President Muhammadu Buhari once again incurred the wrath of Nigerians over his statement portraying the late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, as a change agent who built roads and fixed the health sector. Buhari, while hosting the Buhari…
Month: May 2018
Eagles can’t stop Messi at World Cup – Diego Simeone
After leading LaLiga giants, Atletico Madrid, to beat Super Eagles’ Team B to win the maiden GOtv Max Cup on Tuesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, coach Diego Simeone declared that it would be difficult for Nigerian players to stop…
Shekarau, two others to be arraigned today over N950m fraud
The former Governor of Kano State Ibrahim Shekarau was, yesterday, detained at the Kano office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Detained with the former minister of Education is ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Aminu Wali, and Mansur Ahmad,…
FAAC: FOR APRIL FG, STATES, LGS SHARE N701.022BN
The Federation Accounts Allocations Committee (FAAC) distributed the sum of N701.022 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of April. FG others gets N7tn in 11 months Briefing journalists after the monthly FAAC meeting on Wednesday, in…
OFFA BANK ROBBERY: ORO COMMUNITY DISOWNS ARRESTED SUSPECT
The National President of Oro Community in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Chief Bode Alayoku has said it is false and misleading for media reports to suggest that one of the arrested gang leaders of the recent bank…
ELECTORAL ACT: REPS DISAGREE ON CARD READER USAGE AGAIN
Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday failed to agree on whether the card reader should be used for the 2019 polls. Some members argue that the Supreme Court had in 2015 decided that the card was not recognized…
PRESIDENCY: ATIKU SET TO DECLARE INTEREST IN JUNE
All is now set for the formal declaration of interest for the office of the President in the 2019 general elections by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. A close associate of…
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SET TO APPROVE SPECIAL FUNDING FOR SECURITY AGENCIES
The Senate on Wednesday grilled heads of security agencies over the spate of killings and insecurity across the country. The meeting, which lasted four hours, was held behind closed doors. The lawmakers asked the security agencies to forward their requests…
APC INAUGURATES CONVENTION COMMITTEES AMIDST PROTESTS
There was a drama at the headquarters of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday as some members protested the removal of their names from the party’s sub-committees for its national convention. Some members, whose names were published in a national…
IMO LG TRANSITION COMMITTEE: OKOROCHA DENIES DISSOLUTION
The Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has denied the reports on dissolution of Imo state Transition Committees of the twenty-seven local governments in the State. The governor made this known in a statement signed by Sam Onwuemeodo his Chief…