A Kano High Court yesterday affirmed the validity of an ex parte order restraining the state government from taking further action on appointment and inauguration of four new emirate councils in the state. Justice Nasiru Saminu had earlier dismissed the oral application ...
Read More »Ogun State monarchs seek FAAC allocation, quality RAAMP projects
Traditional rulers in Ogun State have enjoined the Federal Government to allocate funds to them through the Federal Allocation Account Committee (FAAC) to enable them meet their peoples basic needs. The Alawowo of Awowoland, Oba Olasunkanmi Tijani, said this yesterday ...
Read More »Fuel scarcity hits Calabar as IPMAN’s crisis deepens
Fuel scarcity has returned to Calabar, the Cross River State capital as factional crisis in the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) deepens. The latest crisis resulted from a June 19, 2019 Federal High Court, Calabar judgement, which ordered ...
Read More »PDP resolves feud over National Assembly minority leadership positions
Intrigues over minority leadership positions in the National Assembly may have been resolved following the intervention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) governors and its national leadership. Senate PDP Caucus had at a meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) last ...
Read More »Senate President sacks Adedayo 48 hours after appointment as media aide
Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s sacking of his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Festus Adedayo 48 hours after his appointment has created some anxiety and misgivings at the National Assembly. The termination of Adedayo’s appointment came after some All Progressives ...
Read More »Governors pledge safety, better welfare as corps members begin orientation
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has described the state as a fertile ground for corps members to achieve their dreams and launch themselves to greatness. He stated that his administration was committed to doing everything possible within available resources to ...
Read More »Use city crime map to track bandits, kidnappers, stakeholders urge FG
As banditry and kidnappings continue to worsen in parts of the country, the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS) has advocated production of City Crime Map to enable security agents to track locations, entry and exit points of criminals. NIS President, ...
Read More »Jukun militia kill five Tiv farmers, injure woman in fresh attack on Benue
In spite of interventions by stakeholders to broker peace between the Tiv and Jukun in Benue and Taraba states, five persons have been killed in fresh attacks on Gyenku in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. It was learnt ...
Read More »FG allegedly under pressure to appoint only APC ministers as party youths tackle Lawan over choice of aides
President Muhammadu Buhari may have acceded to the alleged request of the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) to only pick ministers with leanings to the All Progressives Congress (APC), according to investigation. It was gathered that the decision ...
Read More »President charges NEC to prioritise security, agric, health, education
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the National Economic Council (NEC) with a charge to the members to priotise child education, health, agriculture and security in the coming years. The council is made up of the 36 state governors and Governor ...
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