The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF), Abuja and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to urgently account for over ₦94.4 billion in public funds reportedly diverted, unremitted, unaccounted for or irregularly spent.” The grave allegations are documented in […]

By Nnamdi Ojiego The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered commercial banks to place a ‘Post No Debit’ restriction on accounts operated by the Osun State Government over a $13.9m arbitration award in favour of Gamji Nigeria Company Limited.Justice D.E. Osiagor issued the interim order following an application filed by Gamji through its counsel, […]

Unless something decisive happens in the next 12 days, the push for state police, widely canvassed as a response to Nigeria’s worsening security challenges, is facing a fresh hurdle at the state Houses of Assembly, with only four states -Edo, Osun, Oyo and Rivers having so far approved the proposed constitutional amendment

“Nigerians measure the economy by what their income can buy, what they must go without and whether they can provide a decent life for their families”

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Leader of Rainbow Coalition, Nyesom Wike, has stated that the African Democratic Congress, ADC, would not win Rivers State in the forthcoming general elections.