October 2021

South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma made his first public appearance on Thursday for the first time since his release from prison on medical parole last month to lay charges against a chief state prosecutor.

Africa Daily News, New York gathers that Zuma walked into a police station in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, where he is on trial for corruption, to open a criminal case against advocating Billy Downer for allegedly leaking his medical records.

The Ex-President was accompanied by one of his daughters and waved to people queueing outside the building as he walked past.

A small crowd of …

President Muhammadu Buhari has showered praises on former Senate President, Dr. Ken Nnamani for the role he played in stabilising the nation’s democracy while presiding over the Senate.

The Commander-in-Chief stated this, Thursday, at the launching/public presentation of the book, ‘Standing Strong: Legislative Reforms, Third Term and Other Issues of the 5th Senate,’ written by Nnamani.

Represented by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, President Buhari said but for the courage of Nnamani and his colleagues, the seamless transfer of power in 2007 would have been difficult, if not impossible.

He said: ‘We thank Senator …

The Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) Mr. Fidet Okhiria, has refuted claims of terrorists/bandits attacks on its train within the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor.

Okhiria, who spoke to newsmen confirmed that part of the rail track was destroyed.

However, he attributed the incident to suspected vandals, saying investigation to unravel what happened is underway.

‘It’s true our rail track was damaged,’ he said, adding that he couldn’t confirm if its a terrorist attack.

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He said the track was destroyed by suspected vandals as vandalism of the NRC facilities have been on the increase in recent times.…

The Nigeria Senate has lashed at the Federal Government for embargoed employment in Nigeria and yearly increase in workers’ salaries, saying that the development was creating a ticking time bomb.

The Senate Committee on Establishment pointed out this on Thursday during a 2022 budget defence at the National Assembly, Abuja.

Senate’s anger was triggered by yearly increase in the recurrent expenditure component of the budget which was submitted by the Chairman of National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission ( NSIWC), Mr Ekpo Nta before the Senate Committee on Establishment.

Failure of Nta to tell the committee the total amount of …

The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the status of all recovered loots, movable and immovable assets from 2002-2020 has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against Mr. Innocent Ike, the Managing Director of Polaris Bank.

The committee issued the threat over the failure of the bank chief to appear before it to account for over $32 million unremitted to the federation account.

The Chairman of the committee, Adejoro Adeogun, expressed displeasure over the non-appearance of the Managing Director of the bank.

Adeogun at the resumed hearing said the Accountant General of the Federation, NNPC, Polaris, Unity, Sterling, …

Former Minister of Works and National Chairman, Southwest Agenda for Tinubu presidential ambition codenamed SWAGA 2023, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has claimed that no fewer than 16 All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are covertly supporting the presidential aspiration of the former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Adeyeye made this claim on Thursday in Ado Ekiti while inaugurating the factional executives belonging to SWAGA group across the two strata of the party.

While addressing the factional APC and SWAGA members, Adeyeye said: ‘Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be the next President of this country and one of us will …

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday presented a budget proposal of ₦469.5 billion for the 2022 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for approval.

Okowa, while presenting the budget, Christened “Budget of inclusive growth and accelerated development” to the state Assembly in Asaba, showed an increase of ₦85.54 billion over that of 2021 approved budget of ₦383.9 billion.

He said that the increase was based on anticipated exchange rate gains, increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) collection and other capital receipts.

‘There is also a corresponding improvement in our Internally Generated Revenue, (IGR) which gives allowance to