A British court has slammed a £95,000 fine on a notorious fake news merchant and self-acclaimed investigative journalist, David Hundeyin. He was found guilty of libel in a suit instituted by Charles Northcott, a British Broadcasting Corporations’ journalist. The Royal Courts of Justice in the UK entered the judgment on October 8, 2024 in favour of the plaintiff Charles Northcott. It ordered David Hundeyin to pay Mr. Northcott the £95,000 for damages made to his reputation following the weighty allegations Hundeyin made against him in his ”Journalism Career Graveyard” article. The court noted that David Hundeyin levelled several accusations against…
Author: Michael Chibuzo
By Dada Olusegun President Bola Tinubu has superintended over an eventful couple of days for Nigeria in the area of international diplomacy. Last weekend, President Tinubu played host to the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi who came to Nigeria on a historic state visit to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the world largest democracy and Nigeria, Africa’s largest democracy. Shortly after the departure of Prime Minister Modi, President Bola Tinubu took to the air en route to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to participate in his first ever G20 Leaders Summit. Though Nigeria is not yet a full member of the G20,…
The Acting Leader of the Independent People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa has been arrested alongside four other persons in Finland over terror-related activities. According to a report from a Finnish tabloid, Mr. Simon Ekpa was arrested and later remanded in prison custody by the district court of Päijät-Häme on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent. On Thursday, the Central Criminal Police in Finland published a statement on its website where it confirmed the arrest of five persons on suspicion of terrorist crimes. The police said the main suspect was arrested “on suspicion of public incitement…
By Michael Chibuzo Two weeks ago, the Senator representing Borno South in the national assembly, Sen. Ali Ndume launched a bizarre political attack against the tax reform bills sent to the parliament for legislative action. During an interview on Channels TV, Sen. Ndume famously said that Tinubu’s tax reform bills are dead on arrival. Also, despite receiving the bill, Ndume said he has not read the contents and doesn’t need to read the content to oppose the bills. The federal government, alongside the Taiwo Oyedele-led presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms vigorously pushed out information and explainers laying…
By Dada Olusegun Since President Bola Tinubu transmitted four executive bills tagged #TaxReformBills to the national assembly last month, many needless controversies have engulfed the debate around the bill. Most of these controversies are simply borne out of inability of those flaming the controversies to carefully go through the contents of the bills currently before the parliament. As a result of, a lot of ordinary Nigerians are confused about the true position of these bills especially as it affects their pockets. I want to briefly breakdown the tax reform bills in a very concise and easily understood manner. The tax…
By Michael Chibuzo In the first part of this piece, I did a synopsis of the Nigeria Tax Bill, one of the four historic tax reform bills sent to the national assembly by President Bola Tinubu in October and in my opinion, the most important. The Nigeria Tax Bill basically compressed all the taxes payable in Nigeria into one piece of legislation and as a result will lead to the repeal of 11 laws that contain provisions on imposition and collection of some major taxes. In this second part, I will delve into the other three bills, highlighting some of…
The presidency has responded to scathing remarks made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo against the administration of President Bola Tinubu during a recorded keynote speech he delivered last Friday at Yale University in an event organised by Cajetan Iheka, Chair of the University’s Council on African Studies. The Former President in his speech said that Nigeria has become a “failed state” due to the policies of former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Tinubu. While responding to Obasanjo’s remarks on behalf of the presidency, the Special Adviser to the President on Public Communications and Orientation, Sunday Dare described former President…
By Michael Chibuzo In the first part of this piece, I did a synopsis of the Nigeria Tax Bill, one of the four historic tax reform bills sent to the national assembly by President Bola Tinubu in October and in my opinion, the most important. The Nigeria Tax Bill basically compressed all the taxes payable in Nigeria into one piece of legislation and as a result will lead to the repeal of 11 laws that contain provisions on imposition and collection of some major taxes. In this second part, I will delve into the other three bills, highlighting some of…
Sixteen years after executing a procurement contract from the Anambra State government under Mr. Peter Obi, an Anambra contractor, Chris Ikem Okeke is still fighting to get paid for job done. This revelation was made in a publication by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), an independent, not-for-profit organisation that seeks to combats injustice and hold those in power to account. According to the FIJ publication, in October 2006, the Peter Obi-led Anambra State Government approved the procuring and supplying of two new Shandong Engineering Machinery (SEM) wheel loaders. The Anambra state government awarded this contract to Chris Okeke’s Auto…
The Federal Executive Council has approved a record sum of N47.9 trillion as the total expenditure in the 2025 budget. This was revealed to journalists by Atiku Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning shortly after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu. The Minister said that FEC first approved the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) for 2025-2027. The MTEF is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly as required by law, either tomorrow (Friday) or on Monday. Mr. Bagudu further stated that the 2025 budget proposal is hinged on a crude oil benchmark…