archiveFebruary 2024

  Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, has called for a comprehensive audit of the billions of dollars spent by the federal government to provide regular electricity supply since 1999. Uzodimma spoke during the Southeast Business Roundtable for Light up Nigeria project held in Enugu on Monday, February 26. The launching...

  The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) said it has received a preliminary report from the United States’ National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the accident involving Airbus Helicopter EC130B4 that crashed and killed the former Access Holdings Group Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe and others. Going by LEADERSHIP reports,...

The Gombe Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, February 22, 2024 upheld the conviction of Alhaji Idris Yahaya, Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State. He was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment on Monday, March 13, 2023 by Justice Muhammad Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State...

Your Excellencies and Dear Colleagues, Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS Member-States; The President of the African Union Commission; The President of the ECOWAS Commission; The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS); Honourable Ministers and...

  President Bola Tinubu has appealed to the military juntas of Niger Republic, Burkina Faso and Mali to reconsider their exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He gave the charge while addressing the ECOWAS extraordinary summit which held at the State House in Abuja on Saturday,...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a revised regulatory framework for Bureau De Change (BDC) operations to address excesses and enhance transparency in the foreign exchange market. As part of ongoing reforms, the CBN now mandates foreign exchange sellers to BDCs transacting $10,000 and above to declare their...

    Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of deceiving Nigerians with the poll report released on Friday. The 526-page report of the 2023 elections, formally released ahead of the first anniversary of the election, INEC explained...

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has refuted speculations suggesting that he is parting ways with the party. In a statement released by the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR), Obi distanced himself from the news circulating on certain online platforms. The statement,...

The Federal High Court in Lagos Friday, February 23, ordered the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to disclose how much it made from toll gates and parking lots fees in all federal government-owned airports and how much it remitted from January 2015 till January 2024. Justice Ibrahim Ahmad Kala,...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday, released the report on the 2023 general election which the Commission said was is in keeping with its tradition over the last four electoral cycles and commitment to transparency. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said...