Beyond the Headlines
Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected two bids to overturn a contested piece of legislation severely curtailing LGBTQ rights which was adopted by MPs earlier this year. “Until there is presidential assent to the bill, there is no act of which the Supreme Court will use its supervisory jurisdiction to overturn,” Avril Lovelace-Johnson, head of […]
The National Assembly is set to extend the 2024 budget cycle. It was also learned that the 2025 budget will be passed at the end of the year. President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to present the N47.9tn 2025 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly at 12 pm. The Chairman of the Senate […]
Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, is seeking to pardon Segun Olowookere who was sentenced to death by hanging for allegedly stealing a fowl and eggs in 2010. In an interview with Biola Adebayo, a Nigerian actress, the parents of the victim claimed that police officers from the Osun command arrested Olowookere for an offence he […]
The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday, expressed doubt that the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, would bring an end to the insecurity challenges in the South-East. Speaking during a press briefing at the Governor’s Lodge in Amawbia on Tuesday, Soludo said that criminals […]
Monies paid by the Federal Government as electricity subsidies increased to N199.64 billion in December 2024, according to data sourced from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. According to the newly released report, ‘December 2024 Multi-Year Tariff Order,’ electricity subsidies rose by 2.76 per cent to N199.64 billion this month from N194.26 billion in November. NERC […]
As part of its efforts at ending anti-corruption in Nigeria, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it recovered N29.7 billion in cash and $966,900.83 in foreign currency in one year. Musa Aliyu, ICPC chairman, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press briefing at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja to mark […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set a daily withdrawal limit on point-of-sale (PoS) terminals to N100,000 per customer. In a circular to all deposit money banks (DMBs), microfinance Banks, mobile money operators and super-agents, titled ‘Cash-out limits for agent banking transactions,’ CBN said the restriction is in line with the apex bank’s ongoing […]
Wednesday 18 December 2024 Hardship: FG, opposition clash over Tinubu’s economic reforms Crashed helicopter flying NNPC officials violated regulations – FG PDP kicks as Edo Assembly suspends 18 LG chairmen for ‘disobeying’ Okpebholo Senate proposes foreign currency ban for local transactions Govt officials, contractors to fly only Nigerian airlines – Keyamo Bayelsa court convicts Diri’s […]
The National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that Nigerians paid a total of N2.23tn as ransom over the 12 months between May 2023 and April 2024. This sum was paid by households affected by kidnapping incidents, highlighting the growing threat posed by criminal activities in the country. According to the NBS’s latest Crime Experience and […]
The Jigawa State Government says it has uncovered 6,348 ghost workers in its staff verification exercise in the state. Mr Sagir Musa, Commissioner for Infomation, Youths, Sports and Culture, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Dutse. He said the report of the Statewide Staff Audit Biometric Data Capture and Validation Exercise, showed that […]
