Abuja lawyer, Maxwell Opara drags Tinubu to Court over alleged lopsided appointments. By Kayode Lawal, Abuja. February 21, 2024 An Abuja based legal practitioner, Maxwell Opara has dragged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged lopsided appointments in the public sector. The aggrievedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 The UK government on Wednesday slapped sanctions on six senior officials of the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny died. The sanctioned individuals include Col. Vadim Kalinin, the head of the “Polar Wolf” IK-3 Arctic Penal Colony as well as fiveContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has determined May 29 as the date for this year’s national and provincial elections. The president has consulted with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the election date and convened a meeting with all nine provincial premiers to discussContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger has urged corps members to channel their talents and energy positively to contribute their quota to national development. He said this at the swearing-in ceremony of 2024 Batch ‘A’ Stream 1 prospective corps members deployed to Niger at NYSCContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 The Federal Government on Tuesday transferred the operations of the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant (ZHPP) to a concessionaire, Penstock Ltd. Vice President Kashim Shettima made the disclosure during the first meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) for the year 2024 at theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the privatisation and concession of Federal Government silos across the country. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Inuwa Garba (APC-Gombe) during plenary in Abuja. In his motion, he said that the FederalContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 The National Bureau of Statistics says 11.94 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol were imported in the first half of 2023. The NBS stated this in its Petroleum Products Distribution Statistics for Half Year 2023 released in Abuja onContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has called off its strike as the Federal Government has announced payment of their bridging claims. The Federal Government said though NARTO’s issues were purely commercial but its intervention and transportation claims payment (though figure undisclosed)Continue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 The Benue House of Assembly has approved the sack of three local government caretaker committee chairmen over alleged financial misconduct. The House also approved replacements for the trio. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmakers’ action followed a correspondence from GovContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has urged editors of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to fact-check news reports before publication. Onanuga, former Managing Director of NAN, made the call at the agency’s 5th Editorial ManagementContinue Reading
