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Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has again sung and danced to: ‘On your mandate we shall stand’, the signature tune of President Bola Tinubu. The last time Wike publicly sang, hopped and gyrated to the tune was in early December, in the office of Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to the […]

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has broken his silence over the Abuja peace deal to resolve the political crisis rocking Rivers, his hone state. Wike spoke about the peace deal in Port Harcourt on Sunday, December 24, while addressing a church congregation during a thanksgiving for George Kelly Alabo, who […]

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uchechi Secondus has urged President Bola Tinubu to act as true statesman in his intervention in the political crisis in Rivers State. Recall that Governor Similayi and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, after a truce meeting with President Tinubu on December 18, agreed to an 8-point resolution. […]

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued new guidelines for the modification of the date of birth, noting such modification can only be done once in a lifetime. The new guidelines which were issued by NIMC and published via their verified official X handle on Sunday, 24th of December 2023, state that applicants will […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has submitted a counter-affidavit at the Federal High Court Abuja, opposing a suit seeking to challenge the appointment of its Chairman. In the suit filed by plaintiff Maxwell Opara, with Suit No:. FHC/ABJ/ CS/ 1410/2023, against the President, Attorney General of the Federation and others, the claimant disputes […]

By Hameed Ajibola Jimoh Esq. BACKGROUND: In Nigeria, there have been several reasons necessitating the need for ‘Islamic Marriage Certificate’ especially, to prove that the said couple(s) are legally married under the Islamic Personal/Family Law. To this extent, there has been an issue as to whether a Muslim or Muslim couple who resides in a […]

Emefiele Buys Keystone, Union Bank for Free –CBN Investigator The report of the special investigation into the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has accused the immediate past governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, of using ill-gotten wealth to acquire banks for himself through proxies. According to the report, Emefiele used proxies […]

A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, the state capital, has ordered the seizure of a vehicle belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over a suit between John Eche Okpe, a legal practitioner, and the apex bank. The writ attachment ordered by Justice N.D. Shaseet was signed by the registrar, and the […]

The Federal Government has instructed that Nigerians with expired passports who are planning to return to the country to celebrate the yuletide be allowed in without any hindrance. In a letter dated 22nd December 2023 by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Wura-Ola Adepoju, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, […]

The Bayelsa State Government has taken exception to the fiscal arrangement in which states, particularly oil-producing states, do not know how the Federal Government usually arrives at the figures that constitute 13 per cent derivation that accrues to the states. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Maxwell Ebibai, stated this at the income and expenditure briefing […]

The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) has frowned upon the tactics employed by some pilgrims to abscond once they get to the holy land. It therefore vows to adopt whistle-blowing to identify staff of the commission who aid such pilgrims. In a communiqué at the end of a four-day retreat in Jos and made available […]

President, the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) Mrs Susan Akporiaye says the announcement by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ( FCCPC) to investigate the raging and unbelievable airfare regime in Nigeria, is a welcome development. NANTA leadership in recent times and response to the cries of the Nigerian travelling public had […]