Beyond the Headlines
Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, says the federal government will pay Nigerians transport allowance after removing fuel subsidy. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, Ahmed said fuel subsidy is costing the country resources that should have been used for education and health. She described fuel subsidy as a “major drain and waste” […]
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has assented to two laws that give financial autonomy to the judiciary and legislature in the state. The state government by the new laws would establish a State Account Allocation Committee to allocate funds independently to the three arms of government. The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Michael Gusa, […]
A former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Premium Times reports that Igbinedion who finished his tenure as governor in 2007 is being grilled at the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC for allegedly diverting public funds to the tune of N1.6 billion. A loan obtained […]
Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, says Abubakar Malami, the attorney general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, is supporting consultants and private firms to fleece Nigerians of their money. Speaking to AriseTV on Thursday, Fayemi queried why the AGF is in a hurry to pay the $418 alleged fee to the consultants instead […]
Tordue Salem, an Abuja-based reporter of Vanguard, who went missing last month, has been found dead. The newspaper disclosed this in a report, saying details of the circumstances surrounding the recovery of his corpse were sketchy. The deceased was a National Assembly correspondent of the newspaper, who covered the House of Representatives. He was last […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi branch, says it is not convinced of the uprightness in the appointment of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, as a Professor at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo state The ASUU Chairperson, ATBU branch, Ibrahim Inuwa, while speaking to […]
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has commended the Federal Government over its position that political solution is not ruled out in resolving the cases of agitators, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho. Ohanaeze said it was impressed for the Federal Government to mull the idea of dialogue to resolve Kanu’s case. A statement by its spokesman, Chief Alex […]
against the dollar at the parallel market on Thursday to trade at N530 per dollar. The figure is N10 or 1.8 percent higher than the N540 it traded on Wednesday. Street traders across forex markets in Lagos who spoke to TheCable on Thursday quoted the naira at N530 and 540 to a dollar for buying […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, has explained why he pushed for direct primaries as the only method through which political parties should elect candidates to stand for elections. He said direct primaries would bring more accountability and adequate representation as political office holders would not be restricted to pleasing a […]
Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have asked members of the Governor Mai Mala Buni led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee to step aside to avoid being shown the exit door. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, spokesman of the stakeholders, Mr Ayo Oyalowo, said the Buni Committee has failed to resolve […]
