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Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai has canvassed amendment of the constitution to accommodate power rotation among the six geopolitical zones of the country. Yakasai, who was co-chairman at an event on true federalism and restructuring organised by the Igbo Leadership Foundation ...
Read More »Furore over alleged exclusion of S’East, Edo from $22.7b loan
Except they are reconsidered, the entire South East geopolitical zone as well as Edo State may not benefit from the controversial $22.7b loan approved by the Senate last Thursday. It was gathered that the exclusion of the south east and ...
Read More »Groups, women condemn rejection of Justice Ikpeme as Cross River CJ, says, it’s discriminatory
Some aggrieved women groups under the umbrella of Iban Isong Efik Association (MIIE) have condemned what they described as “illegal disqualification” of Justice Akon Ikpeme as the Chief Judge of Cross River by the state House of Assembly. They made ...
Read More »Akwa Ibom State PDP promises women more leadership positions
The Akwa Ibom chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said it had perfected arrangement to organise its congresses with special emphasis on giving women more leadership roles in the state. The party chairman, Obong Paul Ekpo, who dropped ...
Read More »Again, Farouk Lawan fails to open defence in alleged $620,000 subsidy bribery case
The trial of former member, House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has again been adjourned and for the third time consecutively as his defence team failed to open his defence in his trial for an alleged infraction in the fuel subsidy ...
Read More »Niger places total ban on street begging as group lauds Kano govt’s action against menace
The Niger State government has placed a total ban on any form of begging in the state. Commissioner of Information and Communication, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Idris, who disclosed this to journalists in Minna, said the law was not aimed at ...
Read More »ICPC arraigns SEC ex-DG, NIMC official for alleged N4.9m fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Mounir Gwarzo and a Principal Manager with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Jamila Ahmad Muhammad before ...
Read More »Buhari appoints Mensen acting Court of Appeal president
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Justice M.B. Dongban Mensem as acting president of the Court of Appeal for an initial period of three months. A statement in Abuja by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the appointment takes ...
Read More »S’Court, INEC behind Electoral Act amendment Omo-Agege insists as stakeholders urge speedy passage to check infractions
Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has said the ongoing efforts of the ninth Assembly to amend the Electoral Act 2010 were prompted by the Supreme Court and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) He said the observations by the apex ...
Read More »Court sets aside Oshiomhole’s suspension as embattled chair meets President Buhari
Justice Lewis Allagoa of Federal High Court, Kano has set aside the ruling of the FCT High Court suspending the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Besides, the judge restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission ...
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