The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, says it will on April 11, 2016, rule on whether it has the jurisdiction to entertain a case brought before it by the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki. This information was contained in a statement issued by the court in Abuja on Thursday. The case filed with…
The Federal Government and West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly, WATRA, has signed an agreement on adopting a comprehensive framework for the regulation of telecommunications activities. The deal was sealed on Wednesday in Abuja by both parties. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu said WATRA was established by member states of ECOWAS. WATRA…
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, says statistics has shown that over 1.6 million Nigerians who are living under the scourge of diabetes have constituted a national prevalence of 1.9 per cent who spend up to N53, 000 annually for their treatment, and this mainly is an out-of-pocket expenditure. The medical body in Nigeria made this…
The Federal Government has taken a step to stop the threat by resident doctors in Nigeria to embark on an industrial action. Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that the government will look into the grievances of the doctors. This came following a 21-day ultimatum given to the Federal…
Former Senate President, David Mark has threatened to contact his lawyers over reports linking him with the controversial Panama Paper Leaks that he operated offshore companies. The lawmaker from Benue State, in a statement issued on Thursday via his media team and signed by Paul Mumeh, maintained that his hands are clean. Mark said he…
Trial of the former Niger Delta Minister, Godsday Orubebe, has begun at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. The first prosecuting witness, one Samuel Madujemu, who is an investigator in the Asset Tracing Department of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, started his testimony against the former Minister. Madujemu claimed Orubebe was issued asset declaration…
There is currently a move by the National Assembly to scrap the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR; the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA; and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Leadership reports. This will be done through the new version of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, and the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB.…
Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, April 7, 2016, paid a courtesy visit to President Muhammadu Buhari. The former Head of State was at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to see the President ostensibly for a serious matter. Obasanjo was seeing Buhari again after he made a similar visit to him in 2015, soon…
Aproko247 has confirmed that the Presidency has received details of the controversial 2016 national budget approved by the National Assembly. The document was received on behalf of the Presidency on Thursday, April 6, 2016, at the State House by the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari. It was gathered that the budget…
Renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falan, SAN, has lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, saying the current hardship Nigerians are going through were never asked for. The respected lawyer, speaking at the Central Working Committee, CWC, meeting of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, held on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, said he is in support…