First lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to become ambassadors of environmental conservation and advocates for the preservation of earth’s rich biodiversity by planting and nurturing flowers. The first lady who spoke at the second edition of the Abuja Garden Show, said that gardens are reminder of the profound connection between humanity and the…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has faulted Governor Hyacinth Alia’s recently constituted caretaker committees for the 23 local government areas without following due process. The party described the action as gross violation of the sanctity of the judiciary. Its spokesperson, Bemgba Iortyom, in a statement he issued at the weekend, said the attention…
The Ogun State Government says it has sealed three companies for violation of various environmental laws in the state. The companies are Ruili Recycling Limited, Mowe, Robust International PTE Limited, also in Mowe and Star Pipe Limited, Sagamu area of the state. The lock-up operations were part of the government’s continued “efforts at laying a…
As a means to help alleviate the impact fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians, the Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) tricycle, widely known as the “Keke NAPEP,” to lessen the dependency on fuel and help with the high cost of transportation. The National Orientation Agency (NOA), in collaboration with the…
Mrs Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju has been appointed and attested as the substantive Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Adepoju made this know while addressing men and officers of the NIS at a routine parade on Wednesday. She said the date for her decoration would soon be made public in due time. “You may also…
The President of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed will on Wednesday deliver the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the Joint Session of the Senate and the House of Representatives. This was contained in a memo dated November 27, 2023, signed by the federal legislature’s Secretary of Human Resources and Staff Development, Shuaibu Maina Birma, on behalf of…
The Ekiti Government says it has increased its monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from N650,000,000 to over one Billion Naira without increasing tax. The State Chairman, Internal Revenue Services (EKIRS), Mr Olaniran Olatona, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Ado-Ekiti. Olatona said that before his assumption of office, the state ranked 35…
The Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, BSEMA, James Iorpuu has urged the World Health Organization ,WHO, and other critical partners in the humanitarian circle to declare a state of emergency on sexual abuse in the country. Iorpuu made the call on Friday in Makurdi during the end of a two-day workshop…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has declared that the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman should be removed. Suleiman was dismissed as the member representing Ningi Central Constituency in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. This was reached in the judgement it delivered on Friday, the Appeal Court…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, wants a review of outdated laws to improve performance in the information sector. Alhaji Idris made the plea during an interactive session with members of the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation at the National Assembly in Abuja Alhaji Idris urged the Senate to…
Following reports of loss of millions of naira to oil theft and the attendant economic sabotage, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, has inaugurated a special committee to investigate the menace. Dr Abbas stated that oil theft and other oil-related criminalities pose a great threat to the nation’s economy and remain…
Gabriel Dewan has emerged as the Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly following the resignation of the former Speaker of House, Moses Sule of the PDP and his deputy Gwottosn Dalyop Fom. Dewan, is the only Lawmaker, representing the Young Progressive Party YPP, from Pankshin North Constituency. During plenary, Hon Dewan gave assurance that…
The division in the Rivers State House of Assembly has continued to seethe as the police took over the complex on Tuesday. Loyalists to both factions held separate meetings at different locations. Police vehicles were positioned at the entrance of the complex, while an Armoured Personnel Carrier was also seen patrolling the road where the…
A former National Vice Chairman North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has said that the ruling party has reached the point where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in 2007 in manipulating political contests through imposition, vote buying and rigging. Lukman in a statement issued Tuesday, noted that it might grow…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has removed Governor Mutfwang Manasseh of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the governor of Plateau State. The Appellate Court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately recognise Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the validly elected governor in the March 18…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the government and people of Liberia on the successful conduct of the Liberian presidential election. In a statement, president Tinubu congratulates the president-elect, Joseph Boakai, on winning the people’s mandate and urges him to bring the nation together and build on the support shown by voters to provide effective government…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued Certificates of Return to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Governor Diri polled 175,196 to defeat his closest rival, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, who garnered 110,108 votes while the…
The Senate has passed a bill to establish the Nigeria Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State. The bill, sponsored by Bamidele Opeyemi representing Ekiti Central, when assented to by the President Bola Tinubu will, identify the technological problems and needs of the maritime industry, and find solutions. The former President Muhammadu Buhari had rejected the…
Dino Melaye, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for the cancellation of the Kogi State governorship election, describing the conduct of the exercise as “shameful”. Mr Melaye’s angry remarks came during a press conference in Lokoja on Sunday, just as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) continued with collation of the…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who is the incubent governor has been declared as the winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Imo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, made this declaration on Sunday in Owerri. The State Returning Officer for the election, Prof Abayomi Fasina, who is the Vice-Chancellor of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO), who was earlier abducted in Bayelsa, has regained his freedom. The Head of Voter Education and Publicity (INEC) in Bayelsa State, Wilfred Ifogah, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen. INEC had earlier reported the abduction of the SPO who was in…
Some party agents, voters and observers have commended the peaceful voting process and seamless Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed for Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa. They gave the commendation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa. NAN reports that the respondents agreed that the election was largely smooth and…
A boat conveying 12 election personnel and materials to Registration Area Centre 17 in Koluama in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayless State has capsized. In a statement by the Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Wilfred Ifogah, result sheets, power banks, and luggage containing personnel effects were lost, but no casualties were…
Soldiers barred some policemen from allegedly escorting a politician in a three-vehicle convoy during the election at a checkpoint at Agbadu Bunu village in Kaba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State on Saturday. The convoy, comprising three tinted Toyota Jeeps, was stopped alongside other vehicles. According to the report, when the convoy was stopped, the…
Soldiers barred some policemen from allegedly escorting a politician in a three-vehicle convoy during the election at a checkpoint at Agbadu Bunu village in Kaba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State on Saturday. The convoy, comprising three tinted Toyota Jeeps, was stopped alongside other vehicles. According to the report, when the convoy was stopped, the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC on Saturday said its top officials had launched an investigation into allegations that result sheets were forged in some polling units in Kogi state. INEC disclosed this on its X handle minutes after pictures of the forged sheets emerged. “Our attention has been drawn to a report that filled…
National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has called on both regular and ad-hoc staff to demonstrate the highest level of patriotism and professionalism in tomorrow’s Governorship elections in Kogi Bayelsa and Imo States. In a statement, the Chairman explains that INEC was not a political party and that the Commission has…
The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on Federal Capital Territory to liaise with the FCT administration to explore and resolve all the issues surrounding the lack of issuance of certificates of occupancy to property owners. This resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion by a member from Katsina State, Sada Soli…
Dr Mohammed Bulama has assumed office as the Director-General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). Dr Bulama was received at the headquarters of Radio Nigeria , Area 10 Garki Abuja, by the Management and Staff of the corporation. More details shortly….
The Senate has approved and passed 2023 supplementary budget of N2.17 trillion naira. This decision followed the committee on appropriation’s review of the report presented by Chairman Senator Solomon Olamilekan. Within this amount, 18 billion naira is allocated for statutory transfers, N1.33 trillion for recurrent expenditure, and over N1.12 trillion for contributions to development funds….
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday has affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan as the duly elected candidate for Kogi Central Senatorial Election earlier in February. The three-member panel dismissed the appeal filed by Sen. Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In September, the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja had nullified the…
