Beyond the Headlines
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted a supplementary budget for consideration and approval by the National Assembly. Buhari’s letter was read on the floor by Senate President Ahmad Lawan. Buhari said while N106billion provided in the Supplementary Bill would be used as capital expenditure, N43.87billion would be spent on recurrent expenditures. Details Shortly
Suspended Deputy Commissioner of police, Abba Kyari has been taken into custody by the police. This is coming hours after he (Kyari) was declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency over alleged drug links. He is under detention at the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Bureau in Area 10 of Garki District in […]
THE Federal Government has described the strike action embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as unwarranted as no notice of strike was received from the leadership of the Union either verbally or in writing to that effect. But the National Association of Nigerian Students has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately […]
Chief Judge of Zamfara State, Justice Kulu Aliyu, has inaugurated a seven-man panel to investigate the allegations levelled against the state Deputy Governor, Alh Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. Inaugurating the panel on Monday, Justice Kulu disclosed that their inauguration followed a letter she received from the speaker advising her to constitute a panel to investigate […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari is unwilling to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Following the refusal of the president to sign the document over the mode of primaries, the National Assembly had on January 31 transmitted the reworked bill to the president for assent. The presidency […]
Thousands of university staff in the United Kingdom have embarked on strike to demand better working conditions. According to BBC, the industrial action is due to issues bordering on poor pay, pension scheme, and other concerns about the varsity system. The media outlet said in terms of salary, the University and College Union (UCU), […]
Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, says the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) approached the court on executive order 10 to prevent arbitrary removal of state funds. On May 22, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the order, granting financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary in the 36 states of the federation. Days after signing […]
The United States said Monday it is relocating its embassy in Kyiv to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, citing a “dramatic acceleration” in the buildup of Russian forces at the country’s border. “We are in the process of temporarily relocating our Embassy operations in Ukraine from our Embassy in Kyiv to Lviv due […]
The proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, Kwanar Dakata, Nasarawa Local Government Area, Kano State, Abdulmalik Tanko in connection with alleged murdering of Hanifa Abubakar has on Monday made u-turn as he denied killing his own pupil, little Hanifa, five years old. The prime suspect, Tanko, alongside his accomplice, Hashim […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of 20 landed properties valued at over N3.07 billion belonging to a top military officer to the Federal Government. This followed an application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) via its counsels, Cosmos Ugwu and Musa Isah. In a […]
