The Senate has passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill totally N13.082,420,568,233 trillion. The passage followed the recommendation by the Senate Committee on Appropriation. The Appropriation committee chairman, Senator Jibrin Barau, presented the report of the committee to the Senate Monday. The budget estimate was presented to the joint session of the upper and lower legislative chambers

The Senate on Monday passed the sum of N453,200,000,000.00 as the budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the 2020 fiscal year. This followed the presentation of the report of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs by the Vice Chairman of t he Committee, Senator Amos Kilawangs Bulus (Gombe South) at plenary.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Monday discharged Abdullahi Babalele, a son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, of a two-count charge of laundering $140,000. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke threw out the charge file by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the ground of wrong venue. He held that the charge against the

The National Judicial Council at its 93rd Meeting of 16 December 2020 held virtually has recommended the compulsory retirement of Hon. Grand Kadi, Shu’aibu A. Talba, the Grand Kadi of Yobe State and Hon. Justice Abdulkareem Babatunde Abdulrasaq of Osun State High Court with immediate effect. NJC spokesman Soji Oye, who made these public in

The World Trade Organisation on Friday stated that the absence of a substantive director general is hurting its operations and would not describe 2020 as a very successful year. The WTO made this statement during a press briefing, adding that a special general council early in the New Year is needed to make a decision

Paradigm Initiative and Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative have dragged theMinister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ministry of Communication and four network operators including MTN, GLO, AIRTEL and Etisalat before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. In the suit filed on Thursday 17 December, 2020 and marked FHC/LS/CS/1823/2020, the applicants are asking the court to

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has returned the restriction order on the operations of churches and mosques in the state. Sanwo-Olu asked the worship centres not to hold services for more than two hours. He also said that no gathering must exceed 50 percent of the venue’s maximum capacity. The Lagos State governor also

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has gone into isolation after coming in contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19. The governor, who made this known via his Twitter handle, said he had undergone a COVID-19 test. “Gov @AWTambuwal goes into isolation after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19. The

The Nigerian government has ordered the immediate cancellation of the N20 fee for the retrieval of national identity number (NIN) on mobile networks. The country’s minister of communication and digital economy, Isa Ali Pantami gave the directive on Friday, and will take effect immediately. Nigerians who are subscribed to MTN, Airtel, 9mobile, and Glo networks had been advised by the National Identity