The Senate on Thursday concurred with the Public Holiday Act (Amendment) Bill passed by the House of Representatives, which approved June 12 as the new Democracy Day. This followed a presentation of conference report by Leader of the Senate, Sen. Ahmad Lawan, at plenary on …
Col. Hameed Ali (retd), the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has urged Nigerians to stop consuming foreign rice because it is poisonous. He said this on Thursday in Abuja at a news conference organised by the Ministry of Finance. Ali said that the Federal Government …
The Ekiti State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party National New Media Group, PDP-NNMG, has condemned in strong terms, the retrenchment of about 2000 workers employed into Teaching and Civil Services of the State during the immediate past Peter Ayodele Fayose’s administration. The group described …
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Thursday, dissolved a 41- year-old marriage between Mrs Mabel Alli and her husband, Pastor Richard, over incest. The Court President, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, said that it appeared that the estranged couple were tired of the marriage and all …
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday departed the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja for Saudi Arabia. Reports that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and members of his entourage took-off from the airport at about 11am. Those at the airport to bid …
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Wednesday said Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, will not succeed in his quest to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari through the election tribunal. Mr Akiolu advised Mr Atiku to drop his case against Mr Buhari’s re-election, saying he …
Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Ugonna Ozuruigbo, has resigned from his position. According to Channels TV, the lawmaker representing Nwangele constituency tendered his resignation in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the Speaker and members of the state House …
The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Wednesday disclosed that history will vindicate him despite been misunderstood and seen as the most controversial governor the state ever produced. He made the disclosure during the commissioning of the Justice Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa High Court Complex …
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has described comments by the Presidency suggesting that he and his party are sabotaging the Muhammadu Buhari-led government as lies. Minister of Information, Lai Mohamed, had said that Atiku and his party, were doing …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Federal Government to stop inventing excuses and blaming the opposition for its mass failures. The PDP added that the expectation of Nigerians was for the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency to live up to the demands of their …
