By Casmir Igbokwe In May 2019, the Court of Appeal, Abuja, in a unanimous judgement, ruled that “it is not morally right to pay an elected public officer or a political appointee pension and gratuity or severance allowance for holding such an office for three to eight years, as the case may be. It cannot be justified in the context of ...

By Raymond Ozoji It was Runtown, one of Nigeria’s foremost musicians, who said in one of his hit songs that “If you don’t know any big man, then you don’t know anybody. If you have not opened your eyes, then you have not seen anything. Government is not for the people.”  The artiste arrived at his conclusions because he believes ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN and his Tanzanian counterpart Dr. Philip Isdor Mpango are united in their views regarding a just energy transition as the global community moves towards a net-zero emissions target and the need for greater international collaboration in deterring unconstitutional changes of government in Africa. These are some of the issues discussed by both leaders at a ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over the failure to promptly and thoroughly probe allegations of systemic mismanagement of security votes by state governors since 1999, and to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be responsible.” The suit followed Buhari’s 2022 New Year Message in which he raised concerns about “the ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will today depart Abuja for Arusha, Tanzania to attend the formal opening of the 2022 Judicial Year of the African Court for Human and Peoples’ Rights. Last year, at its 15th Anniversary, the court resolved that “as a means of enhancing its visibility and engaging as many stakeholders as possible, it will convene a solemn ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency, Mr. Jude Okechukwu Emecheta, has advised the incoming administration of Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo to empower the state advertising agency to enable it to enforce revenue laws to block leakages in revenue collections. Emecheta stated this during an exclusive interview with our ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps Anambra state sector command, Corps Commander Adeoye Irelewuyi, has said that the corps is gearing up for Easter Special Patrol in the state. The state FRSC boss who spoke with our correspondent in his office in Awka, stated that the corps usually anticipated an increase in both human ...

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has condemned the impeachment of the Zamfara State Deputy Governor Mahdi Aliyu Gusau by the House of Assembly on what he calls “petty political reasons” rather than public interest. Reacting to the development through his media office in Abuja on Friday, the former Vice President was quoted to have said: “I am embarrassed ...

Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State, was agog on Thursday during a one-day visit by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, who commissioned projects executed by the State Government and headlined the 30th edition of the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinic held in the State. All along the road as the convoy passed through several streets in ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday assured students of the new Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUST), Ikorodu, that he would make the institution bigger and best choice in Nigeria. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who had a stop at the Ikorodu campus of the University, while on his way to the commissioning of the new plant of Kimberly-Clark ...