The newly appointed Acting Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Zacch Adedeji, has resumed office today at the FIRS headquarters after a brief handover ceremony from the immediate past Chairman of the FIRS, Mohammad Nami. Mr. Zacch Adedeji, who until his appointment was the Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, upon assuming office as FIRS Boss stated that his target is to help Nigeria surpass Africa’s average tax-to-GDP ratio of 16.5 per cent and achieve a minimum of 18 per cent within three years from the current 10.86 per cent. Mr. Zacch Adedeji said that Nigeria…
Author: Michael Chibuzo
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar filed a lawsuit in a US District Court in Illinois, requesting that Chicago State University (CSU) release all of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s academic records in their custody as he attempts to prove alleged irregularities in the certificate President Tinubu submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Atiku first made this request through a subpoena application under the US Statute 28 USC §1782 for discovery of documents. Atiku’s lawyers are arguing that they need the court to compel CSU to turn over all the records they are requesting about President Tinubu to them so as…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on 10th September 2023, held a brief chat with his US counterpart, President Joe Biden, at the G20 Summit in India. President Tinubu used the opportunity to reaffirm the strong relations between the two countries. He further expressed his desire for more robust engagements in the near future to discuss economic cooperation, democracy and regional stability, multilateral reforms, and other key issues. Announcing the meeting with Nigeria’s President, the US White House published its own press statement, which reads: “President Joe Biden met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu today on the sidelines of the G20 in…
I have been on reflection mode since the judgment of the PEPC few days ago and as I watched an Instagram interview of BRF by Morayo Afolabi-Brown on February 1, 2023, it struck me that the mere fact that all the 2023 presidential election petitions were able to be concluded by the PEPC in less than 180 days stipulated by the Electoral Act 2022 was ironically because of a legacy of then Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu! What Fashola said about how the judicial reforms carried out by Bola Ahmed Tinubu were eventually adopted at the Federal level is completely…
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima on the ruling of the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal confirming the victory of the All Progressives Congress at the Presidential Election of February 25th, 2023. In a statement personally signed by the former Vice President he stated that “the ruling is a great victory for Nigeria’s constitutional democracy and the rule of law. The practice of democracy in our nation has been further strengthened by the fact that all parties faithfully followed the electoral process according to the law and relied…
The Presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has declared his intention to appeal the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which dismissed his petition challenging the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday. Barely 24 hours after the highly anticipated judgement, Atiku Abubakar held a press conference in Abuja where he gave his reaction to the judgment. Below is the text of Atiku’s speech announcing his decision to approach the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Appeal Court: “I am here today to give my official reaction to the…
The Presidential election petition tribunal currently reading its judgment in the petition filed by Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has described 10 witnesses who testified on behalf of Labour Party as either subpoena witnesses or professionals as “INCOMPETENT” and further describing their testimonies as “WORTHLESS. Justice Tsammani who is reading the judgment held that witnesses PW3 to PW11 and PW13 subpoenaed by the Labour Party are not witnesses of the court. Equally, the witness statements of the said witnesses were filed out of time. It will be recalled that the Counsel to President Bola Tinubu during hearing of…
The presidential election petition tribunal has fixed September 6 to deliver judgment on the petitions filed by the PDP and its candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi as well as the Allied People’s Movement challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu. The Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Bangari, made this known in a statement released on Monday notifying the public of the judgement. The statement also stated that the judgement will be televised live by interested television stations for the public to follow proceedings. The statement…
The publisher of the fake news medium, Reportera, Mr. Nnamdi Emmanuel Ibezim who is in hiding following a petition by the former Lagos State Governor and Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN against Reportera and its publisher/owner over a defamatory and false publication has appealed for donations to assist him get a legal representation for his brother and an Editor of Reportera, Chike Ibezim who was allegedly arrested by the police in his stead. Mr. Nnamdi Ibezim’s fake news blog had published separate news articles alleging that the former Governor of Lagos State was writing judgement for…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a State House press release signed by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, the appointment is inclusive of the following Board and Management team members: Mr. Chiedu Ebie – Chairman – Delta Dr. Samuel Ogbuku – Managing Director / CEO – Bayelsa Mr. Boma Iyaye – Executive Director (Finance and Admin) – Rivers Mr. Victor Antai – Executive Director (Projects) – Akwa-Ibom Ifedayo Abegunde – Executive Director (Corporate…