Court adjourns Tinubu’s N150 bn libel suit against AIT to Sept. 30...

An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday adjourned the N150 billion libel suit filed by former Lagos state Governor, Chief Bola Tinubu, against African Independent Television (AIT) to Sept. 30. Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe adjourned the suit for further direction on the court processes served by counsel to both parties in the suit. Tinubu had instituted the suit against Daar Communications Plc, owners of AIT, for airing of a documentary titled “Lion of Bourdilion”.

Treason trial against Biafra Zionists: Judge bows to pressure, disqualifies self...

The Federal high court 2, Enugu presided over by Justice D.V. Agishi of the Federal high court Enugu, yesterday disqualified itself from the continued trial of the eleven members of pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF) facing treason trial before the court.  When the case was called up yesterday, Justice Agishi said that “in view of the fact the accused have accused me of bias, the case file has been transferred to the Chief judge of the Federal high court to assign the case to another judge”. 

Read Buhari’s speech to govs: Find money to pay your workers...

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, AT THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, HELD AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, ON MONDAY 29TH JUNE 2015:
Protocol  I am delighted to be here with you at this occasion on the inauguration of the National Economic Council (NEC) for this Administration.

How We Can Reject Change...

A major challenge that change faces is the attitude of Nigerians who believe the only government in Nigeria is the federal government. We have at least 812 governments in Nigeria – the Federal Government, 36 States, the Federal Capital Territory, and 774 local government councils. In Nigeria, we have governments, not just the one in Abuja.  If we add the agencies, ministries, and parastatals that these governments control, the numbers increase, since some of the agencies are their own governments, barely allowing their operations to undergo scrutiny of the legislature. 

Attahiru Jega’s replacement: The pressure on Buhari (2)...

Yet, consider:
Protest letter-
  Among those who appear to be in the running for the office are some national officers who, rather than make genuine contributions to meetings, would simply cow-tow and flow with the tide. Because of the nature of the nominations to the Commission – some state governors actually nominated most of the commissioners – it is very important that President Buhari remains mindful of the need to allow merit take precedence over relationship and patronage. 

Attahiru Jega’s replacement: The pressure on Buhari (1)...

Without prejudice to whatever willful inadequacies of every mortal, Attahiru Jega, a professor and out-going National Chairman of Nigeria’s election management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, deserves to be commended. As he exits that office, there is going to be a fierce battle to fill the slot.   And were President Muhammadu Buhari be committed to sustaining the transformative underpinning of Jega’s tenure, he would not need to look beyond the suggestions contained in this piece.

Widening Subsidy Concerns...

There are hardly new reasons to adduce for the removal of fuel subsidy, except that the huge figures associated with the opaque practice are increasing in an economy that is almost on its belly. In simple terms, the burden of subsidising fuel is too heavy for the economy.

Unpaid salaries: Osun judge calls for Aregbesola’s impeachment...

An Osun State judge, Justice Oloyede Folahanmi has called on the state House of Assembly to investigate the alleged mismanagement of the state’s financial resources by the governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and his deputy in accordance with Sections 128 and 129 of the 1999 constitution, saying there is no moral justification for their continued stay in office. 

Buhari blows hot, vows to recover all stolen funds...

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Abuja, vowed that billions of dollars stolen from government coffers by past government officials would be recovered by his government. 

Empty treasury: Jonathan’s minister faults Buhari...

The immediate past Minister/Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission (NPC), Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, yesterday, faulted claims by President Muhammadu Buhari that his administration met an empty treasury.  Suleiman said the former administration as at May 29 left behind $30 billion, adding that the sum would have been higher had the governors not insisted on sharing the fund. 

Why I stopped issuance of gifts during Ramadan, Xmas – El-Rufai...

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, today reacted to criticisms over state government’s stoppage of gifts during festivities, saying it was due to poor finances of government.  El-Rufa’i said in a statement signed by his media aide, Mr Samuel Aruwan that the government was broke and needed to conserve resources for development. 

Buhari orders removal of military check points...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the removal of all military check points nationwide and has directed that police should take control of internal security.

Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi: The Man in the silhouette...

Not many Nigerians considered the possibility of General Muhammadu Buhari ever becoming the President. The tribe of the die-hard doubting Thomases failed to reckon with the man who stood staunchly behind the dream of the CHANGE that was to come the way of Nigeria.  While some of his political colleagues were still weighing their options  whether or not to leave the PDP,  former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State had long  made up his mind to move to the APC with or without them.

President Buhari resumes at Aso Villa office...

President Muhammadu Buhari resumed office at the Presidential Villa today. On his first day in the office, President Muhammadu Buhari went into a meeting with service chiefs who arrived the Villa shortly after the president resumed ‎at the presidential Villa.  It is the second time that President Muhammadu Buhari would be meeting with the service chiefs since he assumed office. 

The old bureaucracy is back- Mr Eric Teniola...

Mr Eric Teniola, a former director at the Presidency (now resides at Lagos) wrote this article, which was published on Vanguard this afternoon.
From January 15, 1966 till June 3, 1967, Nigeria had no Ministers.

PDP Governors Warn: We will resist any move to take Akwa Ibom...

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP under the aegis of PDP Governors’ Forum, PDPGF, yesterday warned that it would resist any attempt to take Akwa Ibom and Rivers states which were won by the PDP in the last election through the back door.

Naira devaluation hits Industries hard...

Companies in the manufacturing sector of the economy that source foreign exchange to import raw materials and products have been hit hard by the devaluation of the naira and the suspension of Retail Dutch Auction System (RDAS) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).  Naira-dollar-1At the interbank foreign exchange market, the exchange rate of the naira to a dollar is N196.9 while in the black market it hovers between N210 to N214 to a dollar.