NIGERIA-BENIN BORDER PARTIALLY CLOSED DUE TO SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the partial closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to the massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor. The Nigerian leader gave the reason during an audience granted his Beninois counterpart, Patrice Talon, on the margins of the Seventh Tokyo …

SENATOR MINORITY LEADER, ABARIBE INDICTS NBA OVER ONNOGHEN’S REMOVAL Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe has indicted the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over its inaction in the removal of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen. Abaribe, who spoke at the Rule of Law symposium in the 2019 NBA Annual Conference in Lagos yesterday, argued that if the …

Lagos Assembly begins probe of Ambode over N45 billion contract for buses August 27, 2019 Lagos governor, Ambode, proposes N1.046 trillion 2018 budget Lagos House passes N813 billion 2017 budget Lagos Assembly passes N1.046 trillion budget for 2018 Ambode to present 2017 budget to Lagos lawmakers Tuesday Ambode clarifies Lagos’ N500 billion bond The Lagos State House Assembly on Tuesday …