Legal fireworks as Abia Court freezes CBN, FG Accounts
A Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State has issued a mareva injunction aka global freezing order, directing the attachment of monies due to the Federal Government (FG) and the…
Coalition seeks ways to end impunity for crimes against journalists and civic activists in Nigeria
A coalition of media and civil society group will on Thursday, November 7, hold a colloquium to address the shrinking media and civic space in Nigeria and attack on journalists,…
50 Percent Increase in VAT: Matters Arising
On September 11 this year, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria’s Finance, Budget and National Planning Minister, briefed State House Correspondents, of Government’s plan to raise the Value Added Tax rate by…
Supreme Court and the Atiku Election Petition
Last week, The Supreme Court of Nigeria announced its verdict in the matter between Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling All Progressives…
Exclusive: 2023 – How the Cabal Plans to Clip Osinbajo, take down Tinubu
With the 2019 presidential election all but done and dusted, the last may not have been heard of the face-off between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Cabal in the…
Presidency Releases More Records of Obono-Obla’s Alleged Wrongdoing
The presidency yesterday reeled out several records of wrongdoing allegedly committed by the suspended Chairman of Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla, saying…
Again Court Asks PSC, Police to Maintain Status Quo on Recruitment
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday urged the police and the Police Service Commission (PSC) to respect his order directing them to maintain status quo…
Presidency defends Buhari’s Globe-trotting
Nigeria’s Presidency said President Muhammad Buhari’s frequent trips abroad are not for “sightseeing” but a benefit to the country’s economy. “The President’s trips are not sightseeing trips, they are justified…
Border closure indefinite as FG lists tough conditions for reopening
The federal government yesterday listed conditions to be met by Benin and Niger Republics before the country would reopen its borders for goods importation. This came after the Comptroller General…
Niger Delta “Vultures” after me, Akpabio cries out
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has cried out that people he called the Niger Delta Vultures are after him, but denied the insinuation going round that…