A Supreme Court judgement on Thursday morning directed the National Assembly to put a halt to its plan to amend the 1999 Constitution. President Goodluck Jonathan had taken the National Assembly to court to challenge its decision to change some parts of the Constitution, arguing that the legislative arm of government was attempting to clip…
The Senator-elect for Lagos West Senatorial District and Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Solomon Adeola, has called on the incoming Federal Government and relevant financial and auditing regulatory bodies to appropriately sanction the auditing firm, PriceWater House Coopers, PWC, for misleading and decieving Nigerians on the issue of the missing…
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has directed his security aides to always adhere to traffic regulations as stipulated by the Nigerian government. Buhari, in a statement issued by his media aides in Abuja, explained that floating traffic rules by top public officers and their aides send the wrong signal to citizens. He stressed that his administration will…
A bill prohibiting female circumcision in Nigeria has been passed by the Senate. The Violence against Persons (Prohibition) Bill was passed by the red chambers on Tuesday at a plenary presided over by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The new development makes it criminal to perform genital mutilation in the country. Female circumcision is…
Acting Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered the payment of salaries owed a female officer of the Force for two years. Arase gave the directive on Wednesday morning after listening to a live programme, where the affected officer called in to lay her complaints. A statement by the Force spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said…
The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund, PEF, Mrs Sharon Adefunke Kasali, has been axed by President Goodluck Jonathan. Her sack was announced on Tuesday in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati. Kasali has been the Executive Secretary of PEF since 2007. Abati disclosed that Kasali has…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus Outgoing President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has been accused of setting traps for the incoming government of Muhammadu Buhari by embarking on unnecessary last-minute appointments as well as the removal and immediate replacement of heads of strategic government parastatals. The allegation was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Port Harcourt by…
Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, the Abia State governor-elect, has urged his supporters to shelve any planned courtesy visits to his residence or campaign office for now. Ikpeazu explained in a statement he personally signed that he is taking this step so as to have time to map out strategies on how to govern the state effectively…
The Enugu State House of Assembly, on Monday, started proceedings to impeach the state governor, Sullivan Chime. The lawmakers accused Chime of forging the N12 billion 2012 Supplementary Budget. Fourteen members of the House, including the Speaker, Eugene Odo, signed the impeachment notice at the plenary held in the early hours of Monday and directed…
The ravaging scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol, may likely end today, Thursday, April 30, 2015, going by the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. She said that the Federal Government will pay about N156 billion to the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, on Thursday in other to end the…