in view of Emefiele’s trail, Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, bail in the sum of twenty million nairas with one surety. Justice Oweibo however noted that the embattled former CBN governor should be remanded in prison custody…
The Governor of Yobe State Hon. Mai Mala Buni, yesterday accepted the release of the sum of N1.7 billion for the payment of work plans-based Projects across the 17 Local Government Areas. The Permanent Secretary Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Alh. Ali Mustapha said, “This was done after the completion of the work…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has beseeched and advised accredited Observers for the concluded 2023 General Elections to table down their reports to enhance its Operation for future elections and deepen the Nation’s democracy. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu gave the advice in Abuja during a meeting with Civil Society Organisations on the review…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it plans to study its result management system following Nigerians’ complaints about the 2023 general elections. The commission said its result management system had been a subject of litigation. The INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said this during the post-election review meeting with Collation and Returning Officers on…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) for the 36 States of the Federation as part of measures to cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal on the masses. The approval was disclosed at the monthly meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), in Abuja. The Infrastructure Fund…
The House of Representatives is establishing and tendering diplomatic solutions towards resolving the plight of Nigerian citizens in Danare and Biajua communities at the disputed Nigeria Cameroon border. Mrs Beni Lar, the Chairman of the House Adhoc committee probing the potential land encroachment at the border by the Cameroonian government, stated this during the proceedings…
Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives has rejected a possible rise in electricity tariffs. The House took a stand against a proposed increase on Tuesday, July 20. According to Channels Television, Honorable Aliyu Madaki moved the motion to reject the increase, which would create an additional cost burden on Nigerians who are already feeling the burden of…
Nigeria Federal Government’s planned distribution of N500 billion to Nigerians as palliatives to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal has been condemned by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) who described it as another ploy to further impoverish the people. In a statement, NLC President, Joe Ajaero described the Federal Government’s move as robbing the…
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has asked for the immediate review of the 8,000 Naira conditional cash transfer programme aimed at providing succour to most vulnerable households Tinubu however has also directed the unveiling of the whole palliative package meant to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal….
Not fewer than 60 Constitutional and Human Right lawyers, have stormed the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, to commence committal proceedings against the Director General of the State Security Service, DSS, Mr Yusuf Bichi, for what they described as violation of orders of court directing the release of suspended Governor of the…
Senator Iyiola Omisore, the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been replaced with the Deputy National Secretary, Festus Fuanter. This is just as the proposed National Caucus and National Executive Committee, NEC, meetings scheduled for July 18 and 19 have been put on hold. The new developments were declared openly by the…
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has boosted the minimum wage for workers in the state to N40,000, NewsBreakNaija has learned. The Governor, initially this year, had convinced the state of his willingness to pay the new national minimum wage of N30,000 but received the increment today. More details coming shortly….
NIGERIA’S Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State has read a riot act to all aspirants jostling for the party’s ticket ahead of the Surulere Federal Constituency I bye- election, slated for August 19, 2023. The Lagos State Chairperson of LP, Pastor Dayo Ekong who read the act at a news briefing on Friday evening at…
The First Lady of the Federal Republic of NIGERIA, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has pledged to reach the grassroots in all the states of the Federation to uplift and ease the burden of Nigerians through her pet project, The Renewed Hope Initiative. Oluremi Tinubu said this at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, where she met…
The house of representatives, has approved President Bola Tinubu request for N500 billion to provide palliatives against fuel subsidy removal, the House of Representatives approved the request. The House on Thursday approved the request by amending the Supplementary budget, thereby granting the request by the president. It would be recalled that President Tinubu had in…
The Senate has commenced screening of the recently appointed Service Chiefs. President Bola Tinubu, had on Monday, June 19 appointed new service chiefs in the country. President Bola Tinubu had in a letter to the senate on Monday, requested that the Upper Chamber confirm the nomination of the Service Chiefs. Chief of Army Staff who…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to charge the suspended Central Bank Of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele to court within one week or release him. The court gave the order during hearing in the fundamental human rights suit Emefiele filed to challenge his arrest and detention…
The President of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed to Nigerians of his commitment to making citizens’ lives better. The President re-echoed this assurance while receiving the Class of 1999 Governors, who called on him at the State House, Abuja. As the Governor of Lagos State at that time, the visit was nostalgic in nature,…
President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly seeking an amendment to the 2022 supplementary budget Act to allow the Federal Government to source N500 billion for palliative to cushion the impact of subsidy removal. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, who read the president’s letter during plenary on Wednesday, said…
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu writes to the upper chamber house seeking the confirmation of the appointments of the Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs. President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio while reading the message sent at the commencement of Plenary on Tuesday stressed that the actions was…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has made public the formation of standing committees which are Appropriations, Public Accounts, Ethics, and Public Petitions and Establishment. Senator Solomon Adeola will be chairman for the Appropriations Committee, while Senator Ahmed Wadada will chairman for Public Accounts Committee, according to Akpabio, who spoke at Tuesday’s plenary session….
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after attending the two-day 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Guinea Bissau. President Tinubu emerged as the new Chairman of ECOWAS less than 45…
President Bola Tinubu has succeeded Umaro Embalo as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu takes over from President Umaro Embalo of Guinea Bissau as ECOWAS chair. “We will take democracy seriously, Democracy is very tough but it is the best form of government,” he said upon his emergence…
Mr Felix Hassan Hyat, Kaduna State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on leaders and stakeholders in Nigeria to ensure they promote peace and unity in their utterances and actions. Speaking in Kaduna on Friday during a one-day roundtable on religion and politics, he lamented that former governor Nasir El-Rufai could lower…
The Councilor representing Umualor Ward in Isi-Uzo Local Government Legislative Council, Enugu State, Aluagbo Maxwell, has been canceled for allegedly embezzling N1.1 million meant for Internally Displaced Persons in his constituency. The motion for the recess of the legislator was moved by the Majority Leader of the Council, Nnabuike Ugwu, representing Neke Ward II during…
President Bola Tinubu has authorized the association of a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Taiwo Oyedele, is the chairman of the committee. In a statement issued by Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake on Friday, the appointment aligns…
President Bola Tinubu has endorsed four Executive Orders one of which is the recess of the five percent Excise Tax on telecommunication services as well as the Excise Duties increased on locally manufactured products. The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake declared this on Thursday while enlightening journalists…
The government of Kwara State has reversed and ended the directive which reduced working days from five days to three days for civil servants in the state. This was contained in a statement by the State Head of Service, Modupe Oluwole who on had on June 5 this year, said that the state government took…
Governor Malam Umar A. Namadi has upheld the appointments of 21 Heads of Agencies of the Jigawa State Government. This was included in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of Jigawa State, Malam Bala Ibrahim. Those appointed include; Ahmed Umar Labbo, Executive Secretary, of the Pilgrims Welfare Board, Kamilu Aliyu Musa, Executive…
Edited by Damilola Adeleke Some House of Representatives members in Abuja on Tuesday protested the alleged intolerance in the allocation of seats and offices for the members. The lawmakers, numbering about 100, who openly protested against the perceived inclinations, said the ugly trend was capable of causing setbacks in legislative activities. The News Agency of…
In breaking news from Abuja, the Presidential Election Petition Court has officially accepted crucial evidence in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s defense against the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku. President Tinubu’s educational records from Chicago State University, including his admission letter, have been admitted as exhibits, confirming…
