The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has suspended 10 private jet operations over failure to begin the recertification process. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu, on Friday, in Abuja. The agency said the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations 2023 Part 18.3.4 forbids holders […]
By Femi Falana SAN In the last one week, the Federal High Court and the National Industrial Court have separately conferred jurisdiction on themselves to determine chieftaincy matters. Both decisions are highly erroneous as they cannot be justified under sections 251 and 254(C) of the Constitution. As will be demonstrated anon, both courts conveniently overruled […]
Please note that this explainer was first published on 27 May, 2024. By Pascal Ibe The order from a Federal High court to halt the reinstatement of Sanusi Muhammadu Sanusi as Emir of Kano, has continued to generate reactions from the public. On 23 May, 2024, Justice Liman of the Federal High Court in Kano […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with security chiefs a few hours after Monday night’s terrorist attacks on Abuja-Kaduna bound train by bandits. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the train was conveying about 970 passengers from Abuja to Kaduna at about 7.45 p.m. on a fateful day. NAN reports […]
By Abba Dukawa President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2020 Finance Act on December 31, 2020. The administration has perfected ways to borrow funds from unclaimed dividends and dormant bank account balances unattended for at least six years. The idea of converting such private wealth to federal wealth negates the relevant provisions of the rights to […]
The whole world was thrown into mourning following the demise of football legend and Argentine hero, Diego Armando Maradona. Maradona spearheaded Argentina’s exploit in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico where the South American nation lifted the coveted trophy. All through his playing career, Maradona shone like million of stars and till his death there […]
Incessant strike actions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have become the new normal in Nigeria’s educational system since 1999. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that most students of public universities have experienced the anomaly — which disrupts academic activities and elongates years of study. Over 20 years after Nigeria’s return […]
The federal government, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and attorney-general of the federation (AGF) are battling with a suit filed by Malcolm Omirhobo, a Lagos-based lawyer, seeking the removal of Arabic inscriptions from naira notes because they “represent Islam”. Why is this such a big issue? What exactly is this ‘Arabic sign’? TheCable does a […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu struck the right chord today when he announced he would submit a law very soon abolishing what critics have called the obscene pension package of former Lagos governors. He said the move was necessary as state resources are dwindling. The governor may also be doing so as the destruction of state assets […]
Following the recent increase in electricity tariffs , the 11 distribution companies in the country are allowed to collect a total of N 417. 09bn from their customers from September to December . The Discos had early this month announced what they called ‘ new service reflective tariff’ , which took effect from September 1, […]
