The House of Representatives has mandated its committees on Power, Banking Regulations, Rural Electrification Agency, Housing and Habitat, to investigate the disbursement and use of funds under the National Mass Metering Program (NMMP) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the Licensed Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs). This follow...
•Governor Alia A pro-democracy, anti-corrupÂtion and justice sector civil sociÂety organisation, Global IntegÂrity Crusade Network (GICN), has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)/to arrest, interrogate and prosecute the Special AdÂviser to Benue governor, HyaÂcinth Alia on Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy ...
•Late Dele Giwa A Federal High Court, Abuja, today, ordered the federal government (FG) to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murder of founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, and other journalists in the country. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, also made an order directing the FG to take measures to prevent attacks [&...
The controversy over the suspension of 26 lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new dimension today as Lawyers for Defence of Democracy, called on the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to investigate the alleged secret ex-parte order issued on Friday by Justice Donatus Okorowo, stopping the […]
The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its committee on aviation to investigate the hike in international flight fares and poor service delivery by foreign airlines operating in Nigeria. This, it said , was to curb unwholesome practices by airlines and ensure that flight fares were at par with that of neighbouring countries, reports V...