The Senate will screen the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on Sept 21. President of Senate,Dr. Ahmad Lawan made the disclosure, while delivering his opening remark at the resumption of plenary on Wednesday. Lawan also said Senate would receive the 2023 budget estimates from President...
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The South-South Vanguard of the Peoples Democratic Party (SSV-PDP) has warned a former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, to desist from insulting the person of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta governor and vice-presidential candidate of the PDP. The SSV-PDP, a coalition of young members of the...
After a one-month break, the #WithChude show is back for a third season. Since its first season in 2020, #WithChude has grown to become one of the most watched and most syndicated weekly talk shows (digital + traditional) in the region, popular for unscripted truth, vulnerability, powerful experiences and...
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has faulted calls for extension of the validity of JAMB results beyond one year. Oloyede said this at a hearing on the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) by the the House of Representatives Committee on...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar played a major role in pushing millions of Nigerians into the unemployment market and into poverty as Vice President between 1999 and 2007. This, according to the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), is contrary to the impression Atiku sold in...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to present the 2023 budget to the National Assembly in October. Gbajabiamila said this when he addressed newsmen shortly after inspecting hearing rooms 028 and 234 of the House, which were expected to serve as...
Nigeria and French Development Agency(AFD) on Wednesday signed a grant of 25 million Euro for the Northern Corridor Project to boost power supply in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Northern Corridor Project is jointly funded by the European Union and AFD, while it...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai has commended security agencies for mounting sustained offensive against terrorists, kidnappers and other criminals in the state. The governor made the commendation on Wednesday in Kaduna while declaring open the 4th edition of Kaduna Book and Art Festival. “In the last six weeks there...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – An organization known as St George’s Ambulance Foundation is set to launch a 4 billion-naira endowment fund to mark its eighteen-year anniversary celebration. The event which will hold on Thursday, 22 September will witness a colourful array of high level personalities including the Minister...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the appointment of Baba Bura Usman as Borno State’s new Accountant General. The appointment was announced by the Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement issued on Wednesday night. Baba Bura Usman was, until his appointment,...
The Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, His Grace Henry Ndukuba, has advised Nigerians to vote for the birth of a new Nigeria during the forthcoming 2023 elections. Ndukuba gave the advice at the meeting of the Nigeria Anglican Communion Standing Committee, on Wednesday...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Wednesday awarded N 287million in compensation to 74 beneficiaries of police brutality. The panel is investigating violations of human rights by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports also that the panel...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says more than 300 people have so far been killed in flood disaster across Nigeria in 2022. The Director General of NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed, disclosed this at a strategic workshop with stakeholders on disaster risk reduction and management held in Abuja. He said...
Hundreds of workers were on Wednesday locked out of Government House office by Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River for lateness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor, who arrived at the office at 8 a.m., was surprised to see that many of the civil servants...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme has been described by the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami as one of the greatest innovations of the Federal government in its resolve to tackle Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit. The scheme which provides...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than five persons have been killed after their canoe capsized at a river in Jama’are Town in Jama’are Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Member representing Jama’are Constituency, Saleh Muhammad, who disclosed this in a motion he moved on the floor...
A fuel tank exploded in a massive blast in the southern Libyan city of Sebha late on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, the health ministry said in a statement. The fire caused by the explosion was brought under control, witnesses said. The blast comes weeks after a fuel tanker blast...
The Senate will reduce the import duties waivers proposed for the N19.76trillion 2023 budget with attendant deficit of N12.4trillion. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Solomon Adeola made this known in Abuja on Tuesday, at an interactive session on the says it will reduce the N6 trillion proposed...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has described as “barbaric and condemnable,” the armed shooting in Anambra of the convoy of Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, the Senator representing Anambra South District. The president made the condemnation in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Wednesday in...