President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday arrived in Maiduguri as part of nationwide visit to trouble areas in the country. The President is billed to visit Yobe to meet with families of 110 school girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at…
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BUHARI NOT WAGING HOLISTIC WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY- ORJI KALU
Former Governor of Abia State and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not waging a holistic war against corruption in the country. Kalu dared President Buhari to arrest former President…
CCT JUSTIFIES DECISION TO SUSPEND CASE AGAINST SARAKI
Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, yesterday, justified its decision to suspend further proceedings on the assets falsification charge the Federal Government preferred against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, saying it was taken in the interest of justice…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS: BUHARI VISITS BENUE, MET WITH EMPTY STREET PROTEST
President Muhammadu Buhari went to Benue state on Monday, March 12, to condole with the people over killings by herdsmen and reassure them that the administration shared in their grief. It was however, reported that the state was in no…
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: DINO MELAYE ACCUSES KOGI GOVERNOR
Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west constituency has accused his state government of trying to frame him up for murder. Melaye said this in a tweet via his twitter handle, @dino_melaye, on Monday. “Kogi State govt trying to frame…
DAPCHI GIRLS WANTED BACK ALIVE- BUHARI TELLS AMERICAN SECRETARY OF STATE, TILLERSON
Nigeria prefers to have schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok and Dapchi back alive, and that is why it has chosen negotiation, rather than a military option, says President Muhammadu Buhari. Receiving the American Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson,…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE SOUTHWEST – GANI ADAMS
Aare Gani Adams, leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Oduduwa People’s Congress has warned that killings by herdsmen will not be permitted in the Southwestern part of Nigeria. Speaking in Ibadan, the Oyo State, Adams warned not to take advantage…
INEC: OHANAEZE NDIGBO RAISES ALARM OVER DISENFRANCHISING
Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has raised the alarm that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is deliberately disenfranchising the people of the South-East zone by not giving them access to the ongoing continuous voter registration. The group also alleged that there…
PRESSING FOR PROGRESS: KWARA GOVERNOR’S WIFE EMPOWERS WOMEN
Wife of the Kwara state Governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, has secured employment in Kwara state civil service for five women, even as she empowered 95 others as parts of activities marking the 2018 International Women’s Day celebration. Five of the…
KOGI STATE: THE SACKING AND REINSTATEMENT OF STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND 21 LG ADMINS.
There was confusion in Kogi state on Sunday, March 11, as the Governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, reportedly fired all members of the state executive council and all the twenty one local government administrators. Few minutes later, however, Governor…