The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to relocate its Local Government offices to neutral and secured locations to protect the integrity of the commission. The call followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Sunday Nnamchi (LP-Enugu State) at plenary on Wednesday. Nnamchi...
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The Federal Government is positioning the country’s carnival industry to tap from the global carnival market, estimated at five billion dollars. Vice-President Kashim Shettima said this on Wednesday during a meeting with a delegation from the Abuja International Carnival at the Presidential Villa. Shettima noted that beyond promoting the...
Major General Olufemi Oluyede served as the 56th Commander of the elite Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army, based in Jaji, Kaduna. President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the...
The senate has confirmed the appointment of all seven ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu, submitted to the upper chamber last week for accelerated consideration. This follows the screening of the nominees by the upper chamber on Wednesday. The screening exercised was held at the red chamber after it...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, struck out a suit filed by 27 lawmakers, led by Mr Martin Amaewhule, in the Rivers House of Assembly against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, struck out the suit after it was withdrawn by...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday said concerns over the Federal High Court decision that restricted the release of state allocations is “the least” of his problems. Governor Fubara stated during a special thanksgiving service organised by the state government to celebrate his administration’s resilience amid escalating political...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio cautioned Senator Osita Ngwu for praising the beauty of Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu during a ministerial screening on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday. Bianca, like six other ministerial nominees screened by the Senate, read her credentials before the red chamber and was subsequently...
The House of Representatives has called on the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace to stop issuance of airstrip licence to private individuals and organisations for security reasons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the call was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Sulaiman Gumi...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters had dismissed the claim by the Niger House of Assembly that the Nigerian Army Training Camp in Kotangora has been taken over by bandits and terrorists. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Wednesday, said, “no...
Nigerian Army has described the claim by the Niger State House of Assembly that insurgents have taken over its Training Area in Kontagora, as untrue. The Director of Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, dismissed the claim in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu described the claim as...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned hearing in the money laundering case preferred against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until Jan. 21, 2025. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter after EFCC’s counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, and...
A Chief Magistrates’ court in Abakaliki on Wednesday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Sunday Itumo should be remanded in a corrections centre for allegedly strangling his wife, Ngozi. The police charged Itumo with one count of murder. Magistrate Ojemba Isu-Oko, did not take the plea of Itumo for want...
Some Nigerians on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to take swift action to address the constant collapse of the national grid. The grid, which generates about 4,500 MW of electricity for over 200 million people, has collapsed several times recently, impacting businesses and threatening the nation’s economic stability....
The Police command in Ebonyi on Wednesday said a man, identified as Michael Nnaji was found dead at Ngbo-Amaka area in Ngbo Community, Ohaukwu Local Government of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Joshua Ukandu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abakaliki that...
The newly appointed Director-General, Plenipotentiary and Liaison Affairs Abuja, Dr Jimmy Ajim, formally resumed duties on Tuesday at the Benue State Liaison Office in Asokoro, with an appeal to all staff to embrace the spirit of team work in order to achieve the desired results. Dr. Ajim, whose appointment was approved by...
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS), Kemi Nandap, has said that the service has been deployed technology to safeguard the nation’s land borders. Nandap stated this when she paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau on Wednesday in Jos. The comptroller, who said that Nigerian...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday denied accusations by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) of it failure to investigate and prosecute electoral offenders from the 2023 General Election. In the report, SERAP has claimed that INEC neglected to engage independent...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on Wednesday urged Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ignore calls for the redeployment of Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola. The Ondo State Chairman of IPAC, Mr Olaoluwa Adesanya, made the call on during a news conference in Akure. Adesanya...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Association of Retired Clerks and Deputy Clerks Kogi State House of Assembly, has commended Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for the approval of 72,500 as minimum wage for the state civil servants. In a statement issued by the chairman of the forum, Alhaji Ibrahim...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Kogi State House of Assembly on Wednesday screened and confirmed Adams Adabenege, Hon. Salami Abdulraheem , Suleiman Babadoko and three others as the Chairman and Commissioners nominated by Governor Ahmed Ododo to the State Local Government Service Commission. The confirmation followed the scrutiny...