The Federal Executive Council has approved the engagement of transaction advisors for consultancy services for the concession of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited as well as the National Iron Ore Mining Complex in Itakpe in the sum of 853.26 million naira inclusive of 7.5per cent VAT. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on behalf…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina at the State House in Abuja. Their talks centred on food security for Nigeria. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, has revealed that the bank has developed a $1.5bn Africa Emergency Food Plan, which is now…
The Corporate Affairs Commission(CAC) has announced the coming into effect of the Insolvency Regulations, 2022. The Commission made this known in a public notice titled insolvency regulations 2022. Read full notice below Insolvency Regulations 2022 The Commission hereby informs the general public that in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 867…
The House of Representatives have suspended its plenary session scheduled to hold on Tuesday. This is due to ongoing renovations in the House Chambers, a notice from the House Clerk said. “This is to inform all Honourable Members and other legislative Staff that the House Plenary earlier scheduled for Tuesday, 26th April, 2022 will no…
The Presiding Judge, Bauchi Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Mustapha Tijjani has dismissed the N804m remuneration and entitlement claims made by 96 former Senior Special Assistants, 51 Special Assistants, and 22 Part-time Board Members who served between 2011 and 2015 against the Bauchi State Government for lacking merit. The Court declared…
The Supreme Court has voided the participation of Andy Uba in the last governorship election in Anambra State as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the court, held in a judgment on Tuesday, that the APC breach its guidelines for the conduct of primaries and thus, failed to conduct…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday visited the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, and some political office holders in the state as the presidential primary of the party draws nearer. During the visit, Osinbajo said it would be an act of betrayal to the country if he…
A Federal High Court in Abuja says the Nigerian Senate has the power to investigate Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar over the case of an alleged assault on a security guard at a shopping mall in Abuja. Delivering Judgement on Tuesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo, said the CCT boss failed to display…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday announced the arrest of billionaire businessman, Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu for allegedly being behind the N3 Billion illicit drug deal over which suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari is currently facing trial. The NDLEA in a statement signed by its Media & Advocacy director,…
Governor Simon Lalong has sworn in Hon. Justice David Gwong Mann as the substantive Chief Judge of Plateau State. He charged him to resist pressure from politicians and other vested interests to compromise the Judiciary. While performing the swearing in at the Victoria Gowon Hall, New Government House Little Rayfield Jos on Monday, Lalong said…