FG stops cash payments in NIPOST offices

The Federal Government has ordered immediate termination of all cash payments in all Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, announced this in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mrs Uwa Suleiman, on Thursday in Abuja.

Humanitarian minister convenes aid summit in Maiduguri

By Duku Joel, Maiduguri   As part of her mandate to strengthen humanitarian activities in the Northeast and bring sanity into their activities in providing aid to displaced people, the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq has convened

Trump’s impeachment probe to go public next week

Trump The first open impeachment hearings into US President Donald Trump will begin next week, the congressman leading the probe said Wednesday, as it heads into a highly-anticipated public phase. William Taylor, Washington’s top diplomat to Ukraine, and deputy assistant secretary of state

Poor roads’ reports for Nigeria are mere hypes – Fashola

By Augustine Ehikioya, Abuja The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday described the reports claiming the state of Nigeria’s roads as poor to be mere hypes. According to him, Nigerian roads are not in a bad state as often

BREAKING: DSS defers Sowore, Bakare’s release till Thursday

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—Detained activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare (aka Mandate), who are facing treasonable felony charge, on Wednesday, failed to regain their freedom after they perfected all their bail conditions. However, a member

Call me Mr. Governor, say Sanwo-Olu

By Oziegbe Okoeki   Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has dropped the title of ‘his excellency’ preferring to be addressed simply as Mr. Governor. In a statement personally signed by the governor Wednesday evening, the governor said the new title will constantly remind

Senate probes Customs over alleged killings at Idiroko/Ipokia

Sanni Onogu, Abuja   The Senate on Wednesday directed its Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariffs to investigate the extra-judicial killings of some residents of Idiroko/Ipokia in Ogun State allegedly by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). This resolution followed a motion

IPOB tackles Miyetti Allah over refusal to obey ban on cattle movement in S/East

Proscribed secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday blasted the Miyetti Allah Hire socio-cultural organization for disobeying the ban on movement of cattle by foot in the South East. IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful in a statement said the group was

Sowore, co-defendants have met bail conditions, will be freed today – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, have met the bail conditions imposed on them in respect of their trial on

Justice Nwosu-Iheme’s kidnap: Imo Lawyers want FG’s intervention

Agency Reporter Legal practitioners in Imo have called on the Federal Government to intervene in the kidnap of Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme of an Appeal Court sitting in Benin. Some lawyers expressed made the call while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent