Senate, on Wednesday, approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for the Chief Justice of Nigeria and other judicial officers at the Federal and state levels. The plenary approved the report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters, chaired by Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno (APC- Borno North). The Committee had earlier presented the report to the lawmakers. This follows the consideration and adoption of an executive bill transmitted by President Bola Tinubu, which sought to prescribe improved salaries and allowances as well as other fringe benefits for judicial officers and workers. The…
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Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party says it is not in merger talks with any political party ahead of the 2027 election. Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, had a few weeks ago had a private meeting in Abuja with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and several key PDP members. Obi also met separately with former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido ,and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, creating rumours of a potential merger before the 2027 general elections. The LP presidential candidate in the 2023 election was a member of the PDP until 2022 when he left to join the…
House of Representatives again, on Wednesday, urged the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to announce a living wage for Nigerian workers. Doing this, they argued, would address incessant incidence of strikes by organised labour. The House resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by the member representing Balanga/Biliri Federal Constituency, Gombe State, Hon Isa Ali. Ali, while leading the debate on the floor of the green chamber during Wednesday’s plenary, noted that the Federal Government and labour unions have been locked in negotiations over an upward review of the minimum wage. He, however, expressed regret that…
House of Representatives has attacked organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, for feeding the public about what it described as “fake earnings” of its members. It said that the attempt was made to stoke public resentment against the lawmakers and undermine the credibility of the legislature. It warned that such acts could stoke public resentment against lawmakers and undermine the legislature’s credibility, calling for the actors sabotaging the nation’s economy to be brought to justice. The House made this known in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Akin Rotimi, on Tuesday. The statement read, “The…
There was palpable high tension in the Senate on Wednesday as the bill to ban open grazing successfully passed its second reading. The plenary witnessed heated debates and strong emotions, reflecting the contentious nature of the proposed law. If enacted, the bill will finally prohibit open grazing nationwide, aiming to resolve longstanding conflicts between herders and farmers. The bill, sponsored by Senator Titus Zam, representing Benue North West, outlines specific regulations for the establishment and management of ranches, promoting best practices and mitigating disputes between herders and farmers. Zam while explaining the general principles of the bill, stressed the need…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted the Federal Government an order of interim forfeiture of property valued at N11,140,000,000.00 linked to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele. On Wednesday, the presiding judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, made the order following a motion filed and argued by the counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN). Oyedepo told the court that Emefiele was suspected to have purchased the choice property, mostly located in highbrow parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by proxy, with the proceeds of fraud. EFCC’s lawyer said the…
Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, on Wednesday, assured depositors of Heritage Bank that they’ll be refunded their money with the liquidated Heritage Bank. To this end, NDIC said it has commenced the process of payment to all depositors of the bank. NDIC Managing Director, Bello Hassan, gave this assurance at a press briefing in Abuja. Hassan, who outlined the processes of repayment, insisted that NDIC would not wait till 30 days as stipulated by law, but would settle customers within one week. The NDIC boss said, “Preliminary findings show that depositors fund was about N650 billion while the Bank loans was…
…as Committee accuses ex-gov of fraud, money laundering, submits report Samuel Adesola, Kaduna Kaduna State House of Assembly has recommended the immediate past governor of the state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai for probe for allegedly siphoning the sum of N423billion and perpetrating fraud and money laundering during his eight-year tenure. The recommendation is contained in the report of the Assembly Committee which probed alleged corruption and financial irregularities during El-Rufai’s tenure. The Committee has already submitted the report. Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Henry Zacharia, presented the report to the Assembly during plenary on Wednesday. The committee, which was charged…
No fewer than 30 state governments of the federation spent N986.64bn on recurrent expenditures, including refreshments, sitting allowances, travelling, utilities, etc., in the first three months of 2024, The PUNCH reports. The states’ budget implementation reports, which were obtained from Open Nigerian States, a website supported by BudgIT that acts as a repository for public budget data, were analysed. For the first three quarters of the year, our correspondent examined budget implementation data from thirty states; data for six states was not available. Benue, Imo, Niger, Rivers, Sokoto and Yobe States were the ones without Q 1, 2024 data. A…
The Nigerian Guild of Editors has kicked against the increasing sequence of abduction and arrest of journalists in the country by security agencies, particularly the Nigeria Police Force, under the guise of enforcing the Cyber Security Act. The NGE, which condemned the development, also warned of the consequence of such illegal actions on press freedom. The professional body of media executives and senior editors also warned of the dangers of allowing certain territories of the Nigerian states to fall into the hands of terrorists and bandits, expressing optimism that the Federal Government had everything required to flush out the enemies…