AFBA Nigeria forum, NBA agree on strategic collaboration on many fronts

AfBA -Nigeria Forum ,NBA agree on Strategic Collaboration on Many Fronts .

FG prioritizing investments, curbing revenue leakages — Minister

FEDERAL Government says it is using the Strategic Revenue Growth Initiatives (SRGI) to prioritize investments and curb leakages. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed said this in her keynote address at the recently held ‘Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) Stakeholders Sensitization Workshop’ in […]

[UPDATED]IPOB: Court strikes out eight of 15 terrorism charges against Nnamdi Kanu

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Friday, struck out eight of the 15 terrorism and felony charges preferred by the Federal Government against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

[BREAKING] IPOB: Court strikes out eight of 15 terrorism charges against Nnamdi Kanu

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Friday, struck out eight of the 15 terrorism and felony charges preferred by the Federal Government against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

I’m waiting for anyone to sue over Omisore, says Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has insisted that the National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Otunba Iyiola Omisore, is not fit for the position for disgracing former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the late Chief Bola Ige.

Buhari gets RMAFC’s new revenue sharing formula, states, LGs get more

THE Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission has finally presented the report of the review of the vertical revenue allocation formula to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd.) after failing to meet the 2021 deadline.

2022 budget deficit jumps to N7.35tn, Buhari to borrow N965bn

• President writes Reps, seeks amendment to 2022 Fiscal Framework The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has written a letter to the House of Representatives, informing the parliament that the deficit in the 2022 Appropriation Act has risen by N965.42bn to N7.35tn.

National Assembly fights Malami back, appeals Electoral Act judgment

The National Assembly has begun moves to thwart the actions of some members of the federal executive who are bent on removing Section 84(12) from the Electoral Act 2022.

2023: NBA charges Nigerians to hold elected officials accountable

The Nigerian Bar Association, Calabar Branch (the “Doyen Bar”) has urged Nigerians to hold elected officials accountable, ahead of the 2023 general elections.

[JUST IN] Recruitment tragedy: Court frees Abba Moro, jails ex- Perm Sec

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted a former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Interior, Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia.

[BREAKING] Bola Ige: I’ll be delighted to go to court, says Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, expressed willingness to be involved in legal proceedings to unravel the killers of a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige.

Insecurity: Fed Govt dismisses claims it’s overwhelmed

The Federal Government yesterday debunked insinuations that government had been overwhelmed by persisting insecurity.

Why we released BoA MD, by terrorists

Terrorists, who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022, said the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) Alwan Ali-Hassan was released on compassionate ground.

Train attack: CSOs call for Amaechi’s resignation

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of Civil Society Forum of Nigeria, on Wednesday, demanded the immediate resignation of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over the recent attack on Abuja-Kaduna train.

Zoning crisis threatens PDP, South insists on presidency

• Party in dilemma over zoning, doesn’t want to appear anti-South – Chieftain The opposition Peoples Democratic Party is currently battling a crisis over the refusal of the southern and northern elements to agree on zoning, The PUNCH has learnt.