GIABA, an institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) responsible for facilitating the adoption and implementation of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism in West Africa says the current approach in the fight against corruption in the sub-region is weak and needs to be reviewed. The Director General, Mr Edwin Harris stated…
The Central African Republic Supreme Court has approved the results of the July referendum, which increased the duration of a presidential term to seven years but allowed the president to seek for office as many times as they wanted. The court declared that the vote was accepted by an overwhelming majority of 95%, with turnout…
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima on Monday departed Abuja for Johannesburg, South Africa to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 15th BRICS Summit of Heads of State and Government. The VP will join other business and political leaders across the world at the summit scheduled for August 22 to 24. In a statement, the Director…
Oyo State Government has advised civil servants and all government workers in the State to beware of scammers. The government advised the people of the State, especially civil servants and students, to ignore an online platform asking them to fill a purported application form to benefit from the State Government’s N10,000 support for them. Segun…
Imo State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Sylvia Agu, has confirmed that a contingent of 2,300 soldiers hailing from three army battalions will be deployed for the governorship election scheduled for November 11th. Speaking at a two-day media roundtable and engagement in Owerri, organized by the International Press Centre (IPC) and European Union Support to…
Femi Falana, a popular Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria has said the Federal Government’s N5 billion fuel subsidy deduction palliatives are diversionary and a waste. Falana publicized this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television monitored by media Men According to him, Tinubu should address the root cause: the dollarization of…
The Federal Government has announced N5billion palliative to each state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum made the announcement during an interactive session with State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday. Zulum outlined some of the issues discussed during the National Economic…
President Bola Tinubu will swear in the recently appointed ministers on Monday who have been assigned portfolios, William Bassey, the Director of Information in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), said in a statement. On July 27, the President forwarded a list of 28 nominees to the Senate for…
The government of Kano State says it is forming a 22-member committee to verify the legitimacy of the employment of more than 10,000 workers who were recruited during the tenure of the former governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. This committee has been tasked with examining whether the proper protocols were followed in the recruitment process. During…
Full list Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Bosun Tijani, Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management – Ishak Salako Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy – Wale Edun Minister of Marine and Blue Economy – Bunmi Tunji Minister of Power – Adedayo Adelabu Minister of State, Health and Social…
Nigerian President and Chairman of ECOWAS, President Bola Tinubu is currently presiding over the 2nd Extraordinary Summit to examine developments in the Socio-Political situation in the Republic of Niger. Declaring open the meeting, the Chairman of ECOWAS President Bola Tinubu stressed the need to prioritize diplomatic negotiations and dialogue in the call for the reinstatement…
Former United States President Donald Trump has said he will rescind the open border policy of his successor, President Joe Biden, and see to the “largest domestic eviction operation in American history” if he emerges winner of the 2024 presidential polls. Trump made this known during a campaign event in New Hampshire, stressing that he…
Some Nigerians have criticized a viral video where the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio was telling senators that the clerk of the National Assembly will send money to them to enable them to enjoy their holiday. On Tuesday, after the announcement of the leadership of standing committees, the Senate adjourned sitting till September 26, 2023 to…
A Former IPPIS desk officer with the Federal Character commission FCC Mr Haruna Kolo on Monday admitted that job seekers in the commission pay millions of naira into his personal account for onward transmission to the Chairman, Mrs Muyeebat Dankaka. Mr Kolo who revealed this in Abuja when he appeared before the adhoc Commitee investigating…
The Senate has called on President Bola Tinubu, as Chairman of ECOWAS, to further encourage other leaders of the regional grouping to strengthen political and diplomatic options in resolving the political impasse in Niger Republic. The resolution followed the consideration of a letter by President Tinubu at plenary. In the letter, the President informed the…
The Northern leadership under the aegis of Arewa Consultative Forum, has warned President Bola Tinubu to avoid going into war with Niger military junta. The group gave the caution while calling for a dialogue to settle the issue in a statement issued by its General Secretary, Murtala Aliyu, on Friday. According to ACF, military deployment…
President Bola Tinubu has reached out to the senate over the withdrawal of the nomination of Maryam Shetty as a ministerial nominee, replacing the former with Mairiga Mahmud. The President also placed in Festus Keyamo’s name as a ministerial nominee from Delta state This was revealed when the President of the Senate, Godswill Akabio read…
The Christian Association of Nigeria on Thursday called on Nigerians to accept President Bola Tinubu and give him a chance to fix the country. The organization also commended Tinubu for taking proactive steps to avert the proposed strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, over fuel subsidy removal pains. CAN advise the…
The Ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected Abdullahi Ganduje, a former Governor of Kano State, as its new National Chairman during a party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. Ajibola Basiru, a former Senate spokesperson, was also elected as the party’s National Secretary. The election took place in Abuja, attended by prominent figures including…
The Federal Government on Wednesday filed a disdain proceeding against the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, for allegedly embarking on an industrial action contrary to a June 5, 2023, exparte order by the National Industrial Court, NIC. The “notice of effects of disobedience to order of court” filed before NIC…
The Senate, on Monday, commenced the screening of the 28 ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu last week. 14 out of the 28 ministerial nominees were screened by the Senate at a session governed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. They were Abubakar Kyari (Borno), Abubakar Momoh (Edo), former governor Nyesom Wike…
A report has arisen on how a whopping N2.8 trillion was defrauded from Easterners as ramson to bandits; unpatriotic security operatives on roadblocks, corrupt revenue agents, and other criminal elements including non-state actors in three years. The report released by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) on July 31, 2023,…
The Nigeria House of Representatives has said it will approve the new minimum wage once it is transmitted to the National Assembly by the President. The spokesman of the House, Akin Rotimi in a statement lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the announcement of the planned upward review of the national minimum wage. Mr Rotimi…
The Presidential Steering Committee on Palliatives, encompassing the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, of Nigeria, is currently meeting with the Federal Government team at the Chief of Staff Conference Hall, at Aso Rock, Abuja. Recall that the organized labor fumed out of the meeting on Friday last week, asserting that…
The Nigerian Senate has commenced the screening of the first batch of ministerial nominees forwarded by President Bola Tinubu. The screening began on Monday afternoon during plenary, which had already begun upon the entrance of Senate President Godswill Akpabio. On Thursday, July 27, 2023, the Senate unveiled the President’s first batch of cabinet nominees, as…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will prepare a broadcast to the nation today, Monday, July 31, 2023, at 7 pm. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the statement was made by presidential spokesman Dele Alake in a statement on Monday morning. Alake said that television, radio stations, and other electronic media outlets should hook up to the network…
ECOWAS has stood stern while requesting for the immediate release and reinstatement of the deposed President of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum. The West Africa body has equally sought for the full restoration of constitutional order in the country. These are part of the resolutions adopted at the body’s emergency meeting in Abuja, summoned by its…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of over N200bn public funds collected by the administration of the immediate past Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa from the Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC). It also ordered the spending disclosure of allocations from the Federation Accounts. The Presiding…
In a bid to swiftly return Niger Republic to democratic governance after Wednesday’s take over by the military, Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Sunday host a special meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) In a statement by his media aide, Dele Alake, the President pledged that ECOWAS and the…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has stopped the working committee of its executives in seven states. The affected states include Ekiti, Rivers, Niger, Katsina, Kaduna, and Zamfara States. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Dr Agbo Major who announced this while briefing newsmen in Abuja, explained that the action followed the report of…
Edited by Damilola Adeleke Former US president Donald Trump said Friday he would not end his run for the White House if condemned and sentenced in any of the criminal investigations threatening to derail his tumultuous comeback bid. The Republican frontrunner was discussing the multiple accusations he faces as he pushes for a second term,…
