Friday 13 December 2024 Tax reform: APC govs may meet N’Assemby, ACF raises panel Tinubu presents 2025 budget to N’Assembly Tuesday LG autonomy: FG threatens contempt suit against errant govs World Bank may approve $500m loan to Nigeria today Senate orders Wike to halt Abuja house demolitions Senate orders Julius Berger MD’s arrest over abandoned […]
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has announced a major reshuffle of the state executive council to effect the pragmatic political realignment of his administration. In a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, on Thursday, Yusuf disclosed that the first major rejig of his cabinet will take immediate effect. According to the statement, […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has defended the demolition of properties in the nation’s seat of power, saying he won’t be swayed by blackmail. Wike said the structures being demolished by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) are properties illegally built on government lands. “Let me use this opportunity to […]
United States President-elect Donald Trump was announced on Thursday as the 2024 Time Person of the Year. The announcement, made in a statement by TIME’s Editor-in-Chief, Sam Jacobs, praised Trump “for marshalling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a-generation political realignment, for reshaping the American presidency, and altering America’s role in the world.” […]
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday set aside a bench warrant issued against the former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, in connection with an alleged N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud involving Arik Airline. Other defendants in the case include the former Receiver Manager of Arik Airline […]
The house of representatives has resolved to investigate the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over reports that its officers aid and abet smuggling. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Sesi Whingan, a lawmaker representing Badagry federal constituency in Lagos, during plenary on Wednesday. Whingan said the allegations against officers of the […]
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says Nigeria is on track to add 150mw to the national grid before the end of 2024. Adelabu said this on Thursday while briefing State House Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to him, […]
The Senate on Thursday sought an investigation into the recent demolitions in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and has set up an investigative committee to look into the matter. The committee will also invite the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to appear before it to explain the reasons behind the demolitions, which have left many residents […]
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has denied issuing a directive that gas supply to power generating companies (GenCos) be halted. In a statement on Wednesday, the authority also denied instructing wholesale gas suppliers to stop further supply of gas to companies due to failure in payment obligations. The NMDPRA described reports […]
Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the United Kingdom (UK) Conservative Party, says she is not interested in laundering the image of Nigeria after Vice-President Kashim Shettima criticised her for denigrating the country. Badenoch was born in the UK in 1980 to Nigerian Yoruba parents. She returned to Nigeria, where she grew up. Badenoch finally departed […]
