The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre has queried the $800m World Bank loan taken by the Federal Government as a palliative to cushion the effect of the proposed fuel subsidy removal, scheduled for June 2023.The Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Musa-Rafsanjani, in a statement on Sunday, lamented what he described as the “nonchalant attitude” of…
As Nigerian authorities work hard toward the evacuation of Nigerian students in war torn Sudan, two nigerian students have caused the Egyptian authorities to insist on the return of over 500 students back to Sudan. This is following the failure of two of them to provide either a passport or Emergency Travel Certificate. According to…
The Federal Government, on Thursday, told traditional rulers nationwide to steer clear of mining sites, saying they belong to the land owners.The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, gave the warning in Ibadan, during the inauguration of the International Gemstone Market under the Economic Sustainability Plan of the Federal Government.The minister was responding…
As Nigeria’s debt grows daily, the Senate, yesterday, abandoned its previous hard line stance and approved the conversion to a 40-year bond of the N23.72 trillion Federal Government’s unappropriated expenditure funded by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through its ways and means (W&M) window. President Muhammadu Buhari, last year, wrote the National Assembly to…
The Lagos State Government, yesterday, arraigned a Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, driver, Oluwaseun Osibanjo, before an Ikeja High Court for allegedly causing grievous harm and involuntary manslaughter by running into a moving train.Osibanjo was arraigned on a 16-count charge bordering on grievous harm and involuntary manslaughter for the BRT-train collision accident on March 9, 2023…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has issued a warning to all illegal occupants of airport lands to vacate the premises for their own safety and security.In a statement on Tuesday, the General Manager of Corporate Affairs, Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, said the 13 houses recently demolished posed dangers to the operations of the Murtala Muhammed International…
The Federal Government has raised the alarm over the alleged action of Governor Nasir el-Rufai led government in Kaduna State which it claimed exposes the staff,and students of Federal Government College, Malali to security threats.The Federal Government has also petitioned Governor el-Rufai to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, asking for the deployment of police to…
The baby dumped by unknown persons with placenta was rescued wee hours of Friday by vigilantes led by Godstime Ihunwo, Chief Security Officer, Nkpolu Oroworukwo Community, Mile 3, Diobu Vigilante.Ihumwo narrated that, “About 3am this (Friday) morning while on routine patrol, I discovered a newborn baby, likely less than 6 hours old. The baby was…
