Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi says the South-East zone of the country deserves the position of the Senate President to deepen the nation’s democracy. Umahi stated this when he addressed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him,...
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The Attorney-General.of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Tuesday, took over a N1.84 billion money laundering suit against Nicholas Ashinze, a former military assistant to Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.) and eight others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dasuki was the ex-National Security Adviser (NSA)...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Sen. Bulus Amos (APC-Gombe) over alleged anti-party activities at the 2023 general elections. Mr Muhammad Kaka, the Bambam APC Ward Chairman in Balanga Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, said this when he briefed newsmen on Tuesday in Bambam. Kaka said...
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday issued a bench warrant against a former National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Ralph Obioha and one Ifeanyi Okereke for alleged wilful damage and stealing. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay issued the bench warant on the defendants, following their...
Absence of prosecution witness on Tuesday, stalled the trial of a business mogul, Abdulsalam Abdulkarim-Zaura, before a Kano Federal High Court charged with alleged 1.3 million dollars fraud. NAN reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed four-count charge of criminal conspiracy and obtaining money by false...
The Federal government on Tuesday , accused the Academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU), not “showing good cause” in the pursuit of its suit before the National Industrial Court. Mr J.U.K Igwe SAN, counsel to the Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Education who are the claimants...
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday remanded driver of a Lagos State Staff bus, Oluwaseun Osibanjo, for allegedly running into a moving train, causing grievous harm and involuntary manslaughter to the passengers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Oyindamola Ogala, ordered that Osibanjo be remanded at...
Just this last weekend, I compared notes with my sources in the Obi and Atiku camps; both of them told me of their plans to stampede the tribunal judges through blackmail, to effect an annulment of the 2023 elections; the most credible elections I have seen in recent times....
A member of House of Representatives, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has said that she was committed to legislative actions that would protect workers’ rights and guarantee appropriate reward for their labour. Akande-Sadipe said this on Monday in Abuja in her goodwill message to Nigerian workers as they joined their colleagues worldwide...
A group under the aegis of All Progressives Congress (APC), National Supporters Center from Kano State, has recommended Sen. Jibril Barau (APC-Kano North) as Senate President of the 10th National Assembly (NASS). The Coordinator of the group, Mr Aliyu Aliyu, drummed the suppory at a news conference in Kano...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerian workers to reinforce their resistance against anti-democratic forces seeking to take control of the nation. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made the call in a statement on Monday while saluting workers as they celebrate...
Chairman of the House committee on land transport, Hon. Tajudeen Abass has the highest chances of becoming the speaker of the 10th House of Representatives. The choice of Abass is the outcome of a survey conducted by Legislative Trends Assessors, a parliamentary research-based organisation. In the Report released by...
The Yoruba Reform has described the aspiration of a member of the House of Representatives representing Wase Federal Constituency, Mr Ahmed Idris Wase, as Speaker of House in the 10th Assembly as equity and fairness. Wase is the current Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. The group, in...
You would think that once PEFERN met with all those jostling for the Number 3 seat and expressed his choice, all the senators-elect under the APC banner would automatically fall in line. But the cabals, in different strategic formations, who never wanted PEFERN to emerge at the presidential primaries,...
Prof. Razaq Abubakre, a former Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, has expressed optimism that former Osun governor Gboyega Oyetola will reclaim his mandate at the Supreme Court. Abubakre, a retired Iwo professor and prominent indigene of Osun, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. He...
The Vice President-elect, Sen. Kashim Shettima, says the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu-led administration will give priority to gender based issues. Shettima made this known on Saturday in Abuja at the reading session of a book written by a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman. The...
Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC-Kaduna) has described speculations that he is a stooge to the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, as baseless and unfounded. He said those spreading the rumour were ignorant of his antecedent and being mischievous. Abbas said this in Abuja when he...
Gov. Nyesome Wike of Rivers has said that the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has the capacity to turn around the fortunes of the country in the interest of all. Wike said this on Friday in Abuja when he, alongside his Oyo State counterpart, Gov. Seyi Makinde, visited Tinubu. The...
The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi, Mr Usman Ododo, on Friday, received President Muhammadu Buhari’s blessings as the party’s flagbearer in the November election. Ododo, while briefing State House Correspondents after he was presented to the President by Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, said...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the international community to impose a visa ban on President Muhammadu Buhari and his family for allegedly rigging the 2023 presidential elections. Recalled that President Buhari through his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said the opposition parties...