Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has alleged that there are people benefiting from the insurgent activities of Boko Haram and will not want it to end. The governor, who disclosed this in an interview with BBC Hausa, lamented how some people, whom he claimed were profiting from the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast…
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…
Finnish authorities have provided reasons for why controversial pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, cannot be granted bail in Finland. Mikko Laaksonen, a Senior Detective Superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, told Punch newspaper that the Finnish legal system does not allow bail for suspects accused of the type of offences Mr. Ekpa is facing.…
The Chairman, the Senate Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, Seriake Dickson (PDP, Bayelsa West), has said the tax reform bills will be passed by the National Assembly despite opposition from different quarters. In an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Monday, Dec. 2, Dickson, a former governor of Bayelsa State, said the bills would…
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a suspected kidnapper, Abu Umar. Addressing journalists at the Command headquarters in Ilorin on Monday, 2nd December 2024, the State Commandant, Dr. Umar J.G. Mohammed, disclosed that the suspect was allegedly involved in the abduction of one Isiaka Halimah, and…
