Senate panel on public accounts has uncovered how Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) failed to remit $679.4 million realized from the concession of various ports granted to 23 companies under Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) for ten years. The Committee chaired by Senator Matthew Urhoghide hinged the Investigation on Auditor General’s report which had been transferred to the Committee for consideration. According to the query by AuGF, 23 companies were granted concessional rent at various Port under Nigerian Ports Authority for ten years and above associated yearly rent of $679.4 million payable to NPA as at 31st December. But, there was…
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The possibility of a political solution to the case of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has been ruled out by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.The Nigerian President in an exclusive interview with the Channels Television said he will not interfere in his trial. The president said, “Nigerians know that I don’t interfere with the judiciary, let him be listened to. But those who are saying that he should be released, no, we cannot release Kanu is currently facing trial for terrorism and treason in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Kanu was first arrested in October…
At last the Nigerian Government has declared bandits as terrorists following a recent court order to that effect A government gazette announcing the declaration was signed on November 29, 2021, days after the court order. “A notice is hereby given that the order of the federal high court Abuja, in suit number FHC/ABJ/C’S/1370/2021 dated 2021as per the scheduled to this notice the activities of Yan Bindiga group, Yan Ta’adda Group and other similar groups in Nigeria are declared to be terrorism and illegal in any part of Nigeria, especially in the Northwest and north-central regions of Nigeria and are proscribed,…
The minister of finance, budget and national planning Zainab Ahmed has announced the new move by the Federal Government to raise excise duties and revenues for health-related and other critical expenditures. Speaking during a public presentation of the 2022 Appropriation Act in Abuja on Wednesday, January 5.she said an excise duty of N10/litre has been placed on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages to reduce the negative impact of diabetes Ahmed indicated that the excise duty was introduced in line with the Finance Act signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 31, 2021.According to her the new tax regime might go…
That Name, Natasha, rings like a bell in the minds of millions of Nigerians. She is known for two things, her sparkling beauty and her unparalleled generosity. But deep underneath the beauty lies her sterling Leadership trait that many are yet to unravel the mystery behind its exhibition. Above all, Barrister Natasha Akpoti is highly educated. So are all of our callous politicians and government officials who embezzle funds meant for public good. What then is different? One would define education to be, “that which is left after we have forgotten all we learned in the classrooms.” Natasha’s education can…
President Muhammadu Buhari has named the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, in tandem with the power confered on him under Section 59(2) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021.Recall that President Buhari had last September written the Senate on the administrative structure, amendments to the Petroleum Industry Act, which included appointment of Non-Executive Board Members, removal of the Ministries of Petroleum and Finance from the Board of the two new institutions, and appointment of Executive Directors. Presidential Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, said in a statementindicated that Senator Margret Chuba Okadigbo (South East), isChairman of the Board while Mele…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has lauded the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni over his efforts at revitalizing the education sector in the state.Lawan spoke in Abuja while receiving in audience on Tuesday members of the Yobe State Education Appeal Fund Organising Committee led by former Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji. His Special adviser on media Ola Awoniyi in a statement quoted Lawan to have told his guests that since Governor Buni took office in 2019, “the trajectory of educational development has improved tremendously and this is something that we have…
The controversy over who to ascend the Olubadan stool have been resolved as 10 of the 11 members of the Olubadan-in-council have endorsed Dr Lekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. The immediate past Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji who ascended the throne in March 2016, died in the early hours of Sunday. The Osi Balogun of Ibadanland, High Chief Tajudeen Ajibola, made the disclosure during a news conference by the kingmakers on Wednesday in Ibadan. Ajibola said the kingmakers have resolved that Dr Balogun should be next in line to occupy the throne of Olubadan…
**”Aides, Former Commissioners Dispel Defection Rumours Thousands of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party supporters converged in Yola, the Adamawa state capital to drum their unwavering support for the former state governor, Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow come 2023. The thousands of party supporters which include Senator Bindow’s former commissioners, former aides, party loyalists as well as APC elders met to discuss the need to bring back Senator Bindow to save the state. Speaking during the meeting, a former commissioner of education during Bindow’s administration, Hon Julius Kadala, said the best candidate for APC in Adamawa for the next gubernatorial…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state, Prince Mohammed Audu, has celebrated the performance of Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), urging him not to lose focus.Audu specifically urged governor Buni to continue on the trajectory to reposition the governing party as he has been doing.The former governorship aspirant also praised the Kogi state governor Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello-led administration in the state.Prince Audu made these declarations Tuesday evening when he paid a courtesy visit to the Caretaker Committee Chairman in Abuja.While declaring his support for the APC leadership at center…