archiveJanuary 2019

From the present 70 per cent, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (rtd), is seeking a reduction on the tariff on imported vehicles to 45 per cent of the cost of the vehicles. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (retd.) said this on Monday in Abuja during a...

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has declared that it has no regrets over its endorsement of standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi. The group cited the continued marginalisation of Ndigbo and refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the country...

  The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) after its National Executive Committee meeting on Monday in Abuja, resolved to embark on a “two-day warning boycott” of courts nationwide. The NBA President, Mr Paul Usoro, who made the announcement after the meeting, said that the lawyers reached the agreement to drive home...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has begun a debate to impeach Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. The Assembly alleged that the governor was spending money which had not been appropriated by the legislative arm of government. Ambode has come under heat in recent times over allegations that he was secretly funding...

The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, has warned National Assembly against passing a new National Minimum Wage that would be difficult for states to pay. Yari, who is the governor of Zamfara State, issued the warning in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of the...

Nigeria’s equities market started the week on a bearish note as investors took profit from the ASI’s recent gains due partly to the renewed appetite for Naira assets by foreign investors. Evidently, the benchmark index shed 0.26 per cent to 31,344.24 points. Against that backdrop, the Month-to-Date loss increase slightly...

The National Pension Commission (PenCom), has issued licence to the Nigerian University Pension Management Company Ltd (NUPEMCO) to carry out the business of a Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) in the nation’s universities. PenCom’s Head of Corporate Communication, Mr Peter Aghahowa in a statement on Monday in Abuja said the approval...

The Nigerian Senate has filed a case at the Supreme Court to seek clarification on the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Relying on an order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday suspended the chief justice replacing him with another Supreme...

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has indefinitely adjourned proceedings on the fraudulent asset declaration charges brought against Walter Onnoghen, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The tribunal said it was taking the decision pending the determination of the application filled at...

This is a Petition againstHis Lordship, Hon. Justice Tanko Mohammed, Justice of the Supreme Court. On 25th of January 2019 President Mohammadu Buhari pursuant to an exparte order of the Code of the Conduct Tribunal purportedly suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghnen and purportedly...