Bill to separate AGF office from Minister of Justice passed second reading at House of Reps
By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja A bill seeking to separate the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from that of the office the Minister of Justice has scaled through second reading at the House of Representatives. At the moment in Nigeria, the Minister of Justice is also the Attorney-General of the Federation. […]
Forgive me, Fayose begs aggrieved PDP members
A former governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday urged members of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who may be aggrieved by any of his actions in the past to forgive him.
FG to review current performance grading system for civil servants
The acting Head of Service of the Federation Folasade Yemi-Esan has disclosed that plans have been concluded to review the current Apar system of grading performance of civil servants for efficiency.
Without convergence, single currency will be catastrophic — ECOWAS
President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Brou, says without convergence, the implementation of ECOWAS single currency will be catastrophic when implemented.
Court sentences man over gang rape website
A Spanish court sentenced Tuesday a man to 18 months in jail for setting up a website showing where a notorious gang rape took place during the running of the bulls festival in the city of Pamplona three years ago. The Pamplona court also ordered the 39-year-old Madrid man to pay the victim of the […]
Reps urge FG to review immigration procedure to checkmate influx of illegal immigrants
House of Representatives yesterday urged the federal government to review the immigration procedures at the land borders to ensure complete adherence to the relevant laws.
Senate Probes N20trn unremitted Stamp Duty from banks, financial institutions
THE Senate has begun probe into the non-remittance of over N20 trillion into the Federation Account by Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, an amount collected as stamp duties from Banks and Financial Institutions in the country.
Crude Oil Theft: NEITI calls for review of legislation, use of technology
Gov Obaseki urges FG to lease pipelines As NNPC suffers brunt with 45, 347 pipeline vandalism incidents By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparent Initiative, NEITI, Tuesday, called for a review of legislation and use of sophisticated technology in the oil and gas sector to reduce vandalism of pipelines, crude oil theft […]
JEDC takes step to eliminate estimate billing
In order to eliminate the billing of customers through estimation, the Jos Electricity Distribution Company, JEDC has launched the Meter Asset Provider, MAP scheme with a call on customers to guard against any act of vandalism in their communities.
$22.7bn loan request meant for infrastructure — FG
The Federal Government has said that the proposed amount of the 22.7 billion dollars requested by President Muhammadu Buhari in the External Borrowing Plan (2016 to 2018) would be invested in infrastructure development and not consumption. Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Finance, Mrs Zaynab Ahmed and Minister of State, Transport, […]
Senate Moves to provide for Right to freedom from hunger
THE Senate Tuesday began moves to address the country’s food security problems as a Bill to make provisions for freedom from hunger and the right to adequate Food of acceptable quality, the right of every Child to Basic Nutrition yesterday scaled second reading during plenary.
