FG plans new salary for judges The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has backed the demand for the autonomy of state legislature and the judiciary. Abubakar Malami maintained that the issue of financial autonomy of state judiciary and legislature is a settled matter. Malami backed his position with the last amendment…
Members of the House of Representatives have reacted differently to the failure by President MUHAMMADU BUHARI to respond to their summons. Some members want the House to delay consideration of the 2021 Budget until an apology is received from the President, while others said the President had not done anything wrong. When the House of Representatives resumed…
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, ABUBAKAR MALAMI, has been asked to apologise to Nigerians for his comment on the shooting of EndSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos. A member of the House of Representatives, TAJUDEEN YUSUF, made the demand following MALAMI’s claim that hoodlums dressed in military attire could have been responsible for…
The Federal Government has observed that one hundred and six frequencies were being transmitted illegally in five geo-political zones across Nigeria. The illegal frequencies are among three hundred and twenty that were discovered in the north-east, north-west, north-central, south-west and south-south. The Federal Executive Council has also approved the sum of six hundred and fifty-three point nine…
Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, IBRAHIM MAGU, has challenged his accusers to come up with evidence. MAGU threw the challenge when he appeared before the Special Panel that is investigating allegations against him. MAGU was responding to allegations that he collected bribe to allow one HIMA ABOUBAKAR who was facing investigation to…
The Federal Government has again failed to convince the organized labour to call off their planned protests and strike over the increase in the prices of petrol and electricity. Government officials led by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, ABUBAKAR MALAMI, entered into second round of meeting yesterday with labour leaders but failed to reach any…