The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the resolution by the British parliament to impose travel restriction and visa ban on officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government involved in the violation of human rights, including the shooting and killing of unarmed and peaceful demonstrators in the country. The PDP, in a […]
The Senate, yesterday, commenced a process for the amendment of Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act 2007, geared towards making the Nigerian Law Schools, beneficiaries of Education Tax Funds. Consequently, a bill the apex legislative assembly passed for second reading, “A bill for an Act to amend the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act 2007”. Sponsor of […]
The House of Representatives has passed through second reading the N189.512billion appropriation bill of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the 2020 fiscal year. It is titled: “A bill for an act to authorise issue from the Federal Capital Territory Administration Statutory Revenue Fund of the Federal Capital Territory Administration Account the total sum of […]
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mr. Wale Babalakin, has said the nation’s legal profession was under a “serious threat,” and could only be saved by a collective stand by lawyers to only speak the truth always. Babalakin recently resigned his positions as Pro Chancellor, University of Lagos and as chairman of the negotiation committee on […]
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) will, today, commence the enforcement of container stripping operation at Tin Can Island Port. The move, it was gathered, was part of efforts to ease the perennial traffic along the Oshodi Apapa road. However, it was learnt that the stripping activities at the port facilities would be temporary. Stripping is […]
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, has opposed the bill seeking to establish the regulation of ecological funds to address Nigeria’s ecological challenges and other related matters. The SGF, at a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Ecology yesterday, said the bill will politicise operations […]
A Prosecution Witness, in the ongoing trial of a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on money laundering charges, Mrs. Rouqayya Ibrahim, yesterday, told the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja how the defendant stole over N14billion from the federal pension account. Testifying as PW-9, Mrs. Ibrahim, said investigations revealed […]
Senator Ishaku Abbo, representing Adamawa North on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Abbo, who announced his decision to defect to the APC in a letter he wrote to the Senate, which was read by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said that […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, will today hear the bail application filed by Borno South senator, Ali Ndume, who has been detained in prison since Monday over his suretyship for the disappeared Abdulrasheed Maina. Maina, a former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, was standing trial before the court over alleged […]
The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to investigate allegations of incessant malpractices associated with diplomatic posting and deliberate draining of resources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Consequently, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs had been given one month to carry out the exercise and submit its report. The resolution was consequent upon a motion […]