The legal fireworks over the purported suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Umar Ganduje, commenced on Tuesday, with the Kano State High Court fixing May 27 to hear the preliminary objection, jurisdiction and joinder applications. The court, presided over by Justice Usman Na’Abba, had, following the suspension of Ganduje by […]
Danish shipping and logistics company, A.P Moller-Maersk, has avoided comments on a supposed investment in Nigeria’s seaport infrastructure totalling $600 million. Last Sunday, President Bola Tinubu and the company’s Chairman, Robert Uggla, held closed-door talks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In a statement by Tinubu’s spokesperson, Ajuri […]
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, has announced the decision to launch an inquiry into bribery allegations against members of his government, including himself, in a bid to rid the government of corruption.This was made known in a video shared by Bukele on X.com on Tuesday captioned, “It’s not the first, and it won’t be the […]
A part of Landmark Beach on Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday was demolished to give way to the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Nigeria’s biggest public infrastructure project. This is despite the outcry in some sections about the potential jobs and means of livelihood that will be lost. Meanwhile, the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, while defending […]
On Monday, Liberian President, Joseph Boakai, appointed Major General Charles Johnson (retd.), as the Director of the National Security Agency, pending confirmation by the Liberian Senate His appointment is coming months after his resignation as Minister of National Defence. Before that, he led the Armed Forces of Liberia as its Chief of Staff for six […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday ordered the stoppage of the planned increase in DStv and GOtv subscription prices by Multichoice Nigeria Limited. Daily Trust had reported that the Pay-TV operator, Multichoice Nigeria Limited, had last week announced another price increment across its DStv and GOtv packages effective May 1, 2024. The company attributed […]
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced the deregulation of meter prices under the MetER Assets Provider (MAP) scheme, thereby making DisCos and meter manufacturers to determine the price of electricity meters across the country. Daily Trust reports that the MAP is a scheme where consumers pay for meters on behalf of the DisCo […]
The National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Bashiru, has said leaders of the party will not turn Nigeria into a one-party state but build the party to continue winning elections in the country. He stated this on Monday while addressing a crowd of supporters who stormed the party’s national secretariat […]
An Assistant Superintendent of Police simply identified as ASP Kulu, alongside her accomplice, one Elizabeth, has been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command for allegedly abducting five children, including a less than two-week-old-baby girl from Sokoto State. Among the children were three toddlers under the ages of two, and a five-year-old named […]
The family of a female 400-level student of the University of Abuja, Murjanatu Zubairu, who was declared missing on Friday, has confirmed her death. An uncle to the deceased student, who is also a former Vice Chairman of Kwali Area Council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti, confirmed the death of the missing student while speaking with […]
