Sen. Chris Adighije, a former lawmaker who represented the Abia Central in the 2nd National Assembly, has called on the Federal Government to adopt the doctrine of necessity to create additional state in the South East. Adighije made the call…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will consult further before arriving at a final decision on the new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, said this at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC)…
THE Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the N16 billion Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) appropriation bill for 2024. The appropriation bill sent to the House of Assembly by the state governor, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa,…
THE third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Abdulhamid Isa Muri, in the ongoing trial-within-trial of the former Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, told Justice Halilu Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory , FCT, High…
Justice Hamza Mua’zu of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 slated July 8, 2024 for ruling on the prayer of Mr.Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the…
In two deals signed at the recently concluded Afreximbank Annual Meetings, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) is providing a US$60 million line of credit and a US$20 million Afreximbank Trade Facilitation Programme (AFTRAF) facility to CBZ Bank Limited, Zimbabwe’s largest…
THE federal government has announced a ban on single-use plastics across all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). Minister of State for Environment, Iziaq Adekunle Salako, disclosed this to journalists after the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which was presided over by…
IT is with profound sadness and a deep sense of loss that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) announces the passing of Deputy Comptroller Etop Andrew Essien, who served as the Deputy Comptroller in charge of Revenue in the Account Unit…
THE release of Wikileak founder Julian Assange held in jail in the UK for five years as he fought extradition to the United States which sought to prosecute him for revealing military secrets, has been applauded by the media affiliated…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has dismissed a N20bn suit instituted by a legal practitioner, Ejumejowo Anthony against two Abuja-based hospitals and the FCT Minister on the alleged negligence he claimed to have led to his…
