PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has explained the position of the Senate on the electronic transmission of election results. Speaking with journalists on Sunday at the weekend in Yobe North Senatorial District, Lawan explained that they voted the way they did in defence of about half of the […]
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FRSC Begins Operation Sanity to Restore Sanity On The Highways.
The Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has tasked all Commanding Officers across the country to intensify special operations targeted at offenders. This is in line with the ongoing Operation Sanity aimed at resorting sanity to the nation’s highways. In a press release signed […]
Electoral Act Amendment: PDP Threatens Legal Action Against National Assembly Over Electoral Act Amendment
Condemning what happened at the National Assembly over the amendment, Secondus wondered “how a representative of the people enjoying their mandate blatantly turned their back on them and toed the line of a political party interest that is clearly against the people, adding that; “By the choice of the All Progressives Congress, APC to put party interest before National interest, they have vividly murdered democracy by the actions of their members in the two chambers of the National Assembly…
House Of Reps Adjourns Till Sept 14
The Speaker, however, announced that, the Committees on Finance, Appropriations, Agriculture will continue with their works during recess…
Governor Sani Bello Of Niger State Approves Hanging Of Convicted Bandits
While quoting the law, he said, “Whoever instigates any person to kidnap a person or rustle cattle, or intentionally aides, abets or facilitate by any acts of omission or commission of the offence of kidnapping and or cattle rustling is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to death by hanging in public”…
Eld-el-Kabir: FRSC deploys 1,170 officials in Anambra
The state FRSC Commandant further warned that the Corps would not tolerate speeding, dangerous driving, use of phone while driving, overloading, use of rickety vehicles, illegal use of Spy number plates and other traffic offences.
Anambra Govt Urged to Intervene In Kingship Tussle Tearing Amanuke Community, Awka North LGA
Amanuke Community apex decision making body, made-up of respected elders known as Oke-Okpa Irunese” made the appeal during an enlarged meeting, calling for peace between the two brothers involved in the crisis, which degenerated into Court case.
They expressed worries that the crisis will adversely affect the age long image of the community as peace lovers and further wreak havoc on the fabrics of stability and tranquility in the area…
Anambra Farmers urged to Cultivate, In Commercial Quantity, Biofortified Crops Enriched With Vitamin A
The Director, Technical Services in the training and partner to Harvest Hlus, Mr Emeka Okoli, educated the participants on enormous health benefits of Biofortified crops and on good agronomic practices to enable them have bumper harvest, he advised youths to embrace Agriculture value Chain for wealth Creation and employment and harped on the numerous off takers waiting to off take their produce…
EXCLUSION FROM INEC LIST TEMPORARY: VALENTINE OZIGBO CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION ASSURES NDI ANAMBRA
In a statement to the press, signed by Aziza Uko, the Media Adviser of the Valentine Ozigbo Campaign Organisation, she noted that the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) reliance on a court order in not publishing the name of the PDP candidate, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, was “a matter of procedure and temporary”…
NBC Directs Radio And Television Stations To Avoid Giving Too Many Details On Insecurity
The Director thus, directed that media houses collaborate with the federal government in dealing with the security challenges by not glamorising the nefarious activities of insurgents, terrorists, kidnappers and bandits…