House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the Ninth National Assembly will give special budgetary attention to the three senatorial districts of Zamfara State to resolve the issue of insecurity. The Speaker, who stated this during his visit ...
Read More »House of Representatives committee intervene to settle Bauchi assembly members
The House of Representatives committee set up to reconcile aggrieved members of the Bauchi House of Assembly has begun meeting with critical stakeholders in the state. The 12-man panel, headed by Musa Sarkin Adar, disclosed that the lower legislative chamber ...
Read More »Ihedioha cautions Okorocha over comments against him, urges ex-governor to learn from forerunners
Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has appealed to monarchs and other personalities in the state to ask his predecessor, Senator Rochas Okorocha (APC, Imo West), to stop insulting and demeaning the office of Imo governor. The appeal was prompted by ...
Read More »Kidnappers abduct ex-Super Eagles Coach Samson Siasia’s mother in Bayelsa
Beauty Ogere Siasia, the 76-year-old mother of former Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia, has again, been kidnapped for the second time in four years. Madam Siasia, who was abducted by unidentified gunmen yesterday at her home in Odoni, Sagbama Local ...
Read More »Again, CSOs seek retirement of service chiefs, maintain retention impedes career development of military officers
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Rights for Justice, Peace and Security (CRJPS) has joined in agitations for the retirement of the nation’s service chiefs. In a statement issued by its Executive ...
Read More »How conflicts, poverty induce hunger, preventable diseases, by United Nations reports
Two separate reports released by the United Nations (UN) have shown how conflicts and poverty are driving hunger and vaccine-preventable diseases globally. The first report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), indicate that ...
Read More »We will no longer condone xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, says Senate President Lawan
NANS plans to picket South African businesses in Nigeria President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the continuous killings of Nigerians in South Africa, warning that government will no longer tolerate further attacks on its citizens. He expressed concern ...
Read More »NBS, economists disagree over falling consumer prices in June
Economists yesterday faulted National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that consumer prices fell in the month of June. The experts, who spoke in Abuja, contended that Nigeria at the moment had not got an economy or a direction from where ...
Read More »Atiku Abubakar, PDP submit video to prove that INEC used server for 2019 general elections
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, played a video recording before the Election Petition Tribunal to establish the allegation that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) used a central server during the February ...
Read More »Yoruba youths berate Tinubu over remarks on Olakurin’s killing as presidency cautions against politicising death
The Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association (YYSA), has chided the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over his remarks on the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakurin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. This comes as ...
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