The House of Representatives has refused to approve funds for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to execute new projects in the 2021 fiscal year, insisting that it should concentrate and complete the 119 ongoing projects. Chairman of the House Committee on Power, Hon. Aliyu Magaji (APC, Jigawa), announced this yesterday at the budget […]
…proposes N162bn Sukuk fund for 45 roads Minister: Why there’re abandoned road projects Nigeria’s total public debt stock comprising the external and domestic debt of the Federal and State Governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will rise to N38.68 trillion by December 2021. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Plan-ning, Zainab Ahmed, […]
Twelve years after the accident involving a Chanchangi Boeing 737-200 aircraft at the Port Harcourt Airport, Omagwa, the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released the report of the accident. This is coming as the agency has released three other investigation reports, including a Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Tampico TB-9 aircraft with registration […]
Lekki Concession Company (LCC) has said that CCTV cameras at Lekki Toll Gate stopped working at 8p.m. on October 20, the day military men allegedly shot at unarmed #EndSARS protesters. Managing Director of LCC, Mr. Abayomi Omomuwasi, made the disclosure while testifying during proceedings of Lagos #EndSARS Judicial Panel yesterday. Led […]
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the socio-political apex organ of the Igbo has bemoaned the alleged killings of the Igbo in Oyigbo Local Government of River State. Ohanaeze said such development was a setback to the much-talked about economic integration between the South-East and South- South geo-political zones. The position, however, came as the Governor of […]
Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), yesterday, said that the United States obtained permission from the Federal Government of Nigeria to carry out the rescue operation for her citizen. There has been insinuation that the rescue of the kidnapped American citizen, Philip Walton, in Nigeria by the United States Special Forces might have violated […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has granted a former Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, administrative bail, 24 hours after he was taken in for interrogation on allegations bordering on abuse of office. Specifically, Fowler was grilled by a crack team of detectives in connection with […]
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has owned up to the errors in the disputed certificate of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the ongoing pre-election trial before the court over the qualification of the governor to seek a second term in office in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in the state. […]
Cajetan MMUTA BENIN The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and the Edo State chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) yesterdaypledgedtheirreadiness to render pro-bono services to victims of police brutality in the state. ThepledgebytheNBA and FIDAcameasmembersof the 20-member Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the #EndSARS protests in parts of the state […]
A n Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama has issued a summons on a former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, compelling him to appear before it on 11th November, 2020 for arraignment on a threecount criminal charge filed against him by the Inspector General of Police (IG). The court’s summons was contained in […]