By Ben Aro, The Whistler Ojjor community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State witnessed flooding from September to middle of November last year. This followed the overflow of River Obima, which passes through the community, linking Omambala River on the boundaries of Enugu, Kogi and Anambra states. Ben Aroh examines how the flooding
By Alex Binley, BBC News A rule banning unmarried Nigerian police officers from getting pregnant and ensured their sacking if they did, has been scrapped. In a landmark case, a judge ruled the regulation was discriminatory as it did not apply to male officers who got co-workers pregnant. The case was brought by a corporal
By Abdul Seye, Daily Post The Public Account Committee of the House of Representatives has indicted the management of some universities in Nigeria for failing to render audited reports. Some of the schools indicted include; the University of Calabar, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and the University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
By Bakare Majeed, Premium Times The House of Representatives has summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over the new restrictions on cash withdrawals. The House resolved that Mr. Emefiele should appear before it next Thursday. The decision to summon Mr. Emefiele followed a motion of matter of urgent public importance moved by
By Gbenga Oloniniran, Punch Newspaper …to limit POS withdrawals to N20,000 daily The Central Bank Of Nigeria has imposed fresh cash withdrawal limits on individuals and organizations, which takes effect from January 9, 2023. According to a new memo to banks issued on Tuesday and signed by the Director of Banking Supervision, Haruna B. Mustafa,
By Mark Itsibor, Leadership Newspaper Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Sylva Okolieaboh has inaugurated a Joint Committee to address the peculiarities of Nigerian universities in the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). The Joint Committee comprises representatives of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) and the Academic Staff Union
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Mr. Victor Muruako has disclosed that domestic debt owed by six States in the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria has reached N988.06 billion while the zone’s foreign debt stood at $873.3 million. The figure, according to the FRC Chairman, is the debt profile for
By Marcus Fatunmole, The ICIR President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Health to track the utilization of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). The President gave the order during the week at a two-day Ministerial retreat in Abuja through a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi