Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor YEMI OSINBAJO, has called for strategies to speed up the handling of court cases. Professor OSINBAJO recommended that court cases should not last more than fifteen months. He also said another problem with the handling of cases in Nigeria is conflicting orders by different judges. OSINBAJO made the observations on behalf of President…
The Nigerian Aviation sector may take a long time to recover from losses suffered during the Covid-19 lockdown. This comes ahead of the resumption of international flight operations this weekend, after about five months of the Covid-19 lockdown in the sector. One of the government agencies that is severely hit by the effect of the pandemic is…
The Minister of Education, ADAMU ADAMU, has inaugurated the visitation panel for the leadership crisis in the University of Lagos. The inauguration of the panel comes a day after the Federal Government appointed JOHN MOMOH as Acting Chairman UNILAG Governing Council. The Education Minister charged members of the UNILAG Visitation Panel to do a good job as…
The Federal Executive Council has approved seven hundred and twenty-two point three million naira for the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The Council approved that payment for the investigation, which is in eight dimensions, would be made directly from the Presidency. This is because the National Assembly is on break and the 2020…
Former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, OBADIAH MAILAFIA, has resigned his appointment with the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru. MAILAFIA’s resignation from the national policy think-tank comes after his brush with the security agencies, including the Department of State Service and the Nigeria Police Force. He was invited two times for…
Nigerian troops have killed at least two suspected bandits in the sustained operations in the northwestern part of the country. One of the bandits were gunned down during a raid of an illegal mining site at a location in Bukuyyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The second bandit was killed after he tried to attack inhabitants…