Reps Probe Petrol Subsidy Under President Buhari, Allege $7 Billion Diversion
The House of Representatives has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the petroleum products subsidy regime under President Muhammadu Buhari. The lawmakers asked the committee to carry out the probe from 2017 to 2021. This followed the adoption ...
After Repeated Complains Over Salaries, Staff Of Public Complaint Commission Lock Up Commissioner In Office
Staff of the Public Complaints Commission, on Wednesday, locked the Chief Commissioner, Abimbola Ayo Yusuf, in the office during a protest over the non-payment of the Consolidated Legislative Salary approved by the National Assembly. The action of the PCC workers in Abuja was premised on their protest to ventilate their grievances. In 2021, the Senate upgraded the salary scale of staff...
Court Voids Passage Of Rivers Budget By Pro-Fubara Lawmakers
Justice James of the Federal High Court Abuja has nullified the N800 billion budget passed by the Edison Ehie-led group of the Rivers State House of Assembly and signed into law by the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The court also upheld the suit filed by the Assembly and Speaker Martin Amaewhule, against Fubara, which sought an order of injunction...
2023: North Determines Next President, Will Be Asked To Vote Atiku – Primate Ayodele
Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has made another revelation regarding the 2023 presidential election. He stated that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, would be asked to vote in the North. Primate Ayodele revealed in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, that the 2023 election will be based on ethnicity and...
Tinubu Sacks Tukur As NFIU Boss, Appoints Bakari
President Bola Tinubu has fired Moddibo Tukur as the Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), naming Ms Hafsat Abubakar Bakari as his replacement. According to Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesman, who announced the appointment, it is subject to confirmation by the Senate. “Ms. Bakari is a lawyer and financial intelligence expert with years of experience in anti-money laundering,...
Travellers Stranded As Dollar Shortage Hits Banks – Report
Nigerians are finding it increasingly difficult to access the United States dollar at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s official rate for eligible transactions. Worse affected are those travelling abroad who are experiencing delays in accessing Busines...
Senate Approves Tinubu’s $2.2BN Loan Request
President Bola Tinubu's request for a $2.2 billion loan to help partially finance the ₦9.7 trillion budget deficit for the fiscal year 2024 was approved by the Senate on Thursday. The approval followed the presentation of a report by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Aliyu Wamakko, during plenary. Presiding over the session, Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau...
FG Urges States To Comply With Payment Of N70,000 Minimum Wage
The Federal Government has appealed to state governments yet to comply with the new National Minimum Wage Act and commence paying the new N70,000 minimum wage to do so. After a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Monday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, applauded those states that have commenced paying workers the new minimum wage. Akume...
Palliatives: N8,000 Lots Of Money, Says Nasarawa Governor Sule
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, says he disagrees with those arguing that the proposed N8,000 palliative by the Federal Government won’t do much to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy on poor Nigerians. The governor, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, insisted that N8,000 is a lot of money for...
International Trips: Tinubu, Shettima’s Absence Fiscal Irresponsibility — Obi
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate during the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has described the foreign trips embarked upon by both President Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Kashim Shettima, as fiscal irresponsibility. Obi raised issues with the trips, coming when the country is grappling with domestic (economic) challenges. Recall that Tinubu departed for the United Kingdom on October 2, for a...
