The House of Representatives has launched a status enquiry into the National Lottery Trust Fund’s financial practices after it was revealed that the organisation had expended 100 per cent of its Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR). Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Rep James Falake, has said this at the ongoing...
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Some members of the Etuboms Traditional Council (ETC) in the Palace of Obong of Calabar has cautioned Gov. Bassey Otu-led government against acting contrary to the Supreme Court judgment in the selection of the traditional ruler. The Chairman of ETC from another camp, HRH Etubom Essien Ekpenyong Efiok,...
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed March 13, 2024, to hear a suit filed in 2008, by the Attorney General of Lagos State against the Federal Government in respect of who controls and regulates the gaming and lottery sector. A seven-man panel justices of the Supreme Court led...
Nigeria on Monday called on the Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) to develop institutional framework for the enforcement of financial crimes regulations in the sub region. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, made the appeal at the...
Alabo (Hon.) Boma Iyaye, Esq, DSSRS: Advocate for Youthful Growth In the sprawling Niger Delta landscape of the Niger Delta, an inspiring figure of steadfast commitment and indefatigable spirit emerges: Alabo (Hon.) Boma Iyaye. The current Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), it...
By KAYODE ADEBIYI, Abuja- The Senior Special Assistant to the President on School Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, has said the support of traditional rulers was necessary for the success of Federal Government’s National Home-Grown Feeding Programme. Adeniji said this during courtesy visits to the Emir of Borgu,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The leadership of College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) said it has received with immense satisfaction, the decision of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to suspend the backward policy directing tertiary institutions including Colleges of Education to start remitting 40% of a non-existent IGR to...
The Federal Government has resolved the passport production crisis in the U.S. as the three Missions have resumed passport services. According to a public notice posted in the Embassy of Nigeria Washington DC, all passport applicants scheduled earlier for biometric are expected to come to the Mission on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Stakeholders at a community dialogue in Maidugiri over the weekend have called for the adoption of traditional system, pattern and protocol of administration of the ongoing process.of reintegrating the deradicalized and rehabilitated repentant Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.. The stakeholders...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Chairman , Cross River State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists,(NUJ), Comrade Gill Nsa, has charged the state government to give priority attention to the entertainment industry due to its vast economic potentials. Nsa gave the charge when the leadership of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the Alli family and the Nigerian Army over the passing of Major-General Chris Alli (rtd), former Chief of Army Staff, who died on Sunday. Major-General Alli was Chief of Army Staff from 1993 to 1994 when...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The immediate past Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mohammad Nami has been awarded the Top10 Magazine Man of the Year 2023, in recognition of his commitment and excellent service rendered to the nation while in office. Receiving the award...
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have threatened to exit its umbrella body, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), if its President Williams Akporeha and General-Secretary, Afoloabi Olawale, did not resign. Mr Gbenga Olawale, an Ex-Officio of the PTD from Ibadan depot, said in a...
The out-of-court settlement meeting on the execution of N2.5 billion judgment debt between Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, and its 110 disengaged staff has ended in a deadlock. Mr Isaac Enabhule, tge Counsel to the Judgment Creditors, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Zaria...
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has said that nine bodies were recovered from a boat mishap that occurred in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. The Head of Relief and Rehabilitation in NSEMA, Alhaji Salihu Garba, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...
The Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has signed a historic deal with the Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR) – publishers of PRNigeria, Spokespersons’ Digest and Economic Confidential – for the hosting of annual Spokespersons’ Communications Awards (SCA). The epoch-making Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Close Watch, has described the recent clash between between the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and some personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Kaduna, as unnecessary. The National Coordinator of Close Watch, Biodun Odele...
The Federal Government has suspended Mr Balogun Tajudeen, the Acting Director, Admin, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun state over his involvement in a job racketeering saga in the institution. The Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms Patricia Deworitshe, disclosed this in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said Kaduna and Adamawa states have the highest number of applicants in the ongoing recruitment of Constables into the Nigeria Police. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani said this in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former President Goodluck Jonathan on the occasion of his 66th birthday . President Tinubu in a statement on Sunday by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, commended Jonathan for his unique demonstration of statesmanship and for his distinguishing achievement...