•Olisa Agbakoba The former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba SAN, has asked the National Judicial Council (NJC) to heed the issues raised by retired Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad in his valedictory speech. Agbakoba, in an interview with Arise Television, noted that NJC needs to take action in order to address the ...
Mr Said Alkali, the Minister of Transportation, says the Nigerian Railways will commence e-ticketing tomorrow. Alkali made this known yesterday in Abuja during the flag-off of e-ticketing for the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe–Warri routes. According to him, the e-ticketing system will direct ticket sales revenue to the government’s account, reports ...
•Tinubu and House of Reps The House of Representatives today received the N2.177 trillion supplementary budget transmitted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for legislative approval. The president’s letter was read by the Speaker, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas who presided over the plenary, reports Nigerian Tribune. In line with Mr. President’s request for...
The federal government yesterday in Abuja, asked for more time to fix the nation’s electricity challenges as 17 generation and distribution licenses are due for revocation or renewal tomorrow. Just like previous administration had done without meaningful solution since the power sector was privatised 10 years ago, President Bola Tinubu, Minist...
•Protesters Protests broke out in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja yesterday as youths decried the allocation of Sport Utility Vehicles for members of the National Assembly. The youths who gathered in their numbers in the Ikeja area of Lagos held placards and chanted ‘Fund education not SUVs, ‘Pay living wage not SUVs, ‘Return [&...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has mourned the passing of a constitutional lawyer and one-time Secretary-General of the group, Prof. Ben Nwabueze. One of the children of the deceased, Nkechi Nwabueze, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone today, confirmed that the legal icon died in his Lagos residence yesterday, shortly after complaining of “n...
•Atiku Bagudu The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 for the second 2023 supplementary appropriation. Atiku Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, announced this today while briefing State House reporters after the federal cabinet meeting presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the...
•Late Prof Nwabueze Eminent National Leaders in Nigeria under the auspices of The Patriots and Project Nigeria Movement have mourned the legal icon, Prof Ben Nwabueze who died in Lagos yesterday at the age of 94. The Eminent Leaders expressed their condolences in a statement made available today to The Frontier and signed by the […]
•Late Ben Nwabueze Professor Ben Nwabueze (SAN), a leading Nigerian constitutional lawyer and former Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, is dead. This was revealed by the President General of Atani Town Union, Arinze NZELI, who stated that the prominent legal Icon died at his Lagos apartment at 4 p.m. yesterday, October 29. Nzeli s...
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) in Edo State have joined the nationwide strike of the group over autonomy. The group today picketed the gates to the Edo State House of Assembly, preventing the lawmakers from gaining entry into the complex, reports Channels TV. Their action follows the expiration of the ultimat...

