archiveJanuary 2019

*Refers petition against CCT Chairman to FJSC *To reconvene February 11 The National Judicial Council (NJC) Tuesday rose from its emergency meeting in Abuja and gave  a seven-day ultimatum to both the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the Acting CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, to respond to...

Gives lawmakers 5-day ultimatum A civil rights organization, Legislative Probity and Accountability, on Tuesday issued the Lagos House of Assembly five days deadline within which they should account for the N28.8 billion running cost which they collected under the leadership of Mudashiru Obasa. Should they fail, the organisation said it...

Receives Niteshift Coliseum's GHR honour The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has reiterated his resolve to allow private sector participation in the provision of infrastructure and other programmes that will make life better for Lagosians when he wins the coming...

  Demands removal of his name from the Roll of Legal Practitioners in Nigeria   In the petition, Agbakoba prayed “The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar not being a Judicial Officer is subject to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee.  In the light of these violations...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the bill raising the national minimum wage to N30,000. The bill was passed after the House considered the report of its ad hoc committee during plenary as the House resolved to leave the national minimum wage “as recommended by the tripartite committee”. The...

Following the release of the report last year December of the audit report of the oil and gas industry for 2016 by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) - a body that shoulders the task of improving transparency and accountability in the management of revenues from natural resources, BudgIT...

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has formerly announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The speaker made the announcement on Tuesday during plenary. The speaker announced his defection to the PDP alongside two other legislators, Edward...

The UN said on Tuesday that over 30 000 people fled the Nigerian town of Rann and across the border to Cameroon over the weekend amid fears of renewed attacks by Boko Haram jihadists. According to agencies  report monitored by Business247News, "All the population seems to be panicking and they...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government plans to establish an Entrepreneur Bank to provide flexibility in provision of facilities to businesses. Professor Osinbajo disclosed this while fielding questions from a cross-section of women traders at a programme tagged `Next Level Conversation’ on Monday in Abuja. The women, who...

Transparency International has come out with damning report that Nigeria is still perceived as a country deep in corruption without clear policies to address the menace. The body said this on Tuesday. The anti-corruption campaigner released its 2018 Corruptions Perceptions Index (CPI) Tuesday, finding Nigeria has “neither improved nor progressed...