Ahead of the expected visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Rivers State, the Peoples Democratic Party has said that it is not necessary for him to visit the state as a result of insecurity. The State Public Secretary of the…
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SENATE AD-HOC COMMITTEE INVESTIGATES ALLEGED ILLEGALLY IMPORTED SECURITY ITEMS BY YAHAYA BELLO
The Senator James Manager led Senate ad-hoc committee saddled with the task of investigating claims by Senator Dino Melaye that the Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello illegally imported restricted security items into the country on Thursday began its work in…
HATE SPEECH BILL: MORE GOVT. CRITICS, JOURNALISTS WILL BE JAILED – SEN. SHEHU SANI
Nigerian senator, Shehu Sani, has warned that passage of Bill on hate speech currently before the Senate into law will lead to prohibition of free speech in the country because most Nigerian leaders are averse to criticisms. In the same…
LABOUR DESCRIBES EL-RUFAI AS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO PUBLIC OFFICE
The Organised Labour, yesterday, described the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai as an embarrassment to public office in Nigeria. It further said the Governor was anti-people and a chameleon. General Secretary of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Dr. Peter…
BRING BACK OUR GIRLS: DAPCHI PARENTS STAGE PROTEST
Parents of the 110 abducted Dapchi schoolgirls on Thursday marched to the National Assembly to register their pains with the federal lawmakers in continuation of their clamour for the release of the pupils abducted by Boko Haram terrorists penultimate week.…
FG TO COMMENCE TEACHING OF SCIENCE SUBJECTS AND MATHEMATICS IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN SCHOOLS
The Federal Government has said that the teaching of science subjects and mathematics in indigenous languages in primary and secondary schools across the country would commence soon. Director-General of the National Centre for Technology Management, Prof. Okechukwu Ukwuoma, stated this…
IMO APC VOWS STOPPING OKOROCHA’S SON-IN-LAW’S ENDORSEMENT
Ahead of the 2019 gubernatorial elections in Imo, scores of members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo State chapter, yesterday, vowed to stop Governor Rochas Okorocha’s endorsement of his son-in-law, Mr. Uche Nwosu, to contest the 2019 gubernatorial election…
PLOT TO REMOVE SARAKI: SENATOR ADAMU DENIES INVOLVEMENT
There is more trouble in the offing for the ousted Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, Senator Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa, APC), as the Senate yesterday directed its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate allegations that he was…
MILITARY COUP D’ ETAT: DHQ CONFRONTS SENATE
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Thursday confronted the Senate and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over the comment credited to him that military coup d’ etat is still possible in the country. According to the Director of Defence Information, Brig Gen…
MORE RUMBLINGS IN APC AS NATIONAL LEADERSHIP PLANS TO AMEND PARTY’S CONSTITUTION AT NEC
Fresh crisis may be looming in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the national leadership is alleged to have perfected plans to amend the party’s constitution at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting slated for this month, in order to…