A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to amend the criminal charges filed against a former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Andrew Yakubu. Justice Ahmed Mohammed rejected the request on Thursday while ruling on an application by the…
The federal government has urged the House of Representatives to enact a law to regulate social and online media in Nigeria. The minister of Information and Culture stated this on Wednesday at a public hearing organised by the house. He called on the lawmakers to amend the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) act to empower the…
The Kaduna state government is working on a bill aimed at repositioning traditional institutions in the state to serve the people better. A Government House statement said Nasir El-Rufai, the state governor, disclosed this on Wednesday at the quarterly meeting of the Kaduna State Council of Chiefs. The statement said the governor has shared the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the creation of 56,873 additional polling units. The INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Wednesday at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja. This brings the number of polling units in the country to 176,846. The commission also abolished polling units in private…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state has accused the ruling the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state for not living up to the expectations of the people in the past six years. In a statement on Tuesday, Abraham Catoh, spokesman of the PDP in the state, said the APC administration under…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, has frowned at the nation’s rising and seemingly uncontrollable debt profile. The governors also expressed concern about the operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), maintaining that the apex bank “is operating as an independent government within a government, which is a pervasion of the autonomy of…
