May 7, 2024 A chieftain of the Labour Party(LP), Alhaji Lamidi Apapa, has urged the National Assembly to repeal the law which gives immunity to governors and their deputies against prosecution . Apapa ,a former factional National Chairman of the party,made the call in an interview with the News AgencyContinue Reading
May 7, 2024 The Senate has set up an ad hoc committee to investigate factors impeding the completion of the Abuja Centenary City project after 10 years. The senate resolution followed adoption of a motion at the plenary on Tuesday. The motion titled ” Urgent need to revive and completeContinue Reading
May 7, 2024 An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Tudun Wada, Kaduna State, on Tuesday, ordered the husband in a divorce suit, one Abdulmalik Ojoka, to return to his matrimonial home and take care of his wife and two children. The judge, Malam Iliyasu Umar, gave the order after Ojoka’sContinue Reading
May 7, 2024 A Benin High Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand one Ikechukwu Tony in a correctional centre in Benin over alleged attempt to rape a 50-year-old woman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspect was arraigned on a count charge of rape, to which he,Continue Reading
May 7, 2024 The Israeli government was taken aback that Hamas accepted the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, formed by Qatari and Egyptian mediators, as the country was only briefed on the Palestinian movement’s response an hour after its release. The Axios news outlet reported this on Tuesday, citing three IsraeliContinue Reading
May 7, 2024 Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation ‘UDO KA’, have neutralised four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including a commander of the group’s armed Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Imo. Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, Spokesman for Task Force, said in a statement on TuesdayContinue Reading
May 6, 2024 The Niger State Government says it generated more than N7. 03 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) between January and March 2024. Alh. Mohammed Etsu, the Executive Chairman, Niger State Internal Revenue Service (NGSIRS), made the disclosure in an interview with the newsmen in Minna on Monday.Continue Reading
May 6, 2024 The Federal Government says it has not received any proposal for the establishment of a foreign military base in the country. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation made this known in a statement in Abuja. He said an alarm raised in some quartersContinue Reading
May 6, 2024 The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has commended Second Lt. Oluchukwu Owowoh for emerging as the first Nigerian female cadet to graduate from the Royal Military Academy (RMA), Sandhurst, United Kingdom. Mrs Tinubu, who received Owowoh, led by Maj.-Gen. John Ochia, the Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), toContinue Reading
May 6, 2024 The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved a downward review of electricity tariff for Band ‘A’ customers from N225/kWh to N206.80/kwh. Under the approved review, Band ‘A’ customers who were previously charged N225/Kwh are now to pay N206.80/kwh. The band’s customers are those who enjoy aContinue Reading
