Nigeria will continue to engage with the government of Niger Republic to ensure the release of the country’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar has said. Bazoum has not been released since the junta struck in the West African country earlier in the year. But TuggarContinue Reading
Daredevil armed robbers on Wednesday shot an accountant of the Ogun State Government, Taiwo Oyekanmi, and carted away with the government’s funds in Abeokuta, the state capital. Our correspondent gathered that Oyekanmi, the Director of Finance at the Governor’s office, Oke-Mosan, had picked up an undisclosed amount of money fromContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA The Nigeria Customs Service Ogun 1 Area Command has intercepted 975 rounds of live ammunition concealed inside five bags of locally produced rice at Imeko Afon in Ogun State. Briefing newsmen in Idiroko, the Acting Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Ahmadu Shuaibu said the interception was madeContinue Reading
Yakubu The military beefed up security around INEC’s headquarters in Lokoja on Wednesday following a siege laid on the premises by a mob. Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr Bethrand Onuoha invited the military to the INEC office after the mob laid the siege. Onuoha alerted the Commander, 12 BrigadeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the old N200, N500, N1000 notes should continue to co-exist with the new notes till further notice. The apex court ruled that both old and new notes should continue to remain legal tender until the Federal Government put a processContinue Reading
Lateef Fagbemi •Laments rising debt profiles of FG, 36 states BY GODWIN OBI Worried by the spate of conflicting judgements emanating from the Judiciary, the federal government yesterday pledged to embark on a holistic reform of the justice system in the country. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister ofContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU The Chairman/Founder of Obiman Group, Emmanuel Obiutom Jonah has advised fresh developers, especially those of Igbo descent in Lagos and other parts of the country to conduct thorough market research, stay updated on local regulations, and build a reliable network within the real estate community to avoidContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has written the House of Representatives seeking the approval of the green chamber for $8.6bn and €100m external borrowing plan for critical infrastructure in areas such as power, roads, water, railway, and health. The President also forwarded the Federal Capital Territory Supplementary Budget toContinue Reading
…Says Nigerians have lost confidence in judiciary BY MARTINS DURU Lagos Peoples Democratic Party Elders, led by a former national vice chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, has said that anarchy is looming in Nigeria over the actions of the judiciary in giving conflicting judgements. In the meeting heldContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI AND JAMES AKINOLA President Bola Tinubu will present the 2024 budget to the National Assembly on Wednesday This is according to a memo dated November 27, 2023, signed by the federal legislature’s Secretary of Human Resources and Staff Development, Shuaibu Maina Birma, on behalf of the ClerkContinue Reading