By Terry Ikumi and Gloria Ume-Uzeoke President Bola Tinubu had written the National Assembly seeking the approval of the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as 2023 supplementary budget. The 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill expeditiously scaled second reading on Tuesday in the House of Representatives and the Senate as lawmakers said it is for the benefit of the country President Bola Tinubu had written the National Assembly seeking the approval of the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as 2023 supplementary budget to address labour wage adjustments, security and more. The President also sent the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) & Fiscal Strategy Paper to…
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As Justice Zubairu awarded a cost of N1 million in favour of Sylva The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has reversed the nullification of the candidacy of Chief Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Binta Zubairu, who delivered the lead judgement held that Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, was wrong in ordering the sack of Sylva as a candidate of the APC in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State. According to the court, the trial court was erred in having assumed jurisdiction in the matter on grounds that the plaintiff at the Federal…
The court dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere for lacking in merit. The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the duly elected candidate for Kogi Central Senatorial Election earlier in February. The court dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere for lacking in merit. Earlier in September, the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja had nullified the victory of Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial Election. The court further declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the actual winner of the February senatorial…
The Nigeria Police Council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive Inspector General Of Police (IGP). Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State disclosed this after police council meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. The Bauchi governor also said that President Bola Tinubu, who chaired the police council meeting, intervened in the political and security situation unfolding in Rivers State with the planned impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Tinubu had on Monday, June 19, 2023, appointed Egbetokun as IGP. The new IGP replaced Usman Baba, who was appointed as the IGP by former President Muhammadu Buhari on…
President Bola Tinubu has stepped into the political situation in Rivers State. The President, on Tuesday, met with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Tinubu met with the two politicians at the Aso Villa in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State disclosed this after the Nigeria Police Council meeting held at the Villa today. According to him, the President intervened in the political and security situation unfolding in Rivers State. The meeting of the President with the two politicians who are…
The Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) has pledged its commitment to work with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment to build the capacity of project managers in the country. The Registrar of the Institute, Mr Henry Mbadiwe, made the pledge when he led a delegation on a visit to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Mbadiwe, the institute plans to support the Ministers initiatives in the areas of human capital development, planning, delivering and monitoring the Ministry’s initiatives for national development. “We have started putting together…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Tuesday, issued certificates of Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) to 57 companies operating in Kano, for meeting set production standards. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most of the companies are producers of fertilizer, rice and plastics, among others. SON’s Director-General, Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwunonso-Okeke, said MANCAP has a Mandatory Product Scheme to ensure that all locally-manufactured products in the country conform to relevant Nigeria Industrial Standard (NIS) before such products are presented for sale in the market or exported. The director-general, represented by the Regional Director, Albert Wilberforce, said MANCAP is…
The newly appointed Secretary to the ICPC, Mr Clifford Oparaodu, has sought the cooperation of members of staff of the agency in the fight against corrupt practices in the country. Oparaodu made the call when he took over from Prof. Musa Usman Abubakar, the outgoing Secretary of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in Abuja. The ICPC Spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The new secretary said that working in ICPC is a “national call that requires honesty, mutual respect and partnership to take the commission to greater heights”. He,…
A former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Muhammad Datijo, says that it portends great danger for the country’s democracy to have the South-East and North-Central regions not represented on the bench of the apex court. Justice Datijo stated this at his valedictory court session held to mark his retirement from the apex court bench, having attained the statutory retirement age of 70 years. The Niger State-born jurist, who spent 43 years in the judiciary, noted that with his retirement, Justices on the bench of the apex court have reduced to 10, with two regions of the country not represented.…
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Port Harcourt-based Bolt driver, Kelechi Uzor, has reported himself to the police over one Miss Elizabeth Edoukumor who has been missing since 9 October 2023. Uzor had dropped off the missing lady at Harmony Estate in Obio-Akpor local government area of Rivers State on the same day she failed to return home. However, the Bolt driver who reported himself at Okporo Police Station, Rumuodara, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state in company of Prince Wiro, a human rights activist, denied culpability in the disappearance of the lady. He said he decided to voluntarily report…