A mild drama ensued in the premises of an Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Mpape, yesterday, as members of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, who were in court for the case involving Senator Dino Melaye’s brother, Samuel, and three others…
Month: May 2018
FG BANS IMPORTATION OF CODEINE BASED SYRUP
The Federal Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to ban with immediate effect further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations. The Minister…
UBA CORPORATE LAWLESSNESS IN ILORIN
02-05-2018 8:22am ILORIN, KWARA STATE The United Bank for Africa Plc, Muritala Muhammed way, Ilorin branch caused traffic obstruction this morning with a water tanker discharging water into the premises of the bank. Not a few passersby regarded this action…
WORKERS DAY: NLC, TUC ENDORSE AYADE
The organised labour in Cross River State, yesterday, endorsed the state governor, Professor Ben Ayade, for a second term in office. The workers’ endorsement was disclosed by the state Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr John Ushie, in his…
MAY GOD JUDGE NIGERIAN PAST LEADERS – BUHARI
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that most youths from the northern part of the country are either uneducated or school dropouts. He also said God would judge past leaders who misgoverned the country. Buhari said because Nigerian media only do…
KOGI AND THE END OF POLITICS – LOUIS ODION
It is quite hard to reconcile the plague currently engulfing Kogi’s political space and the memory that the province is also the cradle of the great Sunday Awoniyi. Or the colossal Silas Daniyan. Before he drew his last breath in…
TRUMP MEETING: PDP DESCRIBES BUHARI’S PERFORMANCE AS EMBARRASSING
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance at the Monday meeting with US President Donald Trump as embarrassing. The party, in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, described the president’s visit as ’embarassing’ because he…
KADUNA SENATOR ESCAPES THUGS’ ATTACK DURING POLITICAL MEETING
A senator, Suleiman Hunkuyi (APC, Kaduna North) on Sunday escaped attack by thugs during a political gathering of stakeholders and leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) he convened in Kaduna. Mr Hunkuyi had convened the meeting to sensitize…
WAEC: HOW PRINCIPALS, INVIGILATORS, CANDIDATES ENGAGE IN MALPRACTICES
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has alleged that some school principals, invigilators and supervisors, working alongside notorious syndicates now collaborate with candidates to cheat in its examinations, especially the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). WAEC spoke against…
2019: NO CASH FOR INEC’S N300B BUDGET
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is bracing for next year’s general elections – without cash. The polls are 291 days away, but there is no cash yet for INEC’s N300 billion budget. The cash squeeze is likely to affect…