Presidential election tribunal begins hearing Monday
Next week Monday, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal will begin hearing of the petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as Nigeria’s President-elect. This means the legal battle by candidates disputing the announced results of the 2023 presidential poll will commence May 8. The date was confirmed by the National Legal Adviser of the All...
Buhari Inaugurates 748 New Homes, Says He’s Fulfilled Promise
•Okays partial exclusion of finance ministry from Treasury Single Account •Gives MOFI go-ahead to charge management, transaction fees •Insists current upgrading of Nigerian military will make it force of global reckoning President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, declared that his government’s promise of change for homeowners in the country had been fulfilled. Buhari spoke during the presentation of keys to some new homeowners at...
Buhari to attend coronation of King Charles on Saturday in London
Leaves Abuja Wednesday President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart for London, United Kingdom later Wednesday, May 3 to join other world leaders invited to attend the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort of the United Kingdom respectively. The coronation according to a press release by the President’s...
Meningitis: Nigeria records 532 cases, 124 deaths in seven months
The World Health Organisation, WHO, says from October 1, 2022, to April 16, 2023, Nigeria recorded 532 suspected cases of meningitis, with 124 deaths, with a case-fatality ratio of seven per cent. The cases were reported in 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory from 81 local government areas. According to the report, males account for 57 per cent of the...
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Tuesday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Ahead of his inauguration, the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has promised to take tough decisions to reposition the country for the benefit of the citizens and workers. In a statement to mark the 2023 Workers’ Day, Tinubu solicited the people’s cooperation and support for his incoming administration in fighting poverty,...
Pay rise coming for health workers, lecturers, others
Funding captured in this year’s budget, says Fed Govt •President-elect promises living wage Other categories of federal workers, including health workers and lecturers, will soon enjoy a pay rise like their counterparts – core civil servants, who are on Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS). Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said yesterday during the May Day rally in Abuja...
Cancer scare: Why we banned Indomie noodles —NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, said it will commence random sampling of Indomie noodles, including the seasoning, from the production facilities. This is coming on the heels of the recalling of indomie noodles by Taiwan and Malaysian authorities, following the discovery of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing agent. Announcing this in a statement, the Director-General of the...
May Day: Halt last-minute looting, Labour tells Buhari
Organised Labour, yesterday, raised the alarm over what it described as last-minute looting of the treasury by out-going governors, ministers and other political office holders and called on President Muhammad Buhari to do everything possible to stop them. Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterparts, raised the alarm in a joint...
Why Buhari can’t release Nnamdi Kanu before May 29 – Arewa community replies Ohanaeze
The Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria has faulted the call for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Musa Saidu, the leader of the community, made the remark in response to the call by the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. Iwuanyanwu had urged Buhari to release Kanu before May 29. However, Saidu said Iwuanyawu’s...
Details of Nigeria’s new tax laws on vehicles, alcohol, telecommunication
Tax expert, Taiwo Oyedele has described the new tax laws in Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari’s “parting tax gift” to the people. Oyedele is the Fiscal Policy Partner & Africa Tax Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). The federal government recently introduced new Fiscal Policy Measures (FPM) via a circular signed by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Usman. In an...
