News making waves right now says the Chairman of Punch Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbadebowale Wayne Aboderin, is dead. He was aged 60. The company said Aboderin died on Wednesday at about 6.05am after a heart surgery at the First Cardiology…
Day: May 31, 2018
Apologize to NASS – Dino Melaye asks Buhari
Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Dino Melaye, APC, Kogi West has asked President Muhammad Buhari to as a matter of urgency, apologize to the National Assembly for allegedly making what he termed, disparaging statements against…
Buhari signs Not-Too-Young-To-Run Bill into law
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Bill into law. Buhari signed the bill into law at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, barely two days after he promised to do so. The law reduces the age…
Police receives 150 patrol cars from Dangote
The Aliko Dangote Foundation on Wednesday in Abuja donated 150 operational cars to the Nigeria Police Force. The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, described the donation as the single biggest gift ever by a private sector operator to the…
Senate probes OAU sex-for-mark scandal
The Senate has begun an investigation of the case of sexual harassment at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, involving a postgraduate student, Miss Monica Osagie, and a lecturer at the Accounting Department, Prof. Richard Akindele. The investigation was based on…
Tackle Corruption to Stop Electoral Rigging – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on Wednesday said Nigerians must get the current fight against corruption right to be able to address the vexed issue of electoral rigging that has marred the nation’s political system. Soyinka who spoke at a…
Name bribe takers- Saraki challenges Jega
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has lamented the allegation by a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, that members of the National Assembly are bribe takers. Saraki, who described the comment as embarrassing, challenged…
TIME FOR YOUTHS IN NIGERIA’S LEADERSHIP
The promise of President Muhammadu Buhari during his Democracy day speech on May 29, 2018 to sign the “Not too Young to Run Bill” into law to give opportunities to Nigerian youths to participate in politics and governance has sparked…
2019: Turaki declares for presidency
A former minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, has declared his intention to contest the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the PDP. The ex-minister also announced a former governor of Adamawa State, Boni Haruna, as the…
IPOB, pro-Biafra groups shut down parts of South East again
In what can be described as about 70 per cent compliance of the sit-at home order at the instance of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, many parts of the south east zone were shut down for business and…