Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Plateau State chapter, Izang Aware, has said that Nigerians have lost confidence in the legal system in the country. He said that there’s therefore the need for introspection by legal practitioners to make the profession responsive to the yearnings and aspirations of the common man as their last ...
•Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The federal government, yesterday, said it had raised N585m towards the settlement of fines for inmates in a bid to decongest correctional centres across the country. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, represented by an Assistant Director in the ministry, Dr Anayo Romanus-Nzekwe, disclosed this yesterday in K...
•National Assembly (NASS) Following Wednesday’s presentation of the 2024 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, lawmakers, yesterday, began debate on general principles of the N27.5 trillion proposal. At the floor of the upper legislative chamber, Senator Binos Yaroe (PDP-Adamawa) faulted the fire brigade ...
Senators in the Committee on Gas Resources today expressed disaffection over the blame game between the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over disbursement of N135Billion for the Nigeria Gas Expansion Programme. The Senate Committee had last week asked the beneficiary oil and gas companies to appear before i...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget for a second reading. The House leader, Julius Ihonvbere, today, November 30, while leading the debate on the general principles of the budget, commended President Bola Tinubu. Ihonvbere noted that national security and education which got signific...
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has rejected over 30,000 applicants who applied as cadets of the 75th Regular Course of the prestigious military institution. NDA Commandant, Major General John Ochai, who made the disclosure at the matriculation of 441 cadets into the various degree programmes as members of the 75th Regular Course of the NDA...
•Adepoju President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the appointment of Wura-Ola Adepoju as the substantive Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). She reportedly made the disclosure while addressing men and officers of the service at a routine parade yesterday, adding that her decoration would soon be made public, reports ...
•Mbah Enugu Governor Peter Mbah has directed the verification and biometric capturing of all local government workers in the state. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia today in Enugu. According to the statement, the verification committee will be inaugurated on Friday, December 1, 2...
•School children Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr Betta Edu, to release details of how the sum of N535.8 million was expended on feeding of schoolchildren during COVID-19 lockdown. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directed the minister and t...
• Adebanjo and Tinubu A Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has expressed concern over the lack of commitment of President Bola Tinubu to ensuring true federalism in the country amid his stance on the issue as former Governor of Lagos State. The Yoruba group said that Tinubu, as the president of the country, who is regarded [&he...
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