Only yesterday, a court somewhere in Nigeria took it upon itself to inject the honorable court into the intractable man-made crisis in Rivers State. We can look at a ruling like this and remember June 12. A certain Judge ruled that the Electoral Commission should stop releasing results of the elections. Going back all the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to cease all financial allocations to the Rivers State government, citing constitutional violations by Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The judgement, delivered on October 30, 2024, follows a lawsuit filed by the Rivers State House of Assembly, which challenged the legality of the…
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria from further releasing monthly financial allocations to Rivers State Government. The presiding judge held that the presentation of the 2024 budget by Governor Siminalayi Fubara before a four -member Rivers House of Assembly was an affront to…
In recent years, Nigeria has witnessed an increasing trend of multinational and local companies shutting down or relocating their operations due to economic challenges, currency volatility and rising operational costs. The latest company to announce its departure from Nigeria is South African grocery retailer Pick n Pay, which confirmed on Monday that it will exit the market…
The 19 state governors in the Northern region have aired their strong displeasure on the recent Tax Reform Bill the Federal Government submitted to the National Assembly for approval. The governors particularly rejected the proposed shift to a Derivation-based Model for Value Added Tax distribution. They claim that the proposed model would be at the…
Ghana could buy petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery once the facility is operating at full capacity, cutting more expensive exports from Europe, the head of the country’s oil regulator said on Monday. Chairman of the National Petroleum Authority, Ghana, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, said this could end monthly fuel imports from Europe of $400m. He…
In response to the ongoing blackout affecting Northern Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has ordered the deployment of the Nigerian Army and Air Force to protect engineers from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) as they work to repair damaged transmission lines. This directive comes after weeks of power outages that have severely disrupted social and…
The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), representing 19 northern states, has collectively rejected President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proposed tax reform bill, which includes a significant amendment to the distribution of value-added tax (VAT). The governors voiced their concerns during a strategic meeting held in Kaduna and issued a communiqué detailing their stance on the matter….
Nigerians are expressing outrage after a video surfaced showing Alex Ikwechegh, a member of the House of Representatives from Abia State, physically assaulting an e-hailing driver in Abuja. The incident occurred on October 27, 2024, at Ikwechegh’s residence in Maitama, where the driver had arrived to deliver a package. The Incident In the viral video,…
Omowunmi, widow of the late singer and rapper, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, has expressed readiness to conduct a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test to determine the paternity of their only son, Liam. PUNCH Metro reported that the deceased singer’s father, Joseph Aloba, filed a suit seeking a DNA test for his grandson. In the application filed by…
