President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday declined assent to a bill seeking to fund the completion of Ajaokuta Steel Company, which was forwarded to him by the National Assembly in February this year. The President equally declined assent to seven other bills, including the controversial National Housing Fund Bill, which wasContinue Reading
Theresa May will ask the EU for an extension to the Brexit deadline to “break the logjam” in Parliament. The PM says she wants to meet Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a plan on the future relationship with the EU. But she insisted her withdrawal agreement – which wasContinue Reading
The Senate says it will pass the 2019 appropriation bill on April 16. Senate President Bukola Saraki, who made the announcement at plenary on Tuesday, mandated the appropriation committee to submit its report between April 9 and 11. He also urged various appropriation sub-committees to submit their budget reports by Friday.Continue Reading
Daystar Christian Centre has donated N10 million to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to help refugees in Africa. The gift was announced by UNHCR in Nigeria, stating that the donation was meant to support people who were forced to flee their homes as a result of violenceContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected seven more bills transmitted to him by the national assembly. The president announced his decision to withhold assent to the bills via a letter read during senate plenary on Tuesday. The bills include: Chartered Institute of Training and Development of Nigeria Bill, 2018; Nigeria AeronauticalContinue Reading
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in the lead so far in the ongoing resumption of collations for the governorship poll. Some of the local government results declared by INEC officials, who have gone on recess for a few minutes, are below: Opobo/Nkoro LGA:Continue Reading
The Kogi State House of Assembly has recommended the removal of the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Nasiru Ajanah for alleged gross misconduct. This followed the adoption of the report and recommendations of the house committee on public account which indicted the Kogi State High Court and Kogi HajjContinue Reading
An Abuja high court sitting has dismissed a suit filed by the African Action Congress (AAC) seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from collating the results of the governorship and house of assembly elections in Rivers state held on March 9, 2019. The suit, marked FHC/ ABJ/CS/303/2019,Continue Reading
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier says that Britain’s disorderly exit from the European Union without a deal is becoming more likely by the day after the U.K. parliament again rejected alternatives to the government’s unpopular divorce deal. Despite the downbeat assessment, Barnier did say that “we can still hope toContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia has given the four children of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s children “million-dollar houses” and “monthly five-figure payments” as compensation for the killing of their father, the Washington Post reported. The kingdom is trying to come to a long-term understanding with the Khashoggi family members to encourage them toContinue Reading
