Category: Politics
Service chiefs need more funding, not sack letter – Governor
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has disagreed with the National Assembly’s call for sack of the country’s head of security agencies saying tha [...]
Why we increased hate speech fine to N5m – Lai Mohammed
The federal government says it increased the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million in the amended National Broadcasting Code to deter peopl [...]
Aisha Buhari flown to Dubai for medical treatment
The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has been flown to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates for treatment of severe neck pain. According to a top Presi [...]
Refund N2.5bn received for supply of plastic chairs – NDDC to Nwaoboshi
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has asked Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of the senate committee on NDDC, to refund a sum of N2.5 billion he [...]
Oshiomhole wanted me to help him impeach Obaseki – Edo Deputy Governor
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, while revealing how former APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, wanted him to joi [...]
Enugu NMA election turns bloody, chaotic
The election of the Enugu State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association turned bloody on Thursday. A faction of the state NMA had two weeks ago ann [...]
Wife of atheist detained for 100 days appeals to Nigerian Senate
Yesterday marked a milestone Mubarak Bala, an atheist has been in the custody of the police in Kano State for 100 days without access to his lawyers o [...]
Bauchi governor appoints SA on ‘Unmarried Women’ affairs
Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has appointed Balaraba Ibrahim as his Special Assistant on Women Affairs (Unmarried).
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17 Edo lawmakers ‘impeach’ speaker, deputy
Seventeen members of Edo State House of Assembly say they have impeached the Speaker, Mr. Francis Okiye. They also claimed to have impeached the newly [...]
Katsina youths protest insecurity, block highway
Some angry youths from Turare, Marke and Dogon Ruwa villages in Dutsin-ma Local Government Area of Katsina State early Thursday morning blocked Dutsin [...]