•Bakare and Sowore The federal government has discontinued the trial of politician and media owner, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, (aka Mandate). The government’s decision to discontinue the trial was communicated to the Federal High Court in Abuja via a notice, dated February 14 but filed the next day by the Attorney Ge...
•Police The federal government and governors of the 36 states of the federation have agreed to set up state police as the nation struggles to curtail insecurity. The agreement was reached during an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the governors, which took place at the presidential villa in Abuja today, reports The Nation. [...
•DG, Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha The Debt Management Office (DMO) has said that the Federal Government is seeking to raise N2.5 trillion in its second bond auction of the year. In a circular issued yesterday, DMO stated that the offerings consisted of N1.25 trillion with a maturity date of February 2031 and another N1.25 […]...
•Falana ActivÂist-lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to comÂpel the federal government, the 36 states of the federation and Abuja to provide free and compulsory education up to junior secondary school level. Falana and his co-plaintiff/apÂplicant, Hauwa Mustapha, filed the suit marked FHC/L/CS/142/2024...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says Nigeria cannot continue to subsidise electricity, adding that the nation must begin to move towards a cost-effective tariff model, as the country is currently indebted to the tune of 1.3 trillion naira to generating companies (GenCos) and 1.3 billion dollars owed gas companies. Adelabu who addressed...
The federal government has asked the International Police (Interpol) to place three Nigerians on the watch list over alleged forgery. The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha yesterday said that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s signature was forged by those who withdrew $6,230,000 as authorised by the Central...
•The United Kingdom Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch and Nigerian Trade Minister Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, at the signing yesterday in Abuja. The federal government has retracted its earlier statement on the legal aspect of the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership signed with the United Kingdom yesterday. This came f...
•Nurses The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), Faruk Abubakar yesterday, said 42,000 nurses have left the country in the last three years. Faruk’s comment came on the heels of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) protest against the new certification verification guidelines issued by th...
The federal government has assured the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) that it would resume the payment of wage award to workers this week. A statement by Mr Olajide Oshundun, the spokesperson to the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, yesterday, said the Minister gave the assurance ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has again, raised the currency rate that is applied when determining customs charges at the nation’s seaports. Data from the Nigeria Customs Service’s official trade portal indicates that yesterday, Monday, February 12, the exchange rate was raised from N1,417.635 per Dollar to N1,444.56 per Dollar, reports D...
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