The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, on Monday said the current salaries of federal lawmakers cannot take them home to do the jobs they were elected to do. While stressing that the take home pay of the average lawmaker is a ‘far cry’ from what people insinuate, Kalu called for […]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies. He appointed Stephen Oronsaye to head the committee in 2012. President Bola Tinubu on Monday ordered the full implementation of the Oronsaye report. The implementation signifies that several agencies of the government would […]
Tuesday 27 February 2024 12 years after, Tinubu adopts Oronsaye report, merges agencies CBN sells over $300m to banks as naira gains Police deploy anti-riot squad as NLC holds protests today Lawmakers’ salaries too small for job responsibilities -Deputy Speaker Sweden Set To Join NATO After Hungary Approves Bid Lagos Announces 24-Hour Total Closure […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suspended the sale of seized food items over a stampede that claimed lives at NCS Old Zonal Headquarters in the Yaba area of Lagos State last Friday. A spokesperson for the Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada, announced this in a statement on Monday. More to follow…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Oronsaye report. Consequently, it announced the merging, subsuming, scraping and relocation of several agencies of government. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State House Correspondents after Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday, February 26, said the average airfare paid by passengers rose from N74,648.65 in January 2023 to N89,975.68 in January 2024. It also noted that on a Month-on-Month basis, the average airfare increased by 5% from the fare paid in December 2023. This was contained in the […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has placed limits on the foreign exchange (FX) sales by Bureau De Change (BDC) operators. The apex disclosed the directive on February 23, 2024, in a document titled ‘Revised Regulatory and Supervisory Guidelines for Bureau De Change Operations in Nigeria’. According to the circular, BDCs may sell foreign […]
The Zamfara State House of Assembly, on Monday, suspended eight members and dissolved all House Standing Committees. In a statement, a spokesperson for the House, Bello Kurya, said the request for the suspension of the lawmakers was presented by the House Majority Leader, Bello Tsafe, and seconded by the Deputy Speaker Adamu Nura. Tsafe […]
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed a claim of a coup in the country, describing it as a figment of imagination. There was a report by some platforms (Not Channels Television) claiming the Guards Brigade is on high alert over “unusual movements, leading to suspicion of a coup plot in Nigeria”. It also claimed […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has sworn in 11 new Justices to the bench of the Supreme Court, charging them, not to allow their ambition to becloud their sense of judgement. Some of the Justices are Jummai Hannatu Sankey, Chidiebere Nwaoma Uwa, Chioma Egondu Nwosu-Iheme, Haruna Simon Tsammani and Moore […]
