I’m vindicated, Sani says after Senator’s disclosure on N21m monthly pay

The controversy over the actual salary and allowances of federal lawmakers refused to be laid to rest despite Tuesday’s clarification by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) following the claim by Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila (NNPP – Kano South) that he earns N21 million in allowances every month apart from monthly salary of…

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has said that the withdrawal of Western financial support from Africa's oil and gas sector, coupled with delays in key projects due to lack of investment, threatens to undermine the continent's energy development and economic progress. The AEC, which lamented that while similar projects receive support in Europe, Africa's high-cost…

• Destroys 27 sites, seizes 100,000 litres of stolen crude Troops of the Nigerian Army's 6 Division, Port Harcourt, in a series of operations, have dealt a blow to illegal refining syndicates in the Niger Delta, destroying 27 newly established sites and confiscating over 100,000 litres of stolen crude. Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division…

• Motorists decry slow pace of reconstruction • NSCDC partners FRSC to curb overspeeding No fewer than 18 persons have died in three separate road crashes within five days on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The spokesperson for the Ogun State sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed yesterday that the accidents,…

Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, yesterday, withdrew the controversial Counter Subversion Bill meant to tackle perceived threats to national security.    The bill, sponsored by Abbas, had scaled through the first reading and proceeded to the second in the lower chamber.  While the contents of the bill went viral on social media, many Nigerians condemned…

Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has flagged off the construction of a 365-kilometre railway to connect the southern part of the state with the north. Performing the ground-breaking ceremony on Tuesday at the Tinapa Free Zone Resort, the governor stated that the railway project is one of the fruits of the Investment Summit held…

President Bola Tinubu is facing growing pressure to sack heads of the nation’s oil and gas regulatory agencies over alleged failure to effectively manage the sector and address the myriads of challenges facing the industry.   Stakeholders within the All Progressives Congress (APC), known as the Tinubu Legacy Coalition (TLC), in a private letter to…

•Aide dismisses APC’s allegation of palliative diversion Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has paid an on-the-spot assessment visit to the Kano State High Court, vandalised by thugs during the recent nationwide hunger protests. He was conducted around the court premises by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isah Dederi; Chief Registrar of the High…

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, for a three-day official visit.On Tuesday, the presidency announced that Tinubu would be visiting the country at the behest of President Teodoro Mbasogo.    In a statement on Wednesday, Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesman, said Tinubu was received by Manuela Botey, the country’s…

Deadlier strain of mpox spreads to more countries The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency.WHO convened its emergency mpox committee amid concerns that a deadlier strain of the virus, clade Ib, had reached four previously unaffected provinces in Africa. This strain had previously been…