The 36 states of the federation on Thursday failed to hold the monthly federal account allocation committee (FAAC) meeting due to alleged discrepancies in federation account figures presented by the federal government. Mahmoud Yunusa, chairman, forum of finance commissioners, said the decision was taken after consultation with state governors. He said the governors gave commissioners
NIGERIA’S Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the federal government has concluded the plan to reintroduce toll gates on various highways across the country. He stated this while speaking at an interactive session with the senate committee on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). Fashola said they would be reintroduced in 38
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has given reasons for taking the decision to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC). He referred in particular to a confidential memo Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016 to complain about how Atiku and other senior members of the party were being treated. Atiku
Nigerians have never shown such level of patience and tolerance towards any of their past leaders for his record and strange policies as that shown to their current leader, Muhammadu Buhari – a former military dictator now self-confessed democrat who said he came to fight corruption. Buhari, 75, is being plagued with failures across every
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced his decision in a statement he issued on Friday morning. Atiku, who was silent on his next political move, said he took the decision after consulting “God, his family members and supporters”. He lamented over the situation of things in the
A Former Minister of State for Defence under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Musiliu Obanikoro, will be officially defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The politician, who is a former Ambassador of Nigeria to Ghana, confirmed this to Channels TV. He said he would be declaring his defection
Facebook has said it will train and support over 50,000 students, small businesses and creative entrepreneurs across Nigeria in 2018. Facebook’s Public Policy Director, Africa, Ebele Okobi, during a news briefing on Wednesday in Lagos, said that the training would be through a series of digital skills, as well as long-term impact programmes. Okobi said
Brazilian footballer Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison for taking part in the gang rape of a woman in Milan in 2013. An Italian court ruled the 33-year-old and five other Brazilians assaulted the Albanian woman, who was 22, after plying her with alcohol in a nightclub. The forward, who left AC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the body empowered to meet the yearnings of Nigerians for stable, adequate and safe electricity supply, has taken the bulll by the horn by releasing to the public, the rights of every electricity consumer. NERC in a statement issued and signed by its Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr.Anthony
Senate President Bukola Saraki says the country’s security structure has collapsed. Saraki said this on Wednesday after Tijjani Kaura, senator representing Zamfara north, sponsored a motion on the killings and arson that took place in Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara. The senate president said there is a need to redesign the country’s economic structure.