By Ibukun Emiola The Federal Government has announced the reversal of the implementation of payment of 40 per cent of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from Nigerian universities to the government. President Bola Tinubu made the announcement at the 75th Anniversary and 2023 Convocation ceremonies of the University of Ibadan onContinue Reading
By Femi Ogunshola The House of Representatives has turned back representatives of the Service Chiefs, insisting that the chiefs must appear before it on Nov. 21 as summoned. The Speaker, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, said this after receiving the representatives of the chiefs at plenary on Thursday. Abbas commended the representativesContinue Reading
By Martins Abochol The Taraba House of Assembly on Thursday passed the local government elected officials amendment Bill. Mr Nelson Len, the Chairman, House Committee on Information, made this known while speaking to newsmen in Jalingo. Len noted that the bill, after all due process required of by the House, wasContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) said on Thursday in Lagos that it is not engaging in merger talks with any political party. This is contained in a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji AbdulRazaq AbdulSalam. “NNPP is an independent political group as suchContinue Reading
By Flowerbud News Nov. 16, 2023 Egypt sees no upper limit to the admission and treatment of injured people from the embattled Gaza Strip for the time being. The head of the hospital in al-Arish ,near the border crossing, has told journalists. Ahmed Mansur said on Wednesday that Egypt wasContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje The Google LLC, an American multinational technology company, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss the 150 million dollars suit filed by a Nigerian, Mr Chianugo Peter, against it and GoDaddy.com. Google, the 2nd defendant in the suit, told Justice Obiora Egwuatu that Peter’s claimsContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has taken over a N5 billion fraud case filed by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, and others in compliance with a court order. David Kaswe, the Chief State Counsel fromContinue Reading
By Edith Nwapi Justice Yusuf Halilu of an FCT, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday revoked the bail earlier granted one of the defendants in the trial of a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris over an alleged fraudulent diversion of public fund to the tune of N109.5million. The defendant, GeoffreyContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang Abuja: The Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Malam Ali Muhammad Ali says the agency plans to expand its operations in line with the current global trend. Ali said this at the Public Hearing on the 2024-2026 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy PaperContinue Reading
