…stay at home, police tell demonstrators during show of force …no going back, it’s our right to protest –Organisers There are indications of an imminent clash between civil society organisations and the police as a mass protest is set to be held in various states across the country and in the diaspora on Saturday (today), […]Read More
SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY ON 12TH JUNE, 2021 Fellow Nigerians, I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day. It is a celebration of freedom and a […]Read More
The Federal High Court in Lagos has declared that the National Assembly Service Commission has no power to fix or determine the pay of members of the National Assembly. Rather, the court, in a judgment on Friday by Justice Chuka Obiozor, held that the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission should fix the pay of […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the Chairman and Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the State House, Abuja. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu briefed the President on the series of attacks on INEC’s facilities nationwide. The president condemned such acts and assured INEC that his government will make […]Read More
25 generals, others may be retired… President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff, one week after the demise of the former COAS, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others in a plane crash in Kaduna. Until his appointment, Yahaya was the Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin […]Read More
The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said all hands must be on deck to preserve Nigeria’s unity. He spoke in the company of former APC Interim Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, former Ogun State Governor Olusegun Osoba; one-time Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Alani Akinrinade and Chief […]Read More
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-West, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and governors in the region, on Sunday reinforced the call for true federalism and ban of open grazing in the country. The party leaders, who met in Lagos, backed some of the decisions of the Southern […]Read More
The Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and some prominent Nigerians have disagreed with the Asaba declaration made by the southern governors. The governors’ call for the convocation of an “urgent national dialogue”, “bold steps to restructure the country”, “total ban on open grazing” and for President Muhammadu Buhari “to address […]Read More
Legal icon, Afe Babalola, on Friday said the peace conference he is planning will find ways out of the current national challenges and not to divide the country. The nonagenarian said this in a goodwill message at the foundation-laying ceremony of the “NBA House”, located along NTA road in Ado Ekiti. Mr Babalola said he […]Read More
Bankers have come under the searchlight of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the anti-graft agency’s new focus on infractions. More attention will also be devoted to cyber crime “which has become a big problem to this country”, EFCC Chairman AbdulRasheed Bawa said. Bawa spoke yesterday at the State House after briefing President Muhammadu […]Read More
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