President Bola Tinubu has hinted that ministers failing in their responsibilities to Nigerians will be sacked. Tinubu said this on Thursday during a meeting with the leaders of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) at the presidential villa in Abuja. The President said he will sack any minister anytime he feels that they are failing Nigerians….
The senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of bias in her recall from the senate. Addressing her supporters on Tuesday in Okehi LGA of Kogi state, she said the commission is aiding and guiding petitioners on how to perfect their illegal acts. The senator, who arrived in…
What happens when the laws a government is enforcing are not the same laws its parliament approved? In this episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum examines a growing constitutional controversy surrounding Nigeria’s new tax regime. Allegations have emerged that the tax laws currently being implemented differ from the versions passed by the National…
The Sultan of Sokoto and President of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced that the crescent for the commencement of the Ramadan fasting has been sighted. In a broadcast on Wednesday night, Abubakar said Muslims in the country should commence fasting on Thursday, March 23. The sultan said…
Taraba state governor, Agbu Kefas, has approved the payment of N50,000 medical allowance to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to schools across the state. The Taraba state Commissioner for Information and Re-orientation, Zainab Usman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. She said the governor also approved N25,000 as accommodation allowance…
