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President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the House of Representatives to increase the 2022 budget deficit to be financed through borrowing from the domestic market. In a letter read by the Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila during plenary, the President also requested the review of the 2022 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework upon which the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has discharged and acquitted Former minister of Interior, Senator Abba Moro in respect of the fraud charges arising from the conduct of the botched Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment in 2014. The judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who had, in 2020 quashed seven out of…
A 16-year-old girl has told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how her 43-year-old father, Emmanuel Odega, allegedly defiled her on several occasions. While being led in evidence by a State Prosecutor, Ms Bukola Okeowo, the survivor said her father had sex with her since she was. 14.…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the suit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed to declare the seat of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and his Deputy, Ivara Esu, vacant, following their defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Delivering judgment, the judge, Justice Taiwo…
13 Universities in the country have been presented with grants worth over 172 Million Naira for various professorial endowments and telecom based innovation research efforts by the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC. Presenting the cheques, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta said the grants were in consonance…
… except when the Chief Judge of the court grants permission for media coverage The federal high court of Nigeria says there will be no more media coverage for cases bordering on terrorism. This is contained in a statement signed by the court’s Chief Information Officer, Dr. Catherine Christopher. According…
… women urged to join APC and take advantage Women aspiring for political position on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will no longer pay for nomination and expression of interest forms. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the National Woman Leader of the party, Dr. Betta Edu said the…
Tonto Dikeh has cautioned a fan who insinuated that her son is more handsome than Rosy’s son Amid the social media drama initiated lately by actress, Tonto Dikeh, an over-zealous fan took to the comment section to make an unpalatable comparison between her son and Rosy Meurer’s son. The IG…
07-04-2022 The Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NiDCOM, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa says some Nigerian students who fled War torn Ukraine to neighboring countries of Poland and Hungary are now in detention. A development she said was unacceptable by the Federal Government. She made this known in Abuja at the commencement…
…engages Corps Members To Manage The Stations The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC is to inaugurate it’s Radio and Television on Thursday, the 14th of next week. The Director General of the Scheme, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim announced this during a courtesy visit by Youth Affairs Correspondent Association to the…
