Author: Candid Reporters

The four tax reform bills transmitted to the National Assembly in 2024 by President Bola Tinubu have scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bills scaled second reading on the floor of the Green Chamber on Wednesday some six months after the President transmitted them to the National Assembly for consideration following the recommendations of the Taiwo Oyedele-led Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. The bills include the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, the Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill. The bill, having scaled second reading, would now be…

Police Service Commission (PSC) have been tasked by some retired police officers to obey the judgment of the national industrial court, which ordered their reinstatement. The officers, through their lawyer, Adeleke Agbola, instituted contempt proceedings against the PSC and the inspector-general of police (IGP), over the “non-compliance” to the 2022 court order. In 2021, officers from courses 33, 34, and 35 were retired by the police authorities over claims that they had spent the mandatory 35 years in service. The affected officers led by Egong Egwu Egong, Omeh Felix Okechukwu, Paul Obot Umoh, and Galadima Bello, instituted a suit at…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) has dismissed the suspension of Senator Adolphus Wabara Chairman of the Board of Trustees(BoT) The latest was contained in a press statement made public on Tuesday. See press release below 👇 The attention of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to the purported suspension of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of our great Party, Distinguished Senator Adolphus Wabara from the Party The NWC categorically dismisses the purported suspension as null and void and of no effect whatsoever not being…

Lagos State Special Offences Court has ordered the forfeiture of 6.3 billion units of ordinary shares of Keystone Bank Limited, valued at N1.00 each, to the Federal Government  Justice Ramon Oshodi gave the order on Tuesday in Ikeka. The company, which was arraigned alongside a former Managing Director of AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, was after entering a plea bargain agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The order came after Sigma Golf Nigeria Limited, represented by its Chairman, Umaru Modibbo, pleaded guilty to the fraudulent conversion of N20 billion belonging to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, funds.…

Adolphus Wabara, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, has been suspended. CANDID REPORTERS gathered that Wabara was suspended by his ward in Abia State for alleged anti-party activities. The decision, according to a party source, was taken during a meeting presided over by the State Chairman, Abraham Amah. The development marks a new phase in the crisis plaguing PDP which is the major opposition party in Nigeria.

Kenneth Okonkwo, a former spokesperson for the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, has resigned his membership of the party.  Okonkwo was the LP campaign spokesperson in the 2023 election. In his resignation statement, he said the LP has been afflicted by internal and leadership crises. “My entrance to politics is for good governance, and I will continue to work for it to ensure that Nigeria becomes a great country of incorruptible men. This aim can no longer be realised within Labour Party as presently constituted,” he said. “Since the party is non-existent as presently constituted, I am constrained to resign my…

The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra has been adjourned indefinitely. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, gave the decision on Monday, after Kanu’s insistence that Nyako cannot preside over his case, citing her previous recusal. Kanu had been ordered to appear for a hearing on Monday, February 10, 2025, before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Earlier in January, Kanu filed a petition against Justice Nyako before the National Judicial Council, accusing her of judicial misconduct in handling his trial. And days later, the IPOB leader called for his case to…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, has filed a $5,000,000 (Five Million US Dollars) lawsuit before a Lagos High Court against the United States-based organisation, Meta Platforms Inc., over an alleged invasion of his privacy. In the originating motion brought pursuant to Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and sections 24(1)(A) and (E) & 34(1)(D) of the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, Order 2 Rule 1 of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules, 2009, Falana, represented by his lawyer, Olumide Babalola, accused the organisation of publishing motion images and a voice captioned “AfriCare…

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state challenging the leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule. A five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji on Monday gave the verdict. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji while dismissing the appeal and awarded a cost of two million naira against the governor payable to the Rivers State House of Assembly as the first respondent and Martin Amaewhule as the second respondent. The dismissal of the appeal by Fubara was hinged on the withdrawal of the suit by his counsel,…

We’ve learned that greed is one of the greatest enemies of true leadership, manifesting in every aspect of our work—whether in the way production companies operate, how we treat our staff, or even in the misuse of funds. Greed distorts priorities and blinds leaders to the needs of the people whom they serve. Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah as a true leader, is not controlled by money but rather sees it as a tool to achieve a greater purpose. To USO, money is merely a resource to further the vision, invest in people, and create value for all. When self-interest takes…