The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared N966.110 billion revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils (LGCs) for July.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has directed the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, to commence a 90-day terminal leave with effect from August 24, 2023, which will lead to his eventual retirement from service on November 24, 2023,
Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Petroleum Minister, has been charged with bribery in the United Kingdom, Reuters has reported.
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, has charged the newly sworn-in Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi to restrict the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to only the investigations of alleged corrupt Nigerians.
The Turkish Head of State, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has opposed a military option in Niger and wishes for a quick return to a constitutional order.
A leaked confidential letter from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to a commercial bank has warned banks against granting Naira overdrafts, which are backed by foreign currency deposits.
The Kano State Election Petition Court, has reserved judgment in a petition filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) against the victory of the state governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
Hundreds of protesters led by the Kano Civil Society Organisations, and Northwest Anticorruption Network, stormed the Government House to present a letter of protest to the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf over alleged moves by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria to bribe the election tribunal judges in the state.
The head of the military junta in Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani had, on Saturday, said he would relinquish power within three years and warned that any intervention by foreign forces would not be a walk in the park.
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has ordered the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development.