Day: January 13, 2016

Nigerian Pirates Deported To Nigeria

No fewer than eight Nigerian pirates have been deported to Nigeria by the Ghanaian authorities following a directive of the West African neighbour’s Interior Minister. According to reports from Ghana, the suspects were handed over to the Nigerian authorities by a team of officials comprising the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Immigration Service led…

FG Approves $200m Loan For Lagos

A World Bank loan of $200 million has been approved for Lagos State by the Federal Government of Nigeria. At the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting held on Wednesday and presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, the government explained the money was part of the $600 million loan granted by the Bank for roads and…

FEC: Buhari Surprises Osinbajo, Ministers

President Buhari on Wednesday pulled a surprise on members of his cabinet when he arrived before time for the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting. The meeting, which holds Wednesdays in Abuja, is to review activities of the government. President Buhari arrived the meeting at about 9:50am, 10 minutes before time, 10am, and only 19 ministers…

Former Wike’s Close Allies Join APC

Former Chairman, Security Committee of Wike’s New Rivers Vision Campaign Organisation, Brigadier-General Elton David Amah, has decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Amah joined APC at an elaborate ceremony held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday and disclosed that he entered into politics after his retirement from…

No Budget Missing–Senate

Spokesman of the Nigerian Senate, Aliyu Abdullahi, has clarify the controversy trailing the N6.08 trillion 2016 budget said to be missing at the National Assembly. On Tuesday, reports went viral that the document was no where to be found. Later in the day, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the…

Court Stops MTN Taking Money Abroad

Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos has barred MTN Nigeria Communications Limited from moving any of its funds from all commercial banks in Nigeria abroad pending hearing of its suit challenging the N1.4trillion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC. The Federal Government, through the NCC, initially imposed…

Missing Budget: Saraki Meets Buhari

Following reports on Tuesday that the N6.08 trillion 2016 budget was missing at the National Assembly, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki was at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday night for a meeting with the President, ostensibly over the missing budget. However, he declined speaking…