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CDS Irabor Orders 50 Generals To Resign From Army, Air Force, Navy

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Leo Irabor has ordered 50 Generals in the Nigerian military to tender their resignation with immediate effect. They cut across the Air Force, Army and Navy; around 25 of the senior officers are in the Army. An…

14/12/2021

IG Orders Investigative Journalist Detained Over Story On High-Level Police Corruption

The Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba has ordered the detention of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism Fisayo Soyombo over a news story on high-level Police corruption. Our correspondent understands that the award-winning investigative journalist is being detained at the Force Headquarters from where…

14/12/2021

BOSAN Accuses Appeal Court Of Betraying Onnoghen

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) has accused the Court of Appeal of betraying the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen by allegedly refusing to deliver a ruling in his case when necessary. It said the Judiciary was…

14/12/2021

Nnamdi Kanu Sues SSS, AGF Over Alleged Poor Medical Care

The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has dragged the Directorate of State Services (DSS), its director-general, and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice before a Federal High Court Abuja, over…

14/12/2021

Breach Of Contract: Court To Continue Hearing On Suit Against NLNG

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, has fixed December 21, this year to continue hearing on a matter filed by a contracting firm, Macobarb International Limited and its Chief Executive Officer, Ogboru Shedrack, against the Nigerian…

14/12/2021

Court Refuses To Grant Injunctive Order Against FG Over $418m Paris Club Refund

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant an injunctive order against the Federal Government over the bid to deduct $418 million from the allocations of the 36 states government to fund their contractual obligations in the Paris…

14/12/2021

Ballason Slams N1billion Suit Against Kaduna State Governor & 6 Ors For Shutdown Of Internet & Telecommunications Network.

A Human Rights Lawyer, Gloria Mabeiam Ballason Esq, has sued the Kaduna State Governor, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and 5 telecommunications companies for shutdown of telephone services and the internet; an action she alleges was not backed by law, violated her rights…

14/12/2021

Lawan Reveals Salaries Of Senators, Reps

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, revealed the salaries and emoluments of members of the National Assembly to the public in Abuja. Lawan also said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has surpassed his predecessors on assent to bills. He…

14/12/2021

MTN, Mafab To Pay $273.6m For 5G Network Rollout

MTN Nigeria and Mafab Communications Ltd have emerged winners of the license for 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria after a long-drawn bidding war which lasted to the eleventh round. The executive…

14/12/2021

Finance Bill 2021: Our Tax System Must Work For Every Nigerian — FIRS

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has reassured that the 2021 Finance Bill will be tailored towards enabling an efficient tax system that will work for every Nigerian. Speaking on Monday, in Abuja, the Executive Chairman of FIRS, Muhammad Nami, noted that “our…

14/12/2021

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