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Exiled Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Italy on a Spanish arrest warrant. Spain has accused him of sedition for a breakaway independence referendum in 2017 that the courts ruled illegal. Police were apparently waiting for him at Sardinia's airport and he is due in court in the coming hours. A judge in Sardinia will have to decide whether he should be released or extradited.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has urged Attorney Generals of states’ to use their individual positions to effect the desired changes in the justice sector. Osinbajo said this when he hosted six attorneys-general from the South-West states at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He commended their efforts and accomplishments in their respective jurisdictions. The Vice President urged them to ensure that prosecutions move quickly by devoting more time to the need to […]
The Federal Government says the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, will continue to collect Value Added Tax, VAT, following the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the matter. Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, disclosed this in New York while speaking on the disagreement over the collection of VAT between FIRS and Rivers Government. Malami noted that the ruling of maintaining the status quo by the Court of Appeal […]
The House of Representatives says it has decided to investigate the alleged exclusion of Rivers State from the states to benefit from the World Bank loans. The member representing Abua/Odual/Ahoada East Constituency of the state, Solomon Bob, moved a motion calling for an investigation into the allegation by Governor Nyesom Wike. Recall that Governor Wike alleged that the federal government singled out his state from those eligible to benefit from […]
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has called out southern governors for enacting anti-open grazing law in their region. According to El-Rufai, the law is not implementable, noting that the Northern States Governors Forum has already taken a position that open grazing is not a sustainable way of livestock production and must move towards ranching. He further disclosed that he had embarked on the construction of a ranch that will take […]
Federal Government has announced it is ending the N30 billion monthly electricity subsidy by January 2022. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on infrastructure, Ahmed Zakari, at a stakeholders’ engagement meeting, organized by the Nigerian Electricity Commission, NERC, in Lagos. The decision according to Zakari will affect all forms of subsidies hitherto extended to operators in the power sector value chain. Recall that Vice President Yemi […]
Luis Suarez scored two late goals as La Liga champions Atletico Madrid came from behind to beat neighbours Getafe. Getafe's first goal against Atletico since 2011 came when Stefan Mitrovic's header hit the post and went in off the goalkeeper's hand. Suarez, who had only scored once in his previous six games, said every player at the top level has to learn to live with criticism.
The United States Government, in collaboration with the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, says it will partner with the Taraba State government to tackle the menace of HIV/AIDS and other epidemics in the state. Leader of the delegation and the United States Charge De Affair to Nigeria, Catylyn Gibon, noted that the state is a good place where the US can work collaboratively to contain HIV/AIDS. Gibon […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to amend the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA 2021. A letter signed by President Buhari and read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during plenary today in Abuja, listed the three areas he sought to be amended to include the appointment of non-executive board members, removal of the Ministries of Petroleum Resources and Finance from the boards of the two institutions, as well as […]
