Akpabio pulls out of Akwa Ibom Senate rerun
Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has formally notified the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), of his plan not to participate in the planned Akwa Ibom North West senatorial…
Garba Shehu Has Gone Beyond His Boundaries – Aisha Buhari
Nigeria’s development is hinged on the ability of public officials to execute their mandates professionally, and to be shining examples in their various areas of endeavor. It is not a…
Editorial: Hall of Shame for Nigeria’s sleazy double-dipping public officials
Nothing underscores more the culture of greed, insensitivity and impunity that has crept into the public service of Nigeria than the scenario of multiple remuneration and pension schemes for serving…
Coalition of Rights Groups give Buhari, DSS ultimatum to free Sowore, Dasuki, others
As a mark of its disapproval of the excesses of the Department of State Services (DSS) , a coalition of civil society groups yesterday gave President Muhammadu Buhari a 14-day…
RMAFC: Governors Entitled to 300% Basic Pay as Severance Allowance
Amid the controversy over payment of jumbo pensions to ex-governors in the face of fiscal crisis in the states, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) yesterday clarified that…
Akpabio-Senate faceoff over NDDC gets ugly
The faceoff between the Senate and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, over the fate of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) got messier yesterday as both parties…
Buhari seeks Senate confirmation for new FIRS bossÂ
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday asked the Senate to confirm newly-appointed Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) chairman Muhammad Nami. The president, in a letter dated December 9, also sought the approval…
SERAP gives 36 states 7 days to disclose payments of pensions to ex-governors, others
Scio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Governors’ Forum, Ekiti state governor Dr Kayode Fayemi…
Editorial: Sowore and DSS brigandage in Abuja High Court
What is now clear in words and in deed is that Nigerians are amongst the most lawless people on earth and the Buhari administration may just have set the tone…
Presidency justifies Sowore’s re-arrest, says He’s person of interest to DSS
Even as the Department of State Services (DSS), has discounted video footage of its officers invading the Federal High Court, Abuja premises to re-arrest Omoyele Sowore, #RevolutionNow convener and publisher…