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Bukola Saraki Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the leadership of the Senate to “immediately withdraw the unconstitutional summon for Justice Danladi Umar, Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal to appear before its Ethics Committee, as the Senate can’t arrogate to itself the power to summon judges without violating constitutional safeguards.” The […]Read More

Protesters have told Arik Air, grounded Nigeria’s largest airline, to pay at least a billion naira out of the over 12 billion naira they say the airline owes struggling aviation agencies in Nigeria before noon today for the protests to end. An eyewitness on the ground informed TheSimonAtebaNews that there was no sign things were […]

Spanish national carrier Iberia, has withdrawn its services from Nigeria. Sources say other foreign airlines are also contemplating withdrawing their services from the nation. This decision is based on the huge financial difficulties the airlines are currentny facing based on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s forex policy. The policy has prevented airlines from repatriating proceeds […]

The Federal House of Representatives has given a nod to President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the increment of the Diaspora bond from $100 million Euro bond to $300 million Euro bond as part of Federal Government’s borrowing plan. The approval was given on Tuesday, by the honourable members of the green chamber after considering the […]

The National Judicial Council, NJC, Tuesday, sacked two justices of various state high courts. Justice O. Gbajabiamila of Lagos State High Court and Justice Idris M. J. Evuti of the Niger State High Court for judicial misconduct. The judicial council which is presided by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, took the […]

In what is beginning to look like an all too familiar tune, Heineken the beer maker and parent company of Nigeria’s largest brewer Nigeria Breweries has reported that the forex crisis in Nigeria is beginning to take a toll on its earnings. The worlds third largest brewer revealed this in its Q1 presentation for 2016, […]

International Oil Company and major oil exporter from Nigeria, Eni has lifted a force majeure on exports of Nigeria’s Brass River crude oil, Reuters reports. Eno declared a Force Majure last week after a fire on a pipeline Reuters also reports, Eni plans to export about  117,000 barrels per day in for May, with June […]

The Nigerian Senate this week revealed that it had purchased only 36 utility Land Cruisers at the cost of N36.5 million each contrary to media reports that it procured 108 cars. This of course has caused a furor in the media and with the Nigerian people considering the harsh economic situation that they have all been […]

Nine days after the FCT Council polls, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has finally released official results. All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates won five out of six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chairmanship elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), while the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate in Gwagwalada […]

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai Tuesday told stakeholders that the preaching bill he sent to State Assembly has no intention of banning evangelism in the state but only to curb emerging religious extremism. Speaking on the intention of government at a religious bill round table organised by a non governmental organisation, Care fronting Nigeria in […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission witness, Air Commodore Salisu Yushau (retd), testifying in the trial of the case of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, at a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday admitted making conflicting statements. Yushau admitted that the statements he made to EFCC was different from what he […]