The Senate on Thursday constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the number of abandoned projects in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion by Sen.Jimoh Ibrahim (APC- Ondo)on the need to look into the 11, 856 mega projects abandoned by the Federal Government. Presenting the...
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The Senate has urged the Ministry of Aviation to handover the abandoned Shell Airstrip in Oloibiri, Bayelsa to the Nigerian Air Force for conversion into its base. his followed adoption of a motion at plenary on Thursday on urgent need for transformation of the abandoned Shell Airstrip at...
President Bola Tinubu has directed a total and comprehensive review of the recently announced governing boards of tertiary institutions in Nigeria before the inauguration and retreat being planned for the nominees. This was disclosed on Thursday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga in a...
The House of Representatives has passed a bill to revert to the old national anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee”. The bill was quickly passed through first, second and third reading within minutes. The lead debate for a return to the old anthem by the House Leader, Professor Julius Ihonvbere,...
The House of Assembly has repealed the Kano Emirates Council Law 2019 which established: Bichi, Gaya, Karaye and Rano Emirates. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the assembly repealed the Law at a special plenary presided over by the Speaker, Jibril Falgore amidst tight security in...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for the strengthening of regional economic communities to drive integration and trade ties among African nations in order to deepen democracy and accelerate development across the continent. He said through bitter experience, Nigeria has learned that the solution to poor democratic governance is...
A yet-to-be-identified septuagenarian has slumped and died inside an Ondo State High Court in Oka, Ondo. It was gathered that the incident happened before court proceedings began. Witnesses said that the deceased was present to testify in a case involving his friend. A court staff, who asked not to...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Africa needs a form of “contextual democracy” that considers the past experiences of Africans and their heritage. Obasanjo disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday, at a summit on the state of democracy in Africa. The summit was organised by the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has noted the valuable role Nigerian youths play in defining and achieving development and security in the nation, saying that the youth remain the energy of the nation. Kalu noted this when he received on a...
The arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and its executive, Tigran Gambaryan, by Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Wednesday, suffered a setback at a Federal High Court, Abuja. The matter, which was scheduled for arraignment before Justice Emeka Nwite, could not proceed due to the absence of Gambaryan...
The Senate has constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the recent explosion near the Gbarain-Ubie gas processing facility in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on Wednesday on the need for urgent action on massive explosion close to Gbarain-Ubie gas processing facility...
Rt. Hon. Elvert Ekom Ayambem has been impeached as the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly. The Speaker was impeached on Wednesday by 17 members of the house over allegations of misappropriation of funds. The impeachment motion was moved by Hon. Effiom Ekarika representing...
Thousands of Iranians turned out to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi in the city of Tabriz on Tuesday after he was killed in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border at the weekend along with his foreign minister and seven others. State TV broadcast live images of mourners, many...
The Victor Oko-Jumbo-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly, on Tuesday screened and confirmed eight nominees for possible appointment as commissioners in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the screening took place at the temporary legislative chambers located within the state Government...
All Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals Forum, has exonerated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from the current economic challenges bedeviling the country. Speaking at the inaugural edition of the Asiwaju Scorecard Series held in Abuja on Tuesday, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Forum, Dr. Isa Yuguda noted that the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to enter his defence following the dismissal of his fresh application for bail. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, fixed June 19 and June 20 for commencement of trial...
South Africa’s highest Court on Monday ruled that former President Jacob Zuma cannot stand as a candidate in next week’s general election. The Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma’s sentence of more than 12 months in prison has disqualified him and made him ineligible to stand. His former party,...
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan KC, has formally requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leader of Hamas in Gaza on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The charges stemmed from incidents that occurred from at least...
A Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yola, on Friday ordered the remand of a 37-year old teacher, Adamu Ayuba in a correctional facility for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl in school. The police charged Ayuba of Rawani of Jambutu, Yola, with defilement contrary to section 211 of penal...
The Peoples Democratic Party Stakeholders Forum (PSF) has alleged the acting National Chairman of the party, Umar Iliya Damagun, of receiving the sum of $2m along to work in favour of the embattled 27 lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly. In a statement by the Publicity Secretary...