The objection raised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to Nigeria becoming a signatory to the framework agreement for establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) has cast an air of uncertainty on the fate of the trade deal,…
Month: March 2018
APGA: POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SUPERVISION OF ELECTIONS
All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has described a situations were ruling political parties in various states in the country swept local government elections conducted by the various electoral commissions constituted by the state government as civilian coup. Leader of the…
OBASEKI ORDERS ARREST OF KILLER HERDSMEN IN EDO
Edo governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday ordered security operatives to arrest herdsmen allegedly responsible for killings at Ugboha community, in Esan South East local government area of the State, at the weekend. It was gathered that three persons, (two…
RAINSTORM RENDERS HUNDRED HOMELESS IN KWARA
Hundreds of residents in various parts of llorin, the Kwara capital, have been rendered homeless by a rainstorm during a downpour which lasted for over three hours on Saturday evening. It was reported that some of the affected houses, which…
‘AUTHORITY STEALING’ AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
The news of the confirmation of the humungous amount of money collected every month by members of the Senate as running expenses hit Nigerians like a thunder bolt. In the past, there have been unsubstantiated rumours about the exact…
CHANGE ALL BOARDING SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHEAST TO DAY SCHOOLS- NIGER CHRISTIAN GROUP
A Christian group in Niger State has asked the Federal Government to consider changing all boarding schools in the northeast especially the female schools to day schools. In the same vein, the group called for community policing as a way…
SENATE MOURNS ONE OF ITS OWN
The Nigerian Senate was thrown into mourning on Saturday after the death of one of its members representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Senator Ali Wakili. The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, described Senator Ali Wakili as a vibrant lawmaker and…
CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: PRESIDENT BUHARI CANCELS TRIP TO RWANDA
President Muhammadu Buhari would not be attending his scheduled meeting with other heads of African Union at Kigali, Rwanda. Sources at the Presidency revealed to Newsmen that the President would not be attending the event but reasons for the cancellation…
23 BRITISH DIPLOMATS TO BE EXPELLED WITHIN A WEEK
Russia said on Saturday it would expel 23 British diplomats and close a British consulate following London’s “provocative” measures over the poisoning of a double agent that has triggered an escalating war of words. And it also said it would…
INEC UNCOVERS FAKE REGISTRATION CENTRE IN KWARA
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has uncovered an illegal voter registration centre in Offa, Kwara State. INEC Administrative Secretary in Kwara, Mr Paul Atser, made this known in a statement in Ilorin on Friday. “It has come…