The Police spokesman, Mr Jimoh Moshood has stormed the hospital where Senator Dino Melaye is currently receiving treatment along with 30 Police officers. Recall that Dino was said to have jumped off a police vehicle conveying him to Lokoja and…
Year: 2018
ROWDY SESSION AS REPS CALL FOR BUHARI’S IMPEACHMENT
The House of Representatives was in a rowdy session yesterday following calls by some lawmakers for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the unauthorised withdrawal and spending of $496,374,470.00 million on war planes. The House was sharply divided over…
CONVENTION: BUHARI MEETS APC GOVS, SEEKS SUPPORT FOR OSHIOMHOLE
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday evening met with state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress. The meeting was held behind closed doors inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to a Presidency official who spoke with…
MELAYE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Senator Dino Melaye was on Tuesday admitted to the Zanklin Hospital, Mabushi, Abuja, after he allegedly jumped off a moving police van at Area One Roundabout, Garki, in an attempt to prevent the police from taking him to Lokoja, Kogi…
SARS MOVES MELAYE TO LOKOJA
Senator Dino Melaye, who was arrested Tuesday morning by operatives of the Nigeria Police drawn from its Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS,is at present being moved to Lokoja. The embattled senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District under the ruling All Progressives…
FAAC: FG, STATES, LGs SHARE REVENUE FOR APRIL
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in Abuja shared N634.72 billion to the Federal Government, states and local governments as revenue for April. The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Jonah Otunla, made this known while briefing newsmen on the…
NIGERIANS ARE NOW WISER – OYEGUN
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Oyegun, has charged his party stakeholders to brace up for the political challenges ahead, warning that the APC will face tough battles during the 2019 elections. Oyegun, who spoke…
2019: DOES BUHARI DESERVE OUR VOTES?
It is by now certain, ceteris paribus, that the names of President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will be on the ballot when Nigerians go to the polls next February. The president voted in favour of running,…
2018 BUDGET: PEOPLE HAVE TO RUN ELECTION ON SOMETHING – DG BUDGET
The Director General, Budget Office, Mr Ben Akabueze, has indicated that public servants would still be pushing through the implementation of the 2018 budget against the impediments to governance by electioneering activities in the run-up to 2019 general elections. Speaking…
NASS, EXECUTIVE HEAD FOR SHOWDOWN OVER UNAPPROVED $496M WITHDRAWAL FROM ECA
Lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly are set to take on the Executive over the withdrawal of $496 million (N151.4 billion) from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the procurement of 12 Super Tucano aircraft from the…