2023 Presidency: Tinubu’s loyalists insist on power shift to South
A political group, the South-West Agenda (SWAGA) for “Bola Tinubu 2023” said the zoning arrangement for the nation’s presidential ticket should be moved to the Southern regions to give every part of the country a sense of belonging. Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, the National Chairman of the group, made this known on Monday during a sensitisation parley with traditional rulers in...
Power is never handed over on a platter, Osinbajo tells youths
If young Nigerians fail to bid for elective offices at the 2023 general election, they cannot win, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said. “Power is never handed over on a platter. If you don’t bid, you can’t win. We must also register to vote,” he said. Osinbajo made the observation through President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate),...
South-South states resolve to join Rivers, Lagos in VAT suit
Governors of South-South states, on Monday, resolved to join the suit currently before the Supreme Court over the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT). The VAT case is between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Rivers Government. The governors made their intention known in a six-point communique read to newsmen by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta at the end of...
FG vs States: S’Court reserves judgement in N66bn court funding
The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in the suit filed by the Attorneys-General of the 36 states querying the legality of the Presidential Executive Order 10, 2020. President Muhammadu Buhari had in the Executive Order he signed on May 22, 2020, made it mandatory for all states to include allocations of both the legislature and the judiciary in their Appropriation...
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were hit with outage on Monday as users across the globe went offline. The social media giant scrambled for hours to restore the services after being hit by one of its longest outages. The outage began around noon Eastern time (1600 GMT) and service had yet to be restored more than four hours later, according to Reuters. Facebook...
Google celebrates Nigeria’s Independence with a doodle
The largest search engine in the world, Google on Oct. 1, celebrated Nigeria’s 61st Independence Day anniversary with a doodle. Google celebrated Nigeria on its website with a special doodle depicting a red coloured Eagle atop an image of the national colours of Green and White. A click on the doodle opens up another page where very important facts and videos...
Borno woman to spend 34 years in prison for N66m fraud
A woman, Dije Sale, has been convicted and sentenced to 34 years imprisonment before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri for forgery, use of false document and obtaining under false pretence to the tune of N66 million. The convict forged a "Purchase Order" and used same to defraud the nominal complainant of N66 million under the...
Troops foil terrorists attack on surrendered Boko Haram members
An attempted attack by the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a facility housing some surrendered Boko Haram members in Damboa, Borno State has been successfully foiled by troops of Operation Hadin Kai. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. He said that the ISWAP terrorists had resorted...
Customs intercepts N1.7bn worth of pangolin scales in Lagos
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 15 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 1,014.5kg with a Duty Paid Value of over N1.7 billion in Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) disclosed this in a media conference in Lagos, on Monday. Ali who was represented by the National Public Relations Officer, NSC, DC Joseph Attah added that two...
Abducted AVM Smith regains freedom
AVM Sikiru Smith (rtd), who was kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, has regained his freedom, the police said in Lagos on Saturday. Police spokesman in Lagos State, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the development when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He did not mention where Smith was released; where he is currently or whether ransom was paid or not. “I...
