SENATOR Ali Ndume, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, has issued a scathing indictment of the Nigerian government, characterising it as a “kakistocracy”, a system where the most incompetent, corrupt, and unscrupulous individuals hold sway, and decrying the reign…
A report published on the National Bureau of Statistics website has shown that a total of N721 billion ($1.26 billion) was paid in cash bribes to public officials in 2023. The report followed the findings of the United Nations office…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The President has also approved the appointment of Senator Adedayo Adeyeye as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian…
THE Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) has expressed its profound satisfaction with Thursday’s Supreme Court’s judgment that granted financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued by the forum’s Director of…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu receives the news of the tragic collapse of a school building, which resulted in multiple deaths and many surviving victims in Jos, Plateau, with profound grief. His spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Friday, said the…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for more functional and effective ways of strengthening the whistle blowing policy of the government in order to solidify the fight against economic and…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, says Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment on Local Government Council Autonomy made it clear that the Federation Account Allocation Committee will not send funds to local government areas headed by Caretaker Committee Chairmen. Ozekhome…
…….donates Gas Cylinders to vulnerable women By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE Great Green Wall (GGW) has planted 3,000 seedlings in three local government areas of Konduga, Jere and Maiduguri Metropolitan Council to mitigate increase in environmental degradation. It also donated…
· Warns against ‘unpalatable cocktail of misleading, conflicting judgments’ · Says process already activated to punish ‘despicable and odious conducts’. By Jane Uyi Orobosa THE Chief Justice of Nigerian (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has vowed to deal ruthlessly with…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has held consultations with Organised Labour in furtherance of his engagements with critical stakeholders toward arriving at a new national minimum wage. The Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, disclosed this while briefing State House…
