Rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome yesterday argued that the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to embark on a medical vacation was in line with the dictates of the rule of law. Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria Read more
The House of Representatives yesterday passed into law “A bill for an act to amend the Nigerian LNG (Fiscal incentive, Guarantees and Assurances) to make its statutory contribution to the NDDC fund and for other matters connected therewith.” The bill Read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to bring the detained Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil and Gas, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah to court on May 12. The order followed an ex-parte application Read more
National Assembly may pass N7.441 trillion Appropriation Bill tomorrow The Senate yesterday said it would begin clause-by-clause consideration of the 2017 Appropriation Bill and may pass it tomorrow. This decision followed the submission of the report on the budget bill Read more
Following a successful pilot, full implementation of the Light-Up Kwara (LUK), an innovative solar-powered streetlight project of the Kwara State government, will commence in June. This was disclosed on Tuesday in statement by the Kwara State Public Private Partnership Read more
In the face of current national economic downturn, resulting in dwindling allocations to all tiers of government in the country, the need for every government to devise alternative and reliable means of meeting its obligations (both capital and recurrent expenditure) Read more
My attention was drawn on May 1st to an article Open University Back In the Dark Ages? published on the ongoing crisis at the National University of Nigeria written by a social commentator Ahmed Abdullahi as published in The Nation Read more
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has pledged the commitment of the Federal government to prioritise the welfare packages for the Chibok victims of Boko Haram insurgents and the humanitarian crisis in the North East generally. “When you speak of the budget Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari had warned Nigerians when he returned from nearly two months of medical treatment in London that he was likely to have go back. On Sunday night, he did just that. But if few were surprised at his Read more
Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped from their school’s hostel on April 14, 2014, by Boko Haram insurgents refused to leave their abductors Saturday when 82 of them were freed, a negotiator told Thomson Reuters Foundation. “Some girls refused to Read more