Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 25th April 2022
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 25th April 2022 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Happy birthday to Senator Kalu, the most suitable next president of Nigeria
Emeka Ugwuonye I chose the occasion of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s 62nd birthday to express my views on Nigeria’s desperate quest for the leadership that can pull the nation back from the precipice. In January of 2020, I had the rather unusual privilege of encountering the man that is simply known as OUK. It was
FG loses N163.4bn to land border closure
CONTROL The borders were closed to curb smuggling, and illegal trafficking of arms and people The Federal Government lost about N163.4billion to four of the country’s land borders within the period of their closure. The borders, which were eventually reopened on Friday, are Idiroko, Jibiya, Ikom and Kamba. They were closed between August
Earnings: Unilever swings back to profitability
Cost optimisation and sales growth are boosting the earnings of Unilever Nigeria Plc., CHRIS UGWU writes Despite efforts by government to create an enabling environment for investment in the nation’s economy, the exchange rate volatility and its attendant effects have impacted businesses negatively. The increase in exchange rate has forced manufacturers to borrow
SERAP sues Buhari over misappropriation of N6trn NDDC’s fund
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja “over his failure to publish names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6 trillion in the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)”. The Attorney General of
Keyamo withdraws as Sowore’s lawyer in N1bn libel suit
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Festus Keyamo, has withdrawn his appearance for the publisher of Sahara reporters, Omoyele Sowore, in a N1 billion libel suit filed by the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, at a Lagos High Court in Ikeja. The cleric had sued Sowore for libel,
Police arraign 70-year-old man for N43m fraud
A 70-year-old man, Alugbue Chukwuma Emmanuel, has been arraigned by the police before Justice Tijjani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding a women group of N43 million. Alugbue was docked on a 3-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and unlawful conversion of funds. He however denied the alleged offences upon
Curbing abuse of president’s power of pardon
‘Constitutional and legal safeguards’ ll check abuse’ Should Section 175 of the Constitution which vests wide discretionary power on the president to grant pardon be amended by the National Assembly to curb abuse? Lawyers say no, yes. AKEEM NAFIU reports The recent call by a rights organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project
Nomination Forms: Leaving elections for moneybags
These are obviously not normal times for Nigerians. Last week, the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) shocked many Nigerians with the announcement of a N100 million price tag for the Expression of Interest (EOI) and Nomination Forms for its presidential aspirants. The party also set the prices for the Senate at N20
Happy birthday to Senator Kalu, the most suitable next president of Nigeria
I chose the occasion of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s 62nd birthday to express my views on Nigeria’s desperate quest for the leadership that can pull the nation back from the precipice. In January of 2020, I had the rather unusual privilege of encountering the man that is simply known as OUK. It was a
Lagos, Delta 2023 guber ‘endorsements’ of a kind
The settings are similar, but the endorsement of governorship aspirants by pressure groups in Lagos and Delta states is affecting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in differing ways. In Lagos, the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) has sanctioned the long-awaited secondterm bid of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who the PDP had anticipated would defect to its platform
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