The 1960 Tiv Revolt and Peasant Struggles against increased Taxation.
“For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” – Winston Churchill An International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff team flew into Abuja on November 6, 2022 for Article IV consultation meeting with Nigerian government officials and private […]
Kidnappers of Kaduna School Student Release Last Victim
The last victim of the Bethel High School pupil kidnapped in Kaduna, Treasure Ayuba, has been released. ALSO READ: Senate Approves N2.18tn Supplementary Budget On July 5, gunmen invaded the school in Damishi, Kaduna and abducted 121 students. While others were released, Ayuba was the last victim to regain his freedom. The Nigeria Baptist Convention […]
Senate Approves N2.18tn Supplementary Budget
The Senate has passed the N2.18 trillion 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill forwarded to it for consideration by President Bola Tinubu. ALSO READ: Network demands global protection for journalists As requested by Tinubu in the letter read in the Senate during plenary on Tuesday, the request was given expeditious consideration. Similarly, on Thursday, the Red Chamber […]
Network demands global protection for journalists
The Network of Peace Journalists (NPJ) has called for the enactment of laws to protect journalists from impunity, torture, and physical attacks perpetrated by thugs and aggrieved groups. In a press statement issued on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the NPJ also called for the release of all journalists in […]
Judge Threatens To Order Emefiele’s Arrest Over Debt
The Federal High Court in Abuja has given former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, till January 25 to appear in court to explain the circumstances surrounding the $53m judgment debt arising from the Paris Club refund. ALSO READ: NLC President Ajaero Brutalised By Police – Spokesperson Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a […]
NLC President Ajaero Brutalised By Police – Spokesperson
The Nigeria Labour Congress has accused the police of beating up its President, Joe Ajaero after he was arrested in Imo State on Wednesday afternoon. ALSO READ: ‘Naira Marley Drugged my children’ – Iyabo Ojo alleges NLC’s Head of Media and Publicity Benson Upah said this in a statement, confirming the release of the Mr […]
EFCC Bans Sting Operations at Night
In line with the newly-reviewed procedures on arrest and bail of suspects by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has directed that sting operations at night time be stopped in all the Commands of the EFCC. He gave the directive in Abuja on Wednesday, November […]
HOW OPPOSITION, INEC, BAD LAWS AND DEBALLED JUDICIARY HANDED TINUBU THE PRESIDENCY
By Law Mefor The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the principal opposition party, should have had the simplest time winning the Nigerian presidential election in 2023. Muhammadu Buhari’s unprecedentedly bad and divisive leadership served as a powerful campaign against the All Progressives Congress, APC. To effortlessly retake control of the centre, the PDP only needed to […]
2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill Scales Second Reading
The 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill expeditiously scaled second reading on Tuesday in the House of Representatives and the Senate as lawmakers said it is for the benefit of the country. ALSO READ: No Plans To Redenominate Naira – CBN President Bola Tinubu had written the National Assembly seeking the approval of the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 […]
No Plans To Redenominate Naira – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria has denied claims that it plans to redenominate the country’s currency, Naira, with effect from January 2023. ALSO READ: BRIEF HISTORY – Benin vs Igala War Isa AbdulMumin, CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, made this known on Tuesday in a statement. The reaction of the apex bank comes following a […]