The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and the management of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) to give details of the revenue accruing to the NPA as at December 31, 2016, amounting to N166,685,929,000, which were not properly captured in the statement of account of the agency. The minister…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday fulfilled promise made to Chioma, Ajunwa, an Olympics gold medallist, in the 1990’s. In 1996, Chioma Ajunwa was promised a house in Lagos for winning a gold medal in the Atlanta Olympics. Former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, made the promise but failed to fulfill the promise at…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the allocation of 22 3-bedroom houses to the Super Eagles Squad that won the African Cup of Nations in Tunis, Tunisia, in 1994, in fulfilment of an earlier promise by the Federal Government. This was sequel to a memo by Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, leading to…
The World Bank on Thursday reiterated its call for both state and the federal governments in Nigeria to adopt policies that would increase non-oil revenue. In a presentation Thursday during a webinar titled: “Options to Raise Revenue in Time of Crisis,” Senior Public Sector Specialist at the World Bank, Mr. Rajul Awasthi, listed measures which…
The Pennsylvania State University has filed a lawsuit in the Pennsylvania Middle District Court against Vintage Brand for trademark infringement. According to the lawsuit, Vintage Brand is using the plaintiff logos for its apparel without […]
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, says he feels safer when visiting Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, an epicentre of Nigeria’s war on insurgency in the North, than Abuja, the federal capital territory. For nearly a decade, Boko-Haram insurgents have serially attacked Borno state, killing hundreds and displacing several people. However,…
Mike Ozekhome has insisted that Nigeria will not progress as a nation without a new constitution that adequately reflects Nigerians’ aspirations and realities. The lawyer made the assertion on Thursday at the ‘Ladi Adebutu Good Governance Symposium’ in Abeokuta. He submitted that Nigeria operated under a “suffocative system” due to the 1999 Constitution, which he…
A Federal High Court in Lagos State has discharged and acquitted Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) of a N322 million money laundering charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, held on Friday that the EFCC failed to prove the elements of the offences for which…
Governors elected under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to commence the process for implementation of autonomy of the judiciary and state legislature as agreed by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) Committee and other stakeholders. This decision was reached at an emergency meeting of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), the umbrella body…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday has given judgment on the case instituted by Obong Effiong Archianga and nine others, representing Ibeno Clan in Akwa Ibom State against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mobil Production Nigeria Unlimited, and Exxon Mobil Corporation as first to third defendants respectively. The court held that the…