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A group, the Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, FHRACC, Sunday, in Warri, Delta State, said it will take obligatory legal steps to induce President Muhammadu Buhari to make his health status and money spent to care for himself in the United Kingdom open to Nigerians. President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country two weeks ago with everything about his health and the amount spent during his trip yet undisclosed. Statement by the National president of the rights group, Alaowei C. Ebikonbowei Esq., the group called on the government to do what is right in the eyes of the law or face legal action. The statement reads, “We are calling on the government to do what is right in the eyes of the law; otherwise we may take some necessary legal steps to compel it to do the right thing. President Buhari swore an oath to protect the laws of the land and not to breach them with impunity. “President Mohammadu Buhari as a public figure is answerable to the peopl...

The naira crashed extra against the dollar from 247 last Thursday to 251 on Saturday on the parallel market. This came barely one week after the central bank of Nigeria cut foreign exchange supply to Bureau De change operators. The central bank had in the course of its weekly forex sale to the BDCs last Wednesday refused to sell forex to operators that did not render returns on the utilisation of prior forex bought at the official window The dollar was once selling between N241 and N243 before Wednesday’s decision. The local currency was still selling for 197 against the dollar on the official market. in the meantime, the nation’s foreign currency reserves dropped to $29.7bn on December three, 2015, data from the CBN’s internet site confirmed on Sunday. this is anticipated to position extra stress on the CBN’s bid to defend the naira and prevent a devaluation of the local currency. The reserves have fallen with the aid of 20 per cent since the end of June 2014, when Brent c...

After three weeks of ministerial screening, the Senate later validated all 36 ministerial nominees as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The confirmation system of one of the vital nominee, Rotimi Amaechi was nonetheless greeted with extreme disgust from the PDP senators. The Senate confirms Rotimi Amaechi as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Senate confirms Aisha Mohammed as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Senate confirms Adamu Adamu as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Senate confirms Mohammed Musa Bello as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Senate confirms Anwuka Anthony Gozie as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Senate confirms Okechukwu Enelamah as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Senate confirms Pastor Usani Usani as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Senate confirms Dan Ali as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Senate confirms Zainab...

THE Supreme courtroom has dismissed the appeal by the Governor of rivers state Nyesom Wike and his party,(PDP), on the relocation of Rivers State governorship election petition tribunal to Abuja. The apex courtroom, in a unanimous judgment yesterday, held that the appeal “lacked merit and substance”. The court dismissed it “in its entirety”. Justice Amiru Sanusi, read the judgment on the interlocutory appeal, upheld the decisions by the tribunal and the court of appeal that the tribunal’s relocation to Abuja from Port Harcourt, was so in order because it was informed by security challenges. The tribunal last Saturday nullified Wike’s election in its judgment within the petition via the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Dakuku Peterside.

Again the Senate has failed to screen former governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi whose name had appeared within the first record of ministerial nominees. The lack of ability to screen him with 18 others last week was to permit the Committee on Ethics and Privileges conclude investigation on petitions introduced against Amaechi by the of senators from his state. Nothing was heard from the committee which claimed to have accomplished investigation and had promised to table the record on the ground of the Senate for debate. therefore, only Adebayo Shittu and Khadijah Abba Ibrahim, a 3-term member of house of Representatives and wife of a former governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, were puzzled through the senators. The plenary which had been expected to proceed at present was once postponed to the following day, a decision that got here four hours after the higher Chamber had formally adjourned.

AFTER a two-day screening, the Senate, the previous day confirmed 18 ministerial nominees, among them are former Governors Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti). the other ministers-designate are Senator Udoma Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom), Chief Audu Ogbeh (Benue), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi), Dr. Osagie Ehanire (Edo), Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Kwara), Lt. Gen. Adulrahman Danbazzau (Kano), Amina Ibrahim Mohammed (Gombe), Mr. Suleiman Hussaini Adamu, Mr. Ibrahim Usman Jibrin, team Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria national corporation (NNPC) Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) , Senator Chris Ngige, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, Mr. Solomon Dalong, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and Senator Hadi Sirika. The confirmation of Mohammed, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national Publicity Secretary, was once as dramatic as his screening on Tuesday. Mohammed’s screening on Tuesday was an exchange of banters between him and the senators. however yesterday, the opposition Peoples D...

The Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges and Public Petitions has aborted the screening of former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as a minister. Chairman of the committee, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, informed the Senate that the document of the petition towards Amaechi’s nomination as minister is not ready yet. Anyanwu noted that when you consider that of the screening pastime on Tuesday, the committee was not able to place the record collectively. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, mandated the committee to be certain that the document is ready on Thursday. consequently of the non availability of the committee’s document, Amaechi is probably not screened on Wednesday as scheduled.

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Ilorin yersterday upheld the election of Dr. Bukola Saraki as the senator representing Kwara state central. The Peoples Democratic party’s (PDP’s) candidate, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, had challenged the victory of Senate President Saraki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the tribunal, claiming he received the poll. Chairman of the three-man tribunal, Justice Josiah Majebi, in his two-hour ruling, pushed aside the PDP candidate’s petition for lack of advantage, competence and substance. He held that the petitioner didn't prove his case that the March 28 election, which produced Senator Saraki, was characterized by means of malpractices. Justice Majebi said the petitioner failed to set up any reality that there have been malpractices in wards in Ilorin South, Ilorin East and Asa nearby governments, including that the demand for the cancellation of the outcome was no longer tenable. “in accordance with the Elector...