KOTA KINABALU: The Federal Government should no longer recognise or acknowledge the invalid Jan 22, 1878 Sulu-Overbeck grant that purportedly gave the colonial trading company rights to Sabah, says former chief minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee (pic). This would be a crucial step towards resolving the Sulu claim on Sabah once and for all, he … Read more
The federal government has filed six charges against nine defendants disseminating false information of an alleged plot to remove Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The Deputy Director, Public Prosecution of the Federation at the Federal Ministry of Justice, A. A. Yusuf, filed the case at the Federal High Court in Abuja on 21 October. The News … Read more
The legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has appealed to the Nigerian government to get the IPOB leader released on bail or provide a conducive environment for his trial. Mr Kanu, facing terrorism charges, has been in detention since he was repatriated to Nigeria from Kenya in June … Read more
The Federal Government has approved a licensing waiver for investors wishing to establish cottage or community cinemas in Nigeria. Husseini Shaibu, Executive Director/CEO of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to the NFVCB boss, the waiver approval was in line with the agenda … Read more
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, says lifting of petroleum products from the Dangote Refinery will moderate foreign exchange demand pressures. Mr Cardoso, who said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while presenting a communique from the apex bank’s 297th Monetary Policy Committee meeting, said that it would also moderate transportation … Read more
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has urged the federal government to take action against the flooding menace in the country by building dams and dredging rivers. He made this call during a meeting on Friday in Yenagoa, the state capital, with first-class traditional rulers in Bayelsa. Mr Diri stated that the major river channels … Read more
The federal government says it has distributed over 1.3 million bottles of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) across 12 states, with an additional three million bottles scheduled for delivery by the end of September. The acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ado Bako, disclosed this in a statement on … Read more
Hannatu Musawa, minister of art, culture, and the creative economy, has inaugurated a Technical Committee to implement the construction of King Jaja of Opobo Historical and Cultural Centre. There are several accounts of the 19th century of King Opobo’s life and death, but all the accounts agree that he was among the first monarchs to … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned another hike in electricity tariff instead of a reversal promised by the federal government. Joe Ajaero, NLC president, said this on Thursday in Abuja in a statement titled, ‘Stop killing the people and the economy’. According to Mr Ajaero, the hike in tariff by electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) … Read more
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, again adjourned a N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the federal government until 18 March for hearing. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on 8 January, reported that the judge, James Omotosho, rescheduled the hearing to … Read more
