Lawmakers budget fresh N30bn for N’Assembly renovation

Lawmakers budget fresh N30bn for N’Assembly renovation

Lawmakers have budgeted an additional N30bn for the renovation of the National Assembly Complex in the 2024 Appropriation Bill. The N30bn earmarked for the renovation of the building was part of the N344.85bn budgeted for the National Assembly after they raised their allocations from N197.93bn. The N344.85bn, signed by President Bola Tinubu on January 1, is the highest ever allocated to the legislature. The additional N30bn brings to N60bn the […]

January 8, 2024 42

POLITICS

Policemen ‘kidnapped’ me, collected N1m for my release, man alleges

One Mr. Samuel Soyemi has recounted how some men who claimed to be police officers from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State invaded his house and drove him and his family away in their vehicle. In what Soyemi described as both an abduction and armed robbery, he said the cops transferred the sum of N1,025,000 from his account before he, his wife and other family members were let go. According to […]

December 11, 2023 13

NEWS

LASTMA sacks five officials for corruption

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has confirmed the dismissal of five officers and reprimanded two for being guilty of corruption and misconduct while performing their duties in the state. According to the statement, the Lagos State Civil Service Commission had approved every proposal the Personnel Management Board had made about the seven LASTMA officers who had been indicted during their meeting on Tuesday, August 19, 2023. Taofiq said, “While […]

December 11, 2023 54

SPORTS

Ten Hag under scrutiny as Man Utd fight for Champions League survival

Manchester United’s future in this season’s Champions League hangs by a thread ahead of Bayern Munich’s visit to Old Trafford, with an early exit in Europe sure to put more scrutiny on manager Erik ten Hag. The Dutchman tried to argue after victory over Chelsea last week that United’s season has not reached crisis-mode. But Ten Hag’s hopes that a turning point had been reached were short-lived as a 3-0 […]

December 11, 2023 23

BUSINESS

Court jails cashier five years for defrauding employer N64.4m

The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced cashier, Tunde Abdulramon, to five years’ imprisonment for his employer’s N64,420,900 to marry a new wife and also for opening the same kind of his employer’s business for his new wife. Justice Raliat Adebiyi who handed down the sentence also ordered the convict to make restitution by returning all the properties he bought while in his employer’s establishment and also […]

November 15, 2023 29

POLITICS

THE ELECTION DAY PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE AND ELECTORAL VIOLENCE- KIMPACT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

KDI observed the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi elections on November 11, 2023, and set up her Election Day Data Room (EDDR) to get reports from 254 trained observers deployed across the fifty-six (56) LGAs of the 3 states for swift, credible, real-time information, analyses and escalation of incidents on the election during and after the poll. Also, to give objective insights into the incidence of election violence, document the same […]

November 15, 2023 91

NEWS

Campaign council hails Ododo’s victory, seeks support for governor-elect

The Independent Campaign Council of the Ododo/Joel Campaign Organisation has congratulated Alhaji Ahmed Ododo on his victory in the Kogi State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Ododo of the All Progressives Congress the winner of the November 11 governorship election. According to the results announced by INEC, Ododo polled 446,237 votes to emerge victorious. In a statement signed by Media Director, Jacob Edi, on Monday, […]

November 13, 2023 62

SPORTS

Frankfurt offer €18m for Nigerian striker

German club, Eintracht Frankfurt are in negotiations with Czech side, Viktoria Plzen over the signing of Rafiu Durosinmi in January with the Bundesliga outfit offering €18m for the Nigerian striker, Frankfurt see Durosinmi as an ideal replacement for Randal Kolo Muani who joined Paris Saint Germain last summer. According to reports in Bild, Durosinmi held initial discussions with The Eagles, which has gone well with both clubs (Frankfurt and Viktoria Plzen) […]

November 9, 2023 148

POLITICS

Dattijo’s speech sparks calls for Supreme Court reforms

Against the backdrop of claims by former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Musa Datijo, that the Chief Justice of Nigeria wields enormous powers capable of derailing the course of justice, the House of Representatives has reiterated its readiness to look at the allegations and come up with what is best for the nation’s judiciary. Justice Datijo, until recently a member of the bench at the apex court, bared his […]

October 30, 2023 62

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