Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, approved the extension of the implementation period of the capital component of the 2022 Appropriation Act by six months, from June to December 2023. The House, as a Committee of Supply, considered and approved the request made by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on behalf of the Federal Government. The legislation was titled ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the Appropriation Act, 2022 to Extend the Implementation of the Capital Aspect of the Appropriation Act, 2022 from 30 June 2023 to 31 December 2023.’ Based on the request of the Executive…

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Armed Forces of Nigeria to remain resolute in time of the country’s security challenges. According to him, until the issue of insecurity is surmounted, much more is still desired of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Buhari gave the charge during his remarks at the Armed Forces Regimental Dinner held in Abuja on Tuesday in his honour, in the lead-up to his exit from office next Monday. “The Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies must always remain resolute in the time of the country’s security challenges,” the President said. “In this view, our…

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, is of the opinion that building Nigeria’s economy and productively engaging the nation’s youths, is compulsory in stopping the incessant killings borne out of ethnic and religious biases. Obi’s comments were in reaction to the different reports of violent and criminal acts across the country that have remained a source of serious worry to Nigerians. Specifically, the former Anambra State Governor said, the reports of violent attacks by gunmen in the Mangu council area of Plateau State, where many lives, including women and children have been lost, comes with grave concern.…

Tribunal has dismissed the petitions filed by the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) and Action Peoples Party (APP), against the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat. The Chairman of the three-man Tribunal, Justice Arum Ashom, dismissed the petition after the petitioners withdrew them. Other members of the Tribunal are Justice Mikail Abdullahi and Justice Igho Braimoh. At the sitting of the tribunal on Wednesday, the petitioners through their lawyers, Henry Bello representing the APM and Francis Ese for the APP, told the Tribunal that their client had lost interest in pursuing the petitions. Apart from the Lagos…

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos has dismissed an application by the Nigeria Police Force seeking to arraign Afrobeats singer, Seun Kuti over alleged assault on a police officer. Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun adjourned till July 3rd to await legal advice from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), on the matter. The musician was in court on Wednesday for the hearing of his case. He was released on bail on Tuesday evening following his detention at the State Criminal Investigative Department, Panti since May 15. At the resumed hearing of the case, police…

Justice Adeola Olatubosun of the Chief Magistrates Court in Yaba, Lagos State, has reportedly adjourned the trial of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, to Wednesday, May 24, 2023. The trial, which was slated for today, May 23, 2023, was said to have been adjourned as a result of the judge’s absence from the court, a source who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent “The trial has been adjourned till tomorrow, May 24, 2023, because the judge is not around, the source said. As of the time of this report, efforts to reach Seun Kuti’s manager proved abortive because his phone was switched…

The former  governor of Borno state said such a project with huge prospects of reversing Nigeria and Africa’s reliance on imported petroleum products buries all stereotypes about the continent. The Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima is of the opinion that the just inaugurated Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals will help stabilise the naira.  He is also certain that the project buries all stereotypical negative narratives about Nigeria and Africa as a whole, as usually portrayed, especially in the Western Media. Mr Shettima in statement released at the commissioning of the plant in Lagos State on Monday. The former governor of Borno…

The PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had filed an application on May 8 for an order to allow the live coverage of the daily court proceedings. The Chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, has dismissed the application for live coverage of court proceedings. At the proceeding in Abuja on Monday, Justice Tsammani said the application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) lacked merit. In a unanimous decision, the panel held that the order sought by the petitioner was outside the scope of the petition, adding that televising of proceedings is not provided…

The Christian Association Of Nigeria(CAN), Kaduna State Chapter has advised the incoming Leadership of the 10th National Assembly (NASS), not to be a divisive tool. The Chairman CAN, Kaduna state, Rev. John Hayab gave the advice in a statement released on Monday in Kaduna. Hayab said he had been following the development in the leadership race for the 10th national assembly with dismay and wished to counsel all interested persons not to allow their quest to divide Nigerians along ethnic, regional, or religious lines. He further explained that CAN believed that Nigeria’s elected representatives, both from the upper and lower chambers, were…

President Muhammadu buhari on Monday assented to eight Bills passed by the 9th National Assembly. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.He said the action of the President was in accordance with the provisions of the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. He listed the new laws including the National Social Investment Programme Agency Act, National Senior Secondary Education Act and the National Social Investment Programme Agency Act. The President also assented to the Federal University of Health Sciences Ila-Orangun (Establishment)…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said he regrets leading a forum that championed the emergence of Aminu Tambuwal as Speaker of the House in the 7th National Assembly. Tambuwal who is now an outgoing two-term Governor of Sokoto State. “I regret it,” Gbajabiamila stated while recalling the previous attempts by speakership aspirants to oppose chosen candidates of their respective parties. The Speaker spoke in Abuja on Wednesday night at a meeting of the Joint Task – 10th Assembly, a coalition of members-elect of the All Progressives Congress and opposition parties in the coming 10th National Assembly.…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, approved the appointment of James Akintola as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, a body under the Ministry of Works and Housing. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made the announcement in a statement titled ‘President Buhari approves governing board for FERMA.’ “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and renewal of the Governing Board for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency(FERMA).“The new Chairman of the Board is Mr James Olugbenga Akintola. Mr lemo conveys his appreciation to President Buhari for the opportunity given…