In Historic Address, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Tells Congress: ‘We Are United … The Entire Free World’
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a dramatic visit to Washington Wednesday — his first known trip outside Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February. He met with President Joe Biden at the White House and later addressed Congress as lawmakers are set to vote on $45 billion more in emergency aid as part of a larger spending package. […]
US Winter Storm To Bring Coldest Christmas In Decades
A major winter storm sweeping the US this week may bring the coldest Christmas in four decades to parts of the country, say forecasters. The “once-in-a-generation” cold snap – which began in the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, before churning east – will become a “bomb cyclone” by Friday. More than 90 million people are under […]
Police Officers Lament Over Six Months Of Unpaid Salaries – RULAAC
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, (RULAAC) has said that hundreds of police officers across the country are complaining over their six months of unpaid salaries . This came as the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) designated Markus Basiran, Head, Complaints Response Unit (CRU), as Police Officer of the Year. Okechukwu Nwanguma, Executive Director […]
Buhari Seeks Senate Approval Of N1 Trillion From CBN
The 9th Senate, led by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, requesting that the upper chamber approve the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) advance of N1 trillion to the Federal Government. In another request, Buhari asked lawmakers to approve N819,536,937,813.00 as Supplementary Appropriation Bill for 2022. The President’s […]
CBN Revises Cash Withdrawal Limit Policy
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the maximum weekly limit for cash withdrawals across all channels for individuals and corporate organisations on Wednesday. The apex bank announced in a letter to bank branches that the withdrawal limit for individuals and corporate organisations has been raised to N500,000 and N5 million, respectively. The central […]
Buhari Launches Project Monitoring Mobile App Eyemark
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday (yesterday) launched a National Monitoring and Evaluation mobile app and platform codenamed EYEMARK to ensure smooth monitoring of government projects. The official website for the project monitoring platform was revealed as www.eyemark.ng. The platform was unveiled shortly before the start of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the council chambers, […]
Ex-AGF/ EFCC: Court Orders Forfeiture of $899,900; N304,490,160, Recovers 15 Properties
A Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory has ordered the interim forfeiture of $899,900 and N304,490,160.95 recovered from Ahmed Idris, a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF). The court also ordered the forfeiture of 15 properties recovered from Idris by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Kano and Abuja. Kano City […]
Aregbesola: Senate Issues 24-hour Ultimatum To Account For N700 million In Electoral Funds
The Senate has given the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, a 24-hour ultimatum to account for the N700 million collected from Service Wide Votes (SWV) for monitoring the governorship elections in Ondo and Edo. Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, gave the order to the Permanent Secretary of the […]
My Opponents Have No Integrity – Tinubu
Bola Ahmed Tinubu the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate for next year’s presidential election says his opponents in other parties have no integrity. Tinubu disclosed this on Tuesday in Calabar, Cross River State, during a town hall meeting with stakeholders of the APC. He said he was confident that the APC will win all elections […]
Sowore Mocks LP Over Okupe’s Money Laundering Case
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has ridiculed the Labour Party (LP) over the conviction of its hitherto director general of Obi-Datti presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, on Monday for breaching the Money Laundering Act by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Sowore who reacted to Okupe’s conviction via his […]
