The Senate has passed the 2020 appropriation bill. The passage was a sequel to the presentation of a report by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Barau Jibrin. The budget was increased from N10.33 trillion presented by President Buhari on October 8 to N10.6 trillion (10,594,362,364,830). In the report presented by Jibrin, N560.47 billion …

Justice Gideon Kudafa of the Kaduna State High Court has ordered the transfer of embattled leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat, from DSS custody to a correctional centre in the state. The Kaduna High Court judge who presided over the trial of El-Zakzaky and his wife over allegations of culpable homicide, …

The Senate Joint Committee on Navy, Marine Transport and Finance has threatened to order the arrest of Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dakuku Peterside, if he fails to appear before it on Thursday. According to reports, the committee is investigating the N263.9bn alleged illegal security services carried out by Ocean Marine Solutions Ltd …

Top Italian Newspaper Corriere dello Sport has refused to apologise for their ‘Black Friday’ front page cover of former Manchester United players Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling, who now play for Inter Milan and Roma respectively….   The newspaper’s Thursday morning ‘black friday’ headline with photos of both players, were used as preview ahead of …

Minister of Transportation and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has reacted to a federal high court judgement which directed the federal government to recover pensions and allowances received by former and serving senators as ex-governors. LIB reported earlier that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) obtained the ”landmark judgement” after suing the Nigerian government for …

US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has just announced that the House will move forward with impeaching the president of the United States for alleged bribery, obstruction of justice and abuse of power. The California congresswoman told reporters in Thursday morning’s news conference: “The facts are uncontested. The president abused his power for his own political …

Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Peter Obi has blamed the church for the high level of corruption witnessed in the country. Peter Obi who called for a reduction in the number of tollgates across the country as he spoke on the theme: …

After 126 days in their custody, the Department of State Security DSS, have finally released publisher and convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore. Omoyele was released in Thursday evening December 5, to his lawyer, Femi Falana. Omoyele’s release comes few hours after a Federal High Court  in Abuja ordered the agency to release him immediately. He …

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has signed the new law backing the creation of four new emirates in the state.   The new law which sought the creation of new emirates and first-class emirs in Gaya, Rano, Karaye and Bichi, was unanimously passed by the state lawmakers on Thursday December 5.   Ganduje who insisted that the new emirates …

Justice Idris Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Lagos, has sentenced Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, to 12 years imprisonment after declaring the former Abia state governor guilty of  N7.1bn fraud charges levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Judge declared Kalu and his co-defendants guilty of the 39 counts …