Author: Alade Adisa

As the National Assembly resumes today, Northern lawmakers in the legislative arm have concluded plans for a showdown if the tax reform bills currently before the assembly are not withdrawn. With clear vehemence, they have reiterated their calls for the withdrawal of the bills, citing concerns about the timing, lack of proper consultations with stakeholders, and the structure and content of the bills. Even though the bills passed second reading in the Senate before the red chamber went on the yuletide break, further legislative work was paused for additional consultations following widespread controversy. In a bid to address these concerns,…

Five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue have been arrested by operatives of the Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged diversion of N1,294,337,676.53 (One billion, two hundred and ninety-four million, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, six hundred and seventy-six Naira, fifty-three kobo) belonging to the Katsina State Government. Confirming the development on Monday in Abuja, EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who noted that the suspects are currently being detained at the Kano Zonal Command of the EFCC, said they will be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations. Oyewale…

Taking cognisance of the current economic realities in the country, the Federal Government has approved N1,125 daily feeding allowance for inmates of correctional centres. Disclosing this while was addressing senior officers of the organisation on Monday in Abuja, Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Nwakuche, warned personnel against any action capable of soiling the image of the agency following recent corruption allegations. The Acting C-G stressed that redeeming the image of the Service was critical to national security. Nwakuche said, “Keeping inmates in secure custody is a premium mandate that should never be compromised” as he highlighted…

The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) state executives led by Aaron Chukwuemeka from parading themselves as Exco of the party. Presiding judge, Justice Stephen Jumbo, delivered the ruling on an interlocutory injunction on Monday. Two Port Harcourt based legal practitioners, Edwin Woko, Love Otuonye, and two others who are members of the PDP filed the case was against the party’s National chairman, state chairman, and nine others praying the court to declare null and void the purported PDP local government and ward congresses conducted the 319 wards and 23 LGAs…

Some All Progressives Congress (APC) members who are supporters of the just impeached Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa were on Monday arrested by security agents inside the Assembly complex. The arrested persons were taken away from the Assembly premises in a Black Maria on the same day. They claimed to be APC youths from Agege, the constituency of the impeached speaker. According to News Central reports, the supporters were intercepted by security personnel and subsequently confined in a Black Maria stationed near the Assembly premises. In the video posted by News Central, one of the victims speaking…

The Federal Government’s axe may fall on some Deposit Money Banks over the non-payment of over N200 billion on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) to Nigerian telecom operators as the government set to list out names of the defaulting 18 banks on Tuesday (tomorrow). According to a report from Vanguard, the reason for the public seems to be for the telcos to stop offering the said services that enable their customers conveniently do online banking. The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission, in December 2024, issued a final directive to Deposit Money Banks and Mobile Network Operators…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, inducted 48 newly-appointed Permanent Secretaries into the state civil service held at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Ibadan, with a vow to continue upholding merit in the state civil and public service. The new Permanent Secretaries comprise 15 from the mainstream, six Inspectors General of Education, six from the health sector, seven from the local government, one from the House of Assembly, one as Surveyor General, nine Tutor Generals, and three executive secretaries. The governor stated that the appointees went through a rigorous selection process before being appointed to…

The Kremlin said on Monday that the latest round of US sanctions on the Russian energy sector risked destabilizing global markets, and Moscow would do everything possible to minimize their impact. “It is clear that the United States will continue to try to undermine the positions of our companies in non-competitive ways, but we expect that we will be able to counteract this,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “At the same time, of course, such decisions cannot but lead to a certain destabilization of international energy markets, oil markets. We will very carefully monitor the consequences and configure the work…

Former world heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury has announced his retirement from boxing. Tyson Fury has dramatically announced his retirement from boxing with immediate effect. The Gypsy King, 36, revealed the shock news in a video to his fans on Monday afternoon. ‘Hi everybody, I’m going to make this short and sweet,’ he said in a clip he shared to social media. ‘I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing. It’s been a blast, I’ve loved every single minute of it. ‘I’m going to end with this… Dick Turpin wore a mask. God bless everybody, see you on the other side.…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said he will prosecute kingmakers who are still protesting over the choice of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo for bribery except they declared support for the new king. The governor said this after presenting Certificate of Appointment and Staff of Office as the new Alaafin of Oyo to Owoade on Monday at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Ibadan. Governor Makinde, who declared that the Alaafin’s stool was important to the entire Yoruba race and not only to Oyo Town or Oyo State, noted, “Those who are,…