By SaharReporters The African Action Congress (AAC) has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over its gross incompetence and failure to fulfil any of the major promises made to Nigerians in the 2015 general elections. The party also condemned the undemocratic actions of the regime and its human rights record, saying it has
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chancellor of the Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong has identified “robust conversations and dialogue” as the panacea to the myriads of agitations and challenges that bedevil Nigeria. Archibong, a gubernatorial aspirant in Cross River stated this in his message to Nigerians on the occasion of the 61st independence
By Chikezie Omeje, SaharaReporters In May 2019, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, or NESREA, ordered a Chinese-run factory in the southeastern Nigerian state of Enugu to cease operation over illegal charcoal production and export. NESREA, established in 2007 by the Nigerian government to enforce environmental laws, said it would prosecute Kwo-Chief Investment Limited for
By Chuks Okocha, This Day Newspaper As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Committee for the zoning of offices in the National Working Committee (NWC) began sitting, new calculations have begun to emerge over which part of the country gets what office, amid highwire politics and intrigues. This is even the more interesting, because of the
By Sahara Reporters The attorneys general in Nigeria’s 36 States have sued the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for non-remittance of stamp duties fund generated from the States. According to a court document, the attorneys sued Malami because funds generated from stamp duties are not remitted into States’ coffers,
The issue many are not putting in proper perspective on this VAT ruling by Port Harcourt Federal High Court is that the advantage Lagos, Rivers and FCT have over other states per VAT is the fact that Nigeria’s formal economy is concentrated in these places while others run an informal economy, largely. It is not
By Jonathan Ugbal The former military Governor of River’s State, Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo has died aged 74. Born Stephen Anthony Ukpo, the late military man who also served as Nigeria’s Minister of Information during the General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s regime died on Monday after a brief sickness. A native of Okpoma in Yala Local
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Years of coal mining in some communities in Enugu State and attendant negligence of those mining sites are now leading to dangerous environmental degradation that threatens those communities. In this report, Ben Aroh, who visited Enugu North, Udi and Ezeagu local government areas of Enugu State where the mines are