The three-man panel led by Justice Jummai Hanatu said Kanu had no case to answer anymore since the Federal High Court had no jurisdiction to try the case in the first place. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has discharged all charges against the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. The Read More…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved MTN Nigeria PLC, a telecommunications operator, finishing the ongoing Enugu-Onitsha expressway at a cost of N202.8 billion using the Federal Government’s Tax Credit Scheme. This information was provided to the State House reporters by Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingiyadi, and Read More…
Ier Jonathan-Ichaver, who is running for the House of Representatives seat for Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency in Benue State on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, has started a plan to finish 48 impact projects in 26 communities in her constituency within a year. Ms. Jonathan-Ichaver announced the scheme, titled 48@48, on the occasion of Read More…
A spokeswoman for Shell in Nigeria said on Wednesday that the company is looking into claims that an illegal oil tap ran for nine years on a pipeline it manages. The Trans Escravos pipeline was the starting site for the theft, according to a NNPC spokesman, who also said that the suspected exit point for Read More…
Drivers in Katsina State claim that the extreme scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, is having a negative impact on their companies. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) said that the problem was caused by flooding that shut down key roads leading to the country’s northern regions. This caused Read More…
Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), the Minister of Works and Housing, has encouraged Directors of Lands at the Federal and State levels to give answers to problems impeding land management and administration nationally. At the 27th Conference of Directors of Lands in the Federal, States, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), which is taking place in Abuja on Read More…
Plans for emergency management have been established by the federal government to lessen the flood’s countrywide effects. Dr. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, said this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Sani-Gwarzo remarked following the emergency meeting in Abuja with key Read More…
Pauline Tallen, the minister for women’s affairs, condemned the growing number of rape and other acts of violence committed against young girls by their fathers and other members of society on Tuesday. In recognition of the International Day of the Girl-Child (IDGC) in 2022, Tallen made this statement at the State of the Nigerian Girls Read More…
Prior to the general elections in 2023, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) vowed to maintain its neutrality, independence, and impartiality. The guarantee was provided in a statement issued in Abuja by CDD Director Idayat Hassan. “The CDD is issuing this statement in response to false accusations made in a recently disseminated article concerning our Read More…
Members of the All Progressive Congress Women Presidential Campaign Team have been entrusted by President Muhammadu Buhari with working hard to ensure the party’s victory in the general elections in 2023. The appeal was made by the president on Monday at the launch of the APC Women team in Abuja. The president stated that the Read More…
