The Senate and the House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed the N2.17trn 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill after third reading. Before the passage of the bill, the Senate adopted the report of the harmonized sittings of both red and green chambers on the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill as submitted by Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator…
An Anambra High Court sitting in Awka has restrained the embattled Uchenna Nwoye from parading himself as the President General of Ifitedunu Community in Dunukofia local government area. The court presided over by Justice Tagbo Anieto granted an order of interlocutory injunction brought by Evang. Azodo Jasper, Samuel Nweke, Arinze Azodo, Onyebuchi Anene, Bethrand Nwankwo,…
According to earlier reports, the Kingmakers in Oyo town, popularly known as Oyo Mesi, dragged the governor and the state’s Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Matters, and also the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to court to stop them from aborting the process for the selection/appointment of the candidate for replacing the vacant…
The Yaba Overpass bridge commissioned today, is one of the four bridges that the state government has lined up for commissioning. The remaining overpasses waiting to be commissioned are at Oyingbo, Mushin, and Ikeja The occasion kicked off with the arrival of Governor Sanwo-Olu arrived at about 12.20 p.m., and he was received by his…
The Senate, on Thursday, sworn in Senator-elect for Kogi Central Senatorial District, Barr Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a member of the 10th Senate. This followed her presentation with Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the duly elected Senator for Kogi Central. Akpoti-Uduaghan, elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, said that the decomposing, headless bodies found in Abia State indicates the scale of insecurity in the country. Recall Alex Otti, governor of Abia, while speaking at a media parley on Sunday, said 20 headless bodies and countless human skeletons were found around Lokpanta cattle market…
A Civil Society Organisation has demanded the release of the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, from the Economic and Financial Crime Commission’s custody. Convener of the Coalition of Civil Society for Defence of Human Rights, Yusuf Maje, made this known at a ‘Free Emefiele Rally’ held in Abuja on…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified that the old 200, 500, and 1000 naira notes would continue to be legal tender even after December 31, 2023. Recall that in October 2022, former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele had unveiled plans to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, urging citizens to deposit their old…
The Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state Prof Charles Okechukwu Esimone, has approved the immediate suspension of Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya (Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor) for six months over the allegations of presentation of a forged and fake degree result to the University. The six months suspension is to enable the university authority carryout…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration expressed due displeasure on the illegal conversion of the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Arts and Culture complex in Garki, Abuja, into a drinking joint by shop owners. The Mandate Secretary, Social Development Secretariat, FCTA, Mr Ibrahim Masari, expressed their displeasure and gave a stern warning during an emergency meeting with…
