Written by Some consumers of confectionaries in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, have stopped buying bread, meat pies and other pastries, due to continuous hike in price of the commodities. The…
Written by In a statement released today, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has firmly denied rumours circulating on social media regarding President Bola…
*Says Dollar Exchange Rate Pushed Hajj Costs Above N9 Million Per Pilgrim The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission, Jalal Arabi, has said the commission used the N90 billion subsidy…
President Bola Tinubu has been fair to all sections of the country regarding appointments into key offices, a spokesman for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Tuesday. “President Tinubu is trying to be fair… We have some fairness in the key offices,” Felix Morka said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, throwing out […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed a suit challenging the use of Arabic inscriptions on Naira notes. Justices Yellin Bogoro held that Section 53 (1) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) empowers the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print, design and issue the currency and compels the […]
President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointment of Ms. Omolola Bridget Oloworaran as the new Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom) has sparked controversy among legal experts who argue that the appointment does not align with the relevant laws governing the pension industry. According to the Pension Reform Act 2014, the Director-General of PenCom must possess […]
President Bola Tinubu has appointed new leadership for the National Pension Commission, PENCOM, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, ICRC, National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA and the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Other agencies include The National Agency for the Great Green Wall, NAGGW, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NHSA, among others. According to separate statements […]
A FIRE outbreak has reportedly destroyed a palace at Gidan Rumfa, the residence of the 16th Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi. Daily Trust quoted sources in the palace, as saying that the incident occurred on Friday, July 12, around 11 pm. Unknown arsonists allegedly set the palace on fire. According to the sources, the inferno […]
Former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’i, has said his recent post on X was mere reminder of ultimate accountability and was not meant to unsettle anyone. Earlier in the week, El-Rufai’s tweet had generated interest, with many accusing him of scorning the current administration of Governor Uba Sani. An X user had posted […]
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, removed Mohammed Bello-Koko as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The president appointed Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho as the new MD and Senator Adedayo Adeyey as the Board Chairman of the NPA. The appointments were made known in a statement issued by the president’s Special Adviser on Media […]