The Federal High Court Abuja, has discontinued a suit filed by the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu against the Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar. Kanu had filed the suit through his Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the appointment of heads of security agencies by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The PDP presidential candidate described the appointment of 17 Northerners as heads of various security agencies as lopsided. Atiku stated this while speaking at an interactive session...
The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has mourned the passing of Aare Teslim Tolu Dawodu, describing his death as a personal loss. Aare Dawodu, a political leader and community leader in Remoland, died on Wednesday morning at the age of 90. Abiodun in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle...
Nigerian startup airline, Rano Air, has reportedly secured four EMB-145LRs aircraft to start operations in 2022. This was disclosed in some social media posts on Tuesday. Videos of the new aircraft were also uploaded on social media. In January, the company applied for an Air Transport License (ATL) with the Nigerian...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government will do away with petroleum subsidies by June 2023. Mrs Ahmed said this on Tuesday in Abuja, during a press conference to mark the end of the 28th National Economic Summit, NES. The fuel subsidy gulped N2.565...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reassured Nigerians that there is no going back on the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, for voter accreditation as well as the transmission of results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal, IReV. The INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu, who gave the...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has said the last tranche of the $1.5bn million to grants to the 36 States of the federation under the World Bank assisted States’ Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme will be released in December 2023. She disclosed...
VP explains music transcends language, defines Buga Won, Last Last, Organise Tourism is possibly the most profound unifier of all economic activity and because its vast components are local and home-grown, they are more likely to be sustainable, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this today...
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he will build on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in the last seven years. Mr Tinubu stated this on Tuesday in Jos at the flag off of APC presidential campaign for 2023 general elections. The APC...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said the dollar might drop to ₦200 after the redesigning of naira. Bawa stated this in an interview with Deutsche Welle (DW) Hausa service, saying President Muhammadu Buhari did well to approve the redesigning. He said, “The law...