N37Bn NASS renovation budget: SERAP, others sue Buhari, minister
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 583 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to “restrain and stop President Muhammadu Buhari and Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning from releasing N37 billion allocated for the renovation of […]
United Nations to draft int’l convention to fight cybercrime
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution to draft a new international convention to fight cybercrime. The resolution, adopted by a vote of 79-60 with 33 abstentions, decides to establish an open-ended ad hoc intergovernmental committee of experts to elaborate a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and […]
Al-Makura empowers 100 youths, women with grinding machines, power generating sets
Sen. Umaru Al-Makura (APC-Nasarawa South), on Saturday, empowered 100 vulnerable members of his constituency with grinding machines and power generating sets.
Nigerian-led UN General Assembly approves $3.07bn budget for 2020
The General Assembly has adopted a budget of 3.07 billion dollars for the United Nations (UN) in 2020. It followed the consideration of the report of the Assembly’s Fifth Committee, which handles administrative and budgetary matters. This is the first annual budget of the organisation in 45 years, according to the UN, which had been […]
Suspects arrested for duping bank manager N70m in Adamawa
The Adamawa Police Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of two suspects for allegedly duping a bank manager of 200,000 US Dollars (about N70m). Confirming the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola, the spokesman of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya, said the suspects, Oluba Falaye and Abidakun Gbenga, involved in the […]
Ex-minister: Contracts in Nigeria are awarded before advertisement
Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja A former Minister of Sports, Engr Bala Ka’Oje, said on Saturday that some government agencies and parastatals awarded contracts before they were advertised. Ka’Oje, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said in a chat with our correspondent that many Nigerians spent huge sums of money to get […]
