The Senate has passed a bill seeking to prescribe improved salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits for Judicial office holders in Nigeria. The bill was read the third time yesterday and passed. The passage of the bill by the Senators was a sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human…
Businessman and socialite Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has revealed that the insecurity in the Southeast forced him to relocate his business to Lagos State. He disclosed this in a recent interview with BBC Igbo. The socialite lamented that the fear of kidnapping and killing had driven away customers from the East,…
A viral video has surfaced online showing the moment the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike ordered newly promoted permanent secretaries in his ministry to bow before President Bola Tinubu. The video has been slammed by Nigerians. In the video, the minister called out the permanent secretaries to show appreciation to the…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has clarified that the Obidient Movement is a diverse and inclusive collective, distancing it from any particular political party. Taking to his X page on Wednesday, Obi explained that while political parties may have youth mobilization directorates, the Obidient Movement transcends…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to come clean on the issue of fuel subsidy removal. Atiku, a former Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in a post on his X account on Wednesday, stated that a situation where the government is paying subsidies and lying about it is nothing…
In a significant shift in geopolitical relations, the Kremlin has officially declared the United States an “enemy” for the first time ever amid ongoing tensions over Ukraine. The announcement comes from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, citing this as part of a broader pattern of preventing U.S. citizens from interacting with Russia. This marks a notable…
Investigations have revealed that the plane was moved from Zaria to Euro Airport in Germany on March 25 and arrived at 12:59pm. after departing with the Nigerian government paying a parking fee of €5,000 (Euros) per night. Since it was transported to Germany for repairs, a Boeing Business Jet (Boeing 737-700) marked 5N-FGT owned by…
The Federal Government and Organised Labour on Wednesday adjourned the minimum wage talks till Thursday (today) when the negotiation is expected to continue. The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage postponed the session in anticipation of the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, submitting the salary template to President Bola Tinubu today. Tinubu had on Tuesday…
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till June 25 for further hearing the case against celebrity bartender and businessman, Pascal Okechukwu popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, for alleged abuse of the Naira. The court adjourned on Wednesday at the instance of the defendant who was absent but had written a letter…
The Nigerian Army, has dismissed allegations of mass killing by its troops in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The claims of mass killing were made by Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, debunked this in a statement, saying,…
