For the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to show sincerity in its anti-graft war, all alleged corrupt members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) must be tried to pass the simple test of sincerity, a senior lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, has ...
Read More »Aspirants reject indirect primaries for Kogi gubernatorial election in November
Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Kogi State, key stakeholders of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have frowned at the purported endorsement of indirect primaries for candidates jostling for the governorship ticket of the party. ...
Read More »Governors’ forum to decide on state police soon
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has said the forum will soon make its decision on state police known to the public. Fayemi, who gave the assurance after the monthly meeting of the forum, disclosed that it ...
Read More »Court rejects governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s new emirate councils in Kano
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, ...
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