The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday challenged the proposed seizure of some of his properties by the federal government. The government had on March 21, 2018, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja for an interim order for…
Month: April 2018
APC: DETAILS EMERGE ON LALONG C’TTEE’S RECOMMENDATIONS
– ALLEGE PLOT TO ACHIEVE TENURE ELONGATION THROUGH BACKDOOR Despite the resolutions agreed to at the meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, not all stakeholders appear to be satisfied with the…
ABAKALIKI URBAN COMMUNITY FORUM USHERS IN NEW EXECUTIVES
That the peace still reigning in Nigeria is fragile and might shatter if preventive measures are not put forward is a common knowledge. In the East, West, North and South of the country, there are pockets of agitations, fears and mutual suspicion…
LG ELECTIONS: KOGI GOVERNMENT CITES PAUCITY OF FUNDS
– EXTENDS TENURE OF CARETAKER CHAIRMEN FOR 6 MONTHS For the second time in two years, the Kogi State House of Assembly has extended the tenure of caretaker committee chairmen for another six months. Recall that on the 10th of…
OFFA BANK ROBBERY: KWARA SPEAKER ACCUSES FG
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, on Tuesday accused the Federal Government of failing to show the required immediate response after the armed robbery attacks about some banks in Offa in the Offa Local…
BUDGET: SARAKI MANDATES APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE TO SUBMIT REPORT
Worried by the delay in passing of N8.612 trillion 2018 budget by the National Assembly, Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, mandated the Appropriation Committee, led by Senator Danjuma Goje (APC, Gombe Central), to submit its report next week. According…
BUHARI WRITES SENATE ON CONFIRMATION OF 26 NEW APPOINTEES
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate to confirm Festus Okoye as National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr. Okoye is among 26 new appointees the president wrote, in separate letters, to the Senate for confirmation. Buhari’s…
ATTACK ON ATIKU’S OFFICE: MUSLIM GROUP CONDEMNS PERPETRATORS
A Muslim group, the Muslim Rights Concern, have in a statement condemned the recent attack on Atiku Abubakar’s campaign office in Katsina. Hoodlums were said to have reportedly attacked the Katsina State campaign office of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The…
CAN DISASSOCIATES SELF FROM AREWA PASTORS PEACE INITIATIVE NIGERIA
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has dissociated itself from a group of pastors who claim to be Arewa Pastors Peace Initiative, Nigeria (APPIN) who visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday to pledge their support to him and his government.…
2019: RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO BE USED- KG PRESS SECRETARY URGE YOUTHS
As the 2019 general elections get closer, Mrs. Petra Onyegbule, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, has advised youths against offering themselves to be used as thugs by desperate politicians. Onyegbule told the Newsmen on Monday in…