The immediate-past Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, will appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja over his role in the payment of N2.5bn by the National Broadcasting Commission for the Federal Government Digital Switch-Over programme. According to a statement signed by the spokesperson for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences…
The Independent National Electoral Commission and President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday lost its bid to have the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismiss the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement and its presidential candidate in February 23, 2019, Pastor Haminchi Habu. Habu and the PDM are by their petition challenging the victory of Buhari and…
States operating the Contributory Pension Scheme refused to remit about N3.4bn pension contributions deducted from their workers monthly remunerations into their respective Retirement Savings Accounts with their Pension Fund Administrators. The acting Director-General, National Pension Commission, Aisha Dahir-Umar, disclosed this during the second quarter consultative forum for states in Lagos on Wednesday. The forum was…
Ilutitun Youths Development Forum (IYDF) in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State has expressed their appreciation to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for the appointment of their son Omooba Abayomi Adesanya as Caretaker Chairman of Okitipupa Local Government. “Ilutitun Youths Development Forum, the executives congratulate our brother and son on his appointment as the Caretaker Chairman…
Pensioners in Osun State on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, Osun state capital to demand payment of 15 months arrears of pension owed them by government. Addressing the protesters, who carried banners with inscriptions such as “EFCC should probe Aregbesola”, Retirees are dying”, “Pension, Gratuity is our right,” the chairman of Forum of…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed that he took a loan of N7bn to pay workers’ May salaries. He said this on Monday while addressing leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the state. He added that he would rather focus on ensuring good governance in the state than pre-occupy himself with the actions…
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said the President will form his cabinet faster than he did in 2015. Adesina was quoted as saying this by The Interview magazine. The President had in 2015 nominated ministers in October and inaugurated them on November 11, earning him the…
Immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has again delivered a verbal blow on his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, who he accused of heightening tension in Edo State. Apparently piqued by the position of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) on the crisis rocking Edo State House of Assembly, Oyegun argued…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has rejected the request by Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for permission to inspect a supposed central server, which they claimed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) used to transmit electronically, results of the last presidential election. In a unanimous ruling on Monday, a…
The 2018 budget has lapsed, putting pressure on the Federal Government to begin the implementation of the 2019 budget, our correspondent learnt on Sunday. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had put a question mark on the N8.92tn budget when he appended his signature to the 2019 Appropriation Bill on May 27, saying the budget would be…