Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has officially signed the Lagos Electricity Bill into law. The Lagos state Deputy Governor Kadri Hamzat, members of the State assembly, as well as the state executive council members were at the Lagos House Alausa Ikeja for the signing. This was disclosed by Jubril Gawat, the Senior…
The Senate today, Dec. 3, confirmed the nomination of Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede for appointment as Chief of Army Staff. The confirmation followed the consideration of reports by the Chairman of the sense committee on Army, Sen. Yar’ adua, Abdulaziz Musa (Katsina Central). The committee’s recommendations were unanimously adopted by the upper chamber. Lieutenant General…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has given reasons it did not mention the name of the top government official linked to the 753 forfeited duplexes and other properties in Abuja. The agency had on Monday, December 2, announced that it had secured a landmark judgment for the final forfeiture of an estate…
Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, has expressed discomfort with several sections of the proposed tax reform bills. On Thursday, Nov. 28, the Senate passed the bills for a second reading despite resistance to it. The proposed legislation, which seeks to prioritise the location of consumption as the basis for…
Comrade Kaduna Eboigbodin, a former Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State, has tragically passed away following an alleged encounter with police officers at a roadblock in the Upper Sokponba area of Benin City. Vanguard reports that Eboigbodin was reportedly stopped on Monday, December 2, while driving with his wife. According…
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has confirmed that the Port Harcourt refinery, with a production capacity of 60,000 barrels per day, is operational and currently producing various refined petroleum products, including diesel, kerosene, and petrol. PENGASSAN National President, Festus Osifo, during the association’s National Executive Council Meeting held…
Saudi Arabia has put over 300 people to de@th in 2024, according to an AFP tally, after four executions announced on Tuesday, December 3, brought the kingdom’s total to an all-high level. The de@th penalty was carried out against three people convicted of drug smuggling and another for murder, the official Saudi Press Agency reported,…
An unknown disease has k!lled 143 people in the Congo in an outbreak that has alarmed the World Health Organization. Patients suffered from flu-like symptoms, including a high fever and severe headache with women and children reported to be most seriously affected, local officials say,Deaths are being recorded in Kwango province, in the Southwest of…
