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THE Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has approved a 114 per cent increase in the salaries of elected politicians, including the President, vice president, governors, lawmakers as well as judicial and public office holders. RMAFC is saddled with the responsibility of determining the remuneration appropriate for political officeholders...

The housing allowances for members of the National Assembly may cost the country about N5.87bn yearly, according to findings from The PUNCH. With the annual allocation of N5.87bn, in four years the Federal Government will spend N23.48bn on the lawmakers’ accommodation. The allowances are based on data collated from a...

A Monday pronouncement by the Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, has dissolved the governing boards of all federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. The president, by the pronouncement, has also dissolved the governing board of all parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Education (FME). According to a statement by the...

A federal high court in Abuja has fixed July 20 to deliver judgment in a suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), seeking unhindered access to his medical doctors. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ 2341/2022, Kanu prayed the court for leave to apply...

The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday approached the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, challenging his detention by the Department of State Services (DSS). In his originating motion on notice, Emefiele is praying for the court to enforce his right to...

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing an Igbo son as one of the Service Chiefs, saying good things are ahead. With the appointment, the pan-Igbo socio-political organisation said, Tinubu has good plans for the country and would carry everyone...

…Urges Tinubu’s intervention A pro-democracy group on the platform of Good Governance and Change Initiative (GGCI) has given the Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf a 72-hour ultimatum to stop the ongoing demolition and invite the affected investors and individuals for amicable resolution. The group threatened to sue the governor if...

Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has been taken into the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ortom was invited for questioning by the anti-graft agency for alleged misappropriation of funds, a month after leaving office. Channels Television reports that the ex-Benue governor arrived at the Abuja...

…Says Nigerians waiting arrest, prosecution of ex-serving top officials under Buhari Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank on Tuesday, pleaded with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to allow former and serving top officials appointed by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari alleged to have abused...

A group, under the auspices of the Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural in the Diaspora (AEISCID) has reacted to recent comments credited to the husband of the former President of the Court of Appeal, Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa, enjoining Nigerians with discerning minds not to take such statements with a pinch...