Godswill Akpabio • State Police, Resource Control, Fiscal Federalism, others as new battlegrounds • How S’West lawmakers orchestrated ‘counter coup’ against Northern counterparts BY GODWIN OBI Less than one year after the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, Senators from the North and their counterparts from the South are headingContinue Reading
CAC Nnadi fielding questions from journalists at the press briefing. BY OUR REPORTER The Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has the premier role when it comes to the performance of the statutory functions as provided in the Customs and Excise Management Act. The Command whichContinue Reading
Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 31.7 per cent in February from 29.9 percent recorded in January 2024. The figure indicates an increase of 1.80 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in its latest CPI and inflation report released on Friday. The figure indicates that in February, the rateContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has called on the lawmakers to enact security related laws to stem the tide of kidnappings, saying the nation is at war against criminal elements. She reiterated her call for stiffer penalties for kidnappers in the country. “We should look into theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The military has vowed to rescue the over 200 schoolchildren who were recently abducted by bandits in Kaduna State. While addressing a press conference in Abuja on the activities of the Armed Forces in the last two weeks, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General EdwardContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Telecommunications subscribers and bank users were stranded for hours as the disruption paralysed digital transations and internet communications. According to one of the world’s leading financial news organisations, Bloomberg, the West Africa Cable System, MainOne and ACE sea cables — arteries for telecommunications data — were allContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI AND CHIGOZIE EZE More controversies appear to be swirling around the 2024 budget as more indications that the portion of the budget attributable to some federal government institutions lack details and transparency. The affected institutions, including the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were allocated between N3.5 trillionContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has said that no ransom will be paid for the rescue of the children abducted from Kuriga in Kaduna State. The President stated this today at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which held at the Presidential Villa Abuja. Briefing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Supporters of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 Kano State gubernatorial election, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna, have expressed optimism that their man will be appointed as the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Prior to flying the APC flag in 2023,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti Central Senatorial District has described as a “civilian coup”, claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi that the 2024 Budget passed by the Senate was padded. A furious Bamidele, who is also the Majority Leader of the upper chamber, alleged that Ningi, whoContinue Reading