President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to submit the 2021 budget to the Senate next week. Senate President Ahmed Lawan disclosed this while delivering his welcome address to legislators at plenary on Tuesday. With the new development, the Senate president says the government MDA’s will be given only the month of October to defend their budgets. […]
plenary on Tuesday withdrew the Water Resources Control Bill which it passed two months ago. Sequel to the adoption of a Matter of Privilege raised by Rep. Benjamin Mzondu (PDP-Benue), the House unanimously resolved to gazette the bill for reconsideration. Mzondu argued that the bill was not gazetted and that clear copies of the bill […]
A Jos High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application by former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia, seeking to stop Police from investigating him. Mailafia was invited by the police for questioning at the Force Headquarters Abuja, last month. The police said the invitation was based on “investigating a […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to approve the refund of N148 billion to Ondo, Bayelsa, Cross River, Osun and Rivers States for federal road projects the five states executed. The president made this known in a letter on Tuesday sent to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and read […]
… Orders Continuation Of Trial A Kaduna State High court sitting in the state capital has dismissed the motion of no-case-submission filed by the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria(IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zazaky and his wife Zeenat. Both of them are standing trial on eight counts of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption […]
Nigerian government has declared Thursday, October 1, as public holiday to mark the nation’s 60th Independence anniversary celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Mr Aregbesola congratulated all Nigerians on the […]
A commercial court in London has ordered the release of $200 million used as a deposit in the case against Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) to the Nigerian government. The Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele who confirmed the development on Tuesday, said the ruling follows the establishment of prima facie fraud before the […]
Says no sinister motive to pass the bill Chairman, House Committee on Water Resources, Hon. Sada Soli on Monday disclosed that the contentious National Water Resources Bill has no negative provisions against state and local government councils across the country. Hon. Soli (APC-Katsina) who stated this during a media chat with select parliamentary correspondents in […]
Yusuf Bichi, Director-General of the Department of State Services, has activated a lopsided hiring process that could overfill the security agency with personnel from the Northern part of Nigeria. According to an online tabloid, Peoples Gazette, official documents and contributions of senior intelligence officials showed that the North had a massive share of the roughly […]
A 36-year-old man, Mr. Samuel Kalu aka ‘Akilu’ (Bitter Kola) has been shot dead by unknown gunmen while having a haircut at a barbing saloon located at Umuibe Street, off Item Road, Ndiegoro Aba, Abia State. New Telegraph reports that the incident, which took place on Sunday morning, threw residents of the area into panic, […]
