Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo & Fortune Eromosele, LAGOS 46 days after he was arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS and two weeks after a Federal High Court in Abuja gave an order for his release or arraignment for any offence he mightContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), which measures interest rate, from 18.5 percent to 18.75%. Acting CBN Governor, Folashodun Shonubi, announced this on Tuesday after the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. This is the first decision ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a “total and indefinite strike action”. The association revealed this in a terse statement made available to Channels Television on Tuesday evening. The resident doctors listed their demands to include the immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF, theContinue Reading
•Says it uploaded blank copies of A4 papers pictures of unknown persons as results BY GODWIN OBI The Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Peter Obi, has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) how the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), deliberately subverted the will of Nigerians by dishonestly manipulatingContinue Reading
Pensioners TO ameliorate the effects of removal of fuel subsidy, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, approved palliatives for civil servants and pensioners in the state. The state government, in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, said the measures will take effect from July.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI There is palpable anxiety in the ranks of some former and serving governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its leaders over the delay by President Bola Tinubu in releasing the final list of ministerial nominees. There is also serious pressure on President Tinubu regardingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Amnesty International Nigeria has demanded a transparent coroner’s inquest on 103 slain EndSARS protesters for whom the Lagos State Government is planning a mass burial, saying the plans should be put on hold. This follows the emergence of a leaked memo addressed to the Lagos State MinistryContinue Reading
Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR (left) and Governor of Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia during the commissioning of the Late Paeke Dongban Memorial Hall in Plateau State. BY GODWIN OBI Dr. Bashir Yusuf Jamoh, OFR, Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and SafetyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over “the failure to delete the patently unlawful provisions in the Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) Regulations directing banks to obtain information on customers’ social media handles forContinue Reading
Tinubu and Atiku BY GODWIN OBI Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over what he described as a sinister plot to undermine the Nigerian judiciary as well as democracy. All Progressives Congress (APC) fired back,Continue Reading