You Can’t Tell Legislature Where To Meet, Falana Tells Fubara
A human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has berated Governor Simi Fubara of Rivers State for directing members of the state assembly to commence sittings at the Government House, insisting that the legislature is independent of the executive. Falana made this known while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, explaining that since both arms of government […]
‘I’m Done With Party Politics,’ Obasanjo Insists
A former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has maintained that he has retired from party politics and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains his former political party and nothing will change that status. Obasanjo, who was in Osogbo, Osun State, to commission the VIP lodge at the Government House, hailed Governor Ademola Adeleke for not […]
Stop Electricity Subsidy Now, IMF Urges Tinubu’s Govt
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sent a fresh warning to the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government to remove what it described as implicit fuel and electricity subsidies. In a report published recently by the IMF which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York, the organization told Nigeria that the subsidies would guzzle three […]
Tinubu’s Govt To Receive $2.25bn World Bank Loan June 13
The Federal Government of Nigeria has concluded plans to receive fresh loan funding from the World Bank, with approval expected for loans totalling $2.25bn on June 13, 2024. The funding will be received via two major development projects. The first project is the Nigeria Reforms for Economic Stabilization to Enable Transformation Development Policy Financing, which […]
2024 AMVCA: Full List Of Winners
The 10th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), was held amid pomp and pageantry at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos State last night. Ik Osakioduwa returned as the host for the 10th consecutive year. Chimezie Imo won the Trailblazer Award, while Industry Merit Awards were presented to Richard Mofe Damijo […]
Concerns As Xejet Aircraft Skids Off Lagos Airport Runway
Aviation industry experts have raised heavy concerns after an aircraft belonging to XeJet Airline skidded off the runway at the domestic wing of Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos State yesterday. According to a terse statement released by the airline on Sunday morning, there were no casualties. In the statement by the airline which was obtained […]
How Virginia Commonwealth Students Walked Out Of Graduation
It was a heated moment as dozens of Virginia Commonwealth University students walked out of their graduation ceremony yesterday, partly over a speaker’s response – the state governor – to campus protests. It happens as US school administrators prepare for potential disruptions of commencement due to protests against the Israel-Gaza war. This weekend, dozens of […]
Making Fubara A Gov Was A Mistake, Wike Begs Rivers People
The immediate past governor of Rivers State and the incumbent Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, apologized to the people of Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area to forgive him over the mistake he made in picking Governor Siminalaye Fubara to succeed him as Governor. Wike who stressed that at no point did he […]
EFCC Bans Fx Transactions At Foreign Embassies In Nigeria
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced a ban on dollar transactions at foreign embassies in Nigeria, warning that anyone who engages in such henceforth will be severely dealt with The anti-graft agency said that the Nigerian local currency should be the only legal tender for transactions at foreign embassies. […]
How Wike Brought Misery, Grief, Anguish To Rivers – Secondus
Prince Uche Secondus, a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has attributed the lingering political crisis in Rivers State to the pursuit of selfish interest by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. While speaking to journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Secondus said the FCT Minister was the brain behind […]
Tinubu’s Taxation Moves Not To Frustrate Nigerians — Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has asserted that Nigeria’s tax reforms under the administration of President Bola Tinubu are targeted at improving the system for the overall benefit of all Nigerians and not to frustrate them as insinuated by the opposition. He said contrary to speculations in some quarters, “we are not here to frustrate any […]
Otti Woos Multi-billion Naira Agric Farm To Invest In Abia
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti has called on the founder of CSS Global Integrated Farms, Nasarawa State, John-Kennedy Opara to establish an agricultural farm in the state, assuring him that the state is business friendly. Otti made this call on Saturday, while speaking at a capacity-building training programme organized for the first batch […]