CBN: Senate Mount More Pressure
On Wednesday, October 25, the Senate passed a consolidated bill that aims to prevent a governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who is currently in office from engaging in political activity and to reposition the CBN for greater efficiency. Read More
Court Dismisses Ghandi As Soun of Ogbomoso
Oba Ghandi Olaoye, the new Soun of Ogbomoso, has been dismissed by the Oyo State High Court, which is seated in Ogbomoso. Read More
Tinubu Appoints New CEOs For Shippers Council, NIWA
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the National Inland Waterways (NIWA) have new Chief Executive Officers following the appointment of Akutah Pius Ukeyima as the Executive Secretary/CEO (NSC) and Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji as the MD of NIWA by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Read More
PDP’s Yohanna replaces APC’s Abbo In Senate.
On Wednesday, PDP senator Amos Yohanna took the oath of office and began serving as the senator for Adamawa North Senatorial District. Read More
NDDC Restructure: Ohaneze Slams Clark Edwin Over Call To Remove Other States
The request to withdraw Abia, Imo, and Ondo States from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) made by well-known Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Clark has been turned down by Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the highest Igbo sociocultural organization. Read More
INEC Excludes Sylva’s Name From Candidates List For Bayelsa Poll
The names of the candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva and his his running mate, Joshua Maciver have been excluded from the final list of candidates ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Read More
78-Year-Old Woman Was Raped, Bled to Death in Lagos
An Investigative Police Officer (IPO), ASP Babatunde Ashifat, told the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how one Jelili Lawal allegedly raped a 78-year-old woman in Lagos State Read More
“I Served Anambra Well,” Obiano Says Regarding Accusations of Corruption
Willie Obiano, the former governor of Anambra State, has refuted claims of corruption made against him by a human rights organization. Read More
Supreme Court Fixes Tommorrow For Judgement In Obi, Atiku, Tinubu Case
The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver judgement on Thursday, October 26, 2023, in the cases of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Bola Tinubu. Read More
Tax Reforms: FG to Reduce Levies to Approximately 10, Streamline Over 200 Taxes
It has been suggested by the Presidential Committee on Tax Reforms and Fiscal Policy that the lengthy list of officially payable taxes and levies—which presently numbers more than sixty—be reduced to a manageable single digit figure. Read More
