Senate Suspends Plenary For One Week

The Senate will not meet in plenary throughout next week, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, disclosed on Wednesday morning. Lawan said the week will be dedicated to zonal public hearing on the Review of the 1999 Constitution. We shall be devoting the entire week

BREAKING: Attacks On INEC Offices May Affect Elections

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has stated that the series of attacks on the Commission’s facilities may undermine capacity to organise elections and dent the nation’s electoral process. Yakubu, who decried the attacks, said “these attacks

JUST IN: Okowa Fires 29 Commissioners, CoS, SSG, Others

Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has dissolved the State Executive Council, Ex-Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu has said. Aniagwu, who confirmed the development, said the decision was taken after Tuesday’s state executive council meeting. He said all commissioners, special advisers, Chief of Staff,

NLC Strike: Reconsider Your Downsize Agenda, ACF To El-Rufai

By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Mouthpiece of Northern Nigeria, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has reacted to the impasse between the labour movement and Kaduna government. It called on Governor Nasir El-Rufai to reconsider his decision to downsize the workforce. The ACF also called

BREAKING: IGP Launches Operation Restore In South-East

The acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali on Tuesday launched an operation codenamed Operation Restore Peace (Operation RP) in the Southeast geo-political zone. Speaking while launching the Operation RP at the Okpara Square in Enugu in the company of the Southeast Governors

BREAKING: Gov Abiodun Suspends Aide Arrested In US Over Alleged $350m Fraud

Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun has suspended his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Special Duties, Abidemi Rufai, following his arrest in New York by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over alleged involvement in $350m unemployment benefits fraud in respect of COVID – 19 pandemic.

EBONYI: UDEZE Led Action Alliance (AA) Faction Calls For Immediate Release Of Its Chairman

Barr. Chief Kenneth Udeze led Executive Committee Council of a faction of Action Alliance has called for immediate release of Hon. Godwin Ukwu, the State Chairman of the party being held by Ebonyi State Command of Nigeria Police. The Call was contained in

Insecurity: Nigeria At War – Gbajabiamila

By Tony Akowe, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila said on Monday that the current security challenges in the country has made it imperative for additional funding for the nation’s armed forces. The Speaker said in time of war, no

JUST IN: ACF Backs Southern Governors, Says Open Grazing Must End

By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Mouthpiece of Northern Nigeria, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed support for the call of the Southern Governors to ban open grazing of cattle. ACF Chairman and immediate past Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe in a statement

Gunmen Raze Another Police Station In Abia, Kill Two Cops

While there is tension over continual attacks on Government infrastructures and security formations, some suspected gunmen on early hours of Monday set ablaze the Ubakala Divisional Police Station in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia and killed two policemen. The spokesman for