THE Cross River government has begun capacity-building and utilisation training for councilors, clerks, and deputy clerks of the 18 local government legislative houses in the state. The training, which started on Saturday in Ogoja, the northern senatorial district, is…
THE war of words between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) has intensified following her suspension from the Senate over allegations of misconduct. While Akpabio accused Akpoti-Uduaghan of making baseless allegations, the Kogi lawmaker fired back, insisting…
Barcelona’s LaLiga match against Osasuna was postponed on Saturday after one of the club’s first team doctors died. Barcelona announced this in a statement on Saturday. The club stated: “Barcelona is [sic] sorry to announce the sad news of…
FEDERAL Government ministries, departments, and agencies, along with the Presidency, have collectively spent at least ₦1.99 billion on foreign trips, training, and estacodes in France between May 2023 and September 2024. The expenditure data, sourced from GovSpend—a transparency platform…
Mrs Seromi Pauline Awa, the widow of Professor Eme Awa, former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), has passed away at the age of 86. Her passing was confirmed in a statement by one of her children, Uzoma…
THE Nigeria Tax Bill, titled “An Act to Repeal Certain Acts on Taxation and Consolidate the Legal Frameworks Relating to Taxation and Enact the Nigeria Tax Act to Provide for Taxation of Income, Transactions and Instruments, and for Related Matters,”…
GHANA’S Energy Minister, John Abdulai Jinapor, has dismissed claims that the government intends to privatise the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) or the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo). Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, he assured Ghanaians that while ECG is…
MALI’S government has announced it will partially lift a 2022 ban on issuing mining permits, allowing some approvals to resume from March 15, Reuters reported. The West African nation, one of Africa’s top gold producers, initially froze the allocation of mining titles…
A NEW report by Transparency International, released earlier this week to mark International Women’s Day, has revealed a widespread yet largely unaddressed form of corruption known as sextortion. This abuse of power occurs when officials or those in authority coerce individuals into sexual…
BULLDOZERS tore through homes in Lagos’s Otumara neighbourhood on Friday, forcing hundreds of families from their homes in yet another wave of slum demolitions in Nigeria’s largest city. According to AFP, residents were given just 30 minutes to vacate, leaving many…
