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,”…
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…
At the 2025 International Women’s Day celebration themed “Women and Girls: Rights, Equality, and Empowerment!”, Taiwo Akerele, Technical Adviser at NGCARES and Executive Director of Policy House International, emphasized the urgent need for decisive policy actions to create a…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri A Think Tank on security in the Sahel region, known as the Alliance of Sahel Institute for Security Studies, along with members of the Norwegian Institute for Conflict Resolution, met with Borno State Governor, Babagana…
THE Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has organised its 4th annual Ramadan lecture at the Ijora – Olopa headquarters. Speaking on the topic, “The Impact of Waste Management in the Environment: the Islamic Perspective”, the guest lecturer, Dr. Abdul…
JUSTICE Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, March 7, 2025 heard further testimony from prosecution witness Nicholas Ojehomon, an internal auditor at the American International School Abuja, AISA, in the ongoing trial of a former…
THE Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede has charged Designated Non Financial Business and Professions, DNFBPs to adhere strictly to the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022 in the discharge of…
THE Nigerian Senate’s current situation is alarming. With the Senate President allegedly sending money to senators’ accounts as private email or SMS, it’s clear that loyalty is being bought, not earned. This blatant disregard for transparency and accountability undermines…
