The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector-General of Police to ensure the speedy delivery of Justice for Miss Chalya Silas, a corps member, serving in Kaduna state. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Beni Lar (PDP-Plateau) at plenary on Tuesday....
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The House of Representatives has invited the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu over the formula for the planned distribution of N1.1 trillion as conditional cash transfer to 15 million households. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep....
A constitutional lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, has urged the Federal Government to introduce electronic tags for inmates awaiting trial in correctional centers to ease overcrowding. Ajulo who made the call in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, He said this would address the issue of overcrowding in correctional...
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has summoned the leadership of the Nigeria Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT), Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRE), and other government agencies to address a significant N20.853 billion audit query. Other agencies included in this action are the Nigeria Export Processing...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians on the existence of portal designed by undesirable elements to defraud Nigerians. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that the “FG Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation...
The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has said that there is no rift between Gov. Godwin Obaseki and lawmakers contrary to speculations in some quarters. Agbebaku said this shortly after inspecting the ongoing renovation work at the Legislative Quarters in Benin. Flanked by other lawmakers,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As parts of its intervention to the victims of Maidugri Monday Market, the Northeast Development Commission (NEDC), has donated N2 billion to the traders of the rebuilt Monday Markets to assist them pick up the pieces of their lives following the burnt down...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the Nwabueze family, the government and people of Anambra State, on the death of Professor Ben Nwabueze, one time minister of education. Tinubu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said he had lost a father and confidant in late Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim, who died on Sunday.in Abuja. Governor Bello stated this while addressing sympathisers at the palace of the late traditional...
Tinub President Bola Tinubu on Monday warned government officials and family members against attending the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting without invitation. Tinubu issued the warning before the commencement of FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “Last week, I noticed people sneaking in and out of this council....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governoor, Bassey Otu has suspended the Director General (DG) of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Chief Angela Odey, over alleged poor handling of palliatives meant to cushion the effect of subsidy removal. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A forum of security experts in Nigeria at the weekend charged the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release all the political prisoners in custody of the Federal Government and ensure that national integration is strengthened. The security experts made the call while...
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday solicited the support of German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in combating terrorism in Nigeria. Tinubu made the request at a bilateral meeting with the German Chancellor at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Sunday. “We are fighting terrorism and that is improving. We still need more...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and thundery weather conditions from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted sunny skies over the northern region on Monday with prospects of thunderstorms over parts of Taraba during the afternoon...
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is working assiduously to reform the nation’s economic and business environment to promote efficiency. Tinubu said this on Sunday during a bilateral meeting with the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Olaf Scholz and his entourage, in the Presidential Villa,...
President Bola Tinubu has warned government officials and family members against attending the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting without invitation. Tinubu issued the warning before the commencement of the FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. “Last week, I noticed people sneaking in and out of this...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo, has mourned the death of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim, describing his demise as a personal and painful loss to him. Recall that the royal father died in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of two people who suffocated while clearing a diesel reservoir on Saturday night in Kano. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Kano by the Public Relations Officer of...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has submitted a warrant of arrest and request to the Crown Prosecution Services of the United Kingdom for the immediate extradition of a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. Punch reports that the request, made on...