2019

A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday ordered that a woman, Karima Hama, be remanded in prison for calling her neighbour a “prostitute”. The complainant, Jamila Sa’idu, 26, took Mrs Hama to court for allegedly calling…

Nollywood teen actress, Regina Daniels, has confirmed her marriage to 59-year-old politician, Ned Nwoko. The actress was who is still an undergraduate had last month received criticism for secretly marrying the Delta State politician.…

X-raying the issues with Abia parastatals and pensions payment (2) In Abia State, as in other states, there are industrial units statutorily defined as parastatals with political authority and serving the state indirectly. The laws setting…

Staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday expressed their gratitude for the report and audio that exposed the financial impropriety of Godwin Emefiele, governor of the bank and other top managers at the CBN. One official who spoke to…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says he cannot say for sure that Lai Mohammed, minister of information, Adamu Adamu, his education counterpart, and Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, are in their best of behaviour this…

X-raying the issues with Abia parastatals and pensions payment (1) Recently, Abia State Commissioner For Finance, Mr Obinna Oriaku, released a press statement titled “Our Position on Parastatals' Salary Issues” to essentially bring to the…

Abia State Government has said that several years of rotten Civil Service System in the state was responsible for the huge pension arrears and outrageous wage bill currently weighing the state down. The state’sh Commissioner for Finance,…

Abia State government is to overhaul its civil service to correct anomalies that resulted to the over bloated monthly pension wage bill currently faced by the state. Abia has a monthly pension liability of N450 million for retired state…

Abia State government has blamed the civil service system for the huge wage bill and pension arrears bedeviling the state and questioned why should  have a pension liability of N830m. Ikpeazu Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Obinna Oriaku, who…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday night, disclosed that he warned his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, to always stay safe to avoid being mobbed during Trader Moni disbursement in markets across Nigeria. He said this at the breaking of fast at…