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In order to guide the implementation of the 2022 appropriation, President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate again, seeking the consideration and subsequent passage of the 2021 Finance bill. This was contained in a letter dated 7th December and addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, and read Tuesday during plenary.In the letter, President…
Ofem Uket, spokesman of Goddy Agba, Minister of State for Power, in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday announced that, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). According to the statement, the president also approved a new interim governing board to oversee the…
The furor surrounding the electoral bill continues to heighten by the day; especially the section relating to direct primaries among political parties. As the President is currently at the crossroads in determining the destiny of the bill; which route should he go? *** On November 19th, the National Assembly transmitted the harmonized 2021 electoral act…
The 2021 edition of the National Company of the Year (NCOY) competition held today, Saturday, via Zoom meetings. The event brought together outstanding ‘student business teams’ across Nigeria to compete for prizes and an opportunity to represent the country at the African Company of the Year Competition (ACOY). For 11 years, Nigeria’s premier and leading…
The federal government has announced that, it is planning to implement a N5,000 per month grant to 40 million vulnerable Nigerians for one year to cushion the adverse effect that the proposed removal of petrol subsidy may bring next year. The General Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mele Kyari has hinted that…
I had called his mobile line one Thursday afternoon in June 2016, but he didn’t pick the call. So I left a message for him. At about 11pm on that same day, I was getting set to go to bed when my phone rang. On the other end was Malam Mamman Daura, a figure of…
“House of Gucci” draws Lagos audience from far and near as it premieres at the Silverbird Galleria on Tuesday night (November 23rd) in what will go down as one of the most enthralling fashion-cum-movie nights in recent times. Not many a time do we have a movie inspire a perfect convergence of fashion and movie…
“Great excitement and hopes had followed Nigeria’s political independence on 1 October 1960 after decades of British colonial rule. Independence, which has remained an annual celebration since then, brought relief to the Nigerian populace and a certain sense of freedom. It marked the end of an era of national political servitude, and the beginning of…
In a recent interview with Arise TV, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) had indicated that the Federal Government of Nigeria may consider a political solution to the matters involving Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organisation of Biafra (IPOB) and Sunday Igboho, the self-determination, Yoruba Nation activist, currently…
Nigerians are patiently watching and waiting for government to deliver on its promise to complete the national air project in 2022. But is this feasible amidst glaring impediments? *** Nigeria Air (Lagos) is a newly proposed national carrier, and it will be financed and managed by a private sector. The government is also anticipating to…
