With three more months to wrap up the year, leaving one more rate meetings and inflation rate at 11.02 per cent, there appears a near impossibility for the nation’s rate-setters to slash the current Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 13.5 per cent.Reason: The possibility of interest rate cut now hinges on the corresponding fall in […]
The Senate yesterday said it was yet to receive a draft copy of the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) from President Muhammadu Buhari, despite provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act mandating the president to submit the document four months to the end of the year. The announcement, which was made by Senate President Ahmad Lawan as […]
A Federal High Court, Abuja will hear the application of the Department of State Security (DSS) to detain the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, for 20 more days. The Nigerian Government had filed a seven-count charge bordering on treasonable felony, terrorism and plots to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari. Sowore, presidential candidate of the African […]
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has debunked giving N90 billion to Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osibanjo for the ruling All Progressives Congress 2019 election campaign. “In the last four years since Tunde Fowler has supervised operations at the FIRS, the agency had not received up to N90 billion per annum, as cost of collection […]
The Election Petitions Tribunal in Yola, Adamawa State, has sacked two lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shuaibu Langa APC member representing Mubi North in the Adamawa State Assembly was sacked for certificate forgery while Musa Bororo APC member representing Mubi South constituency for “bearing three inconsistent names. Langa election was nullified on Monday […]
As the Senate resumes a new legislative session today following its nine-week recess, it could be embroiled in a face-off with the executive arm of government over alleged attempts by some anti-graft agencies to smear the image of the National Assembly. One of such issues, according to National Assembly sources, is the current investigation by […]
Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court Kano on Monday struck out the ‘no case submission’ filed by former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, Aminu Wali and Mansur Ahmed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Besides, the court ordered the accused persons to submit their international passports and other relevant documents before […]
We are joined by the Security Expert, Onyekachi Adekoya as we review security matters in the month of August and projections for September.
In fulfillment of the promise he made in 2017, Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has enrolled his six year old son, Abubakar into primary one in Capital School Malali, a public school in Kaduna. The governor on Monday was accompanied by his wife Aisha Ummi to the school where their son commenced his primary […]
Stakeholders in the economy yesterday expressed worry about the disparity between huge government earnings and growing poverty in the country. This followed the report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) showing that N28.58 trillion was remitted to the Federation Account between 2012 and 2016. NEITI’s latest Fiscal Allocation and Statutory Disbursement (FASD) Audit […]
On this edition of the morning show, we are joined by a LMAM Artiste, Charmain as she talks about the forthcoming concert tagged “Colors of Music”
