FG turns to Europe for loans as China suspends funding
The Federal Government has blamed delays in completing some significant projects across the country, including railways, on the scarcity of funds. In an interview with Guardian, the Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said that the Chinese have stopped funding Nigerian government projects. Amaechi, however, explained that the government has turned to look for loans in […]
We remain committed to honouring existing agreements with ASUU – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday assured that he remains committed to honouring promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to prevent disruptive strikes. He said he would do this in order to improve the funding of educational institutions. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a […]
Court orders FG to refund Rivers deductions for Police Trust Fund
Court orders FG to pay Nnamdi Kanu N1bn
A High Court sitting in Abia State has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, the sum of N1 billion. Kanu had approached the Court demanding N5 billion over the invasion of his father’s house by the military on September 10, 2017. The court, on […]
Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s trial
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to Wednesday, after he declined to take his plea in the 15-count terrorism charges instituted against him by the Federal Government. He accused the government of ambushing him with the new charges on Monday, […]
Senior lawyer, Mike Ozekhome leads Kanu’s defence team in fresh trial
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has engaged the services of lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) to fortify his defense in the fresh terrorism charges levied against him by the Federal Government. Kanu was re-arrested in Kenya in June 2021 and extradited to Nigeria to face trial […]
Soot: Lawyer files fundamental rights to physical and mental health suit against FG
Ogoni group urges FG to ensure implementation of UNEP report
A group, Ogoni Liberation Initiative (OLI), has urged the Federal Government to ensure full implementation of the United Nations Environmental Report (UNEP) report in the Ogoni region of Rivers state. The group also urged the Federal Government to make the environmental clean-up a President Muhammadu Buhari legacy project. Speaking at an event in Bori, Khana […]
See FG, Twitter agreement before lifting of ban
The Nigerian government has listed some of the agreements it reached with Twitter before the suspension of the ban placed on the microblogging site after it removed a tweet by President Buhari. The president in a tweet threatened the Igbo extraction of the country with genocide. A press statement on Wednesday signed by the Director-General […]
FG declares bandits as terrorists, issues gazette
The Federal Government has officially declared bandits groups as terrorists through an official gazette issued on Wednesday. This follows a ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which declared the bandit groups terrorists. The Federal Government had in an affidavit filed in support of an ex parte motion through the Federal Ministry of Justice told […]
PANDEF insists on creation of state police
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has asked Nigerians to insist on the creation of state police, which was earlier out ruled by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the forum, the presidency’s support of the non-establishment of state police is because of the benefit it is receiving from the already established system. In a statement, […]
IYC query Buhari, Amaechi’s silence on NDDC board
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has called out the Minister of Transportation and former Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi over his silence on the agitation of stakeholders for a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a statement on Tuesday, the IYC President, Peter Igbifa, wondered why Amaechi had remained unusually […]