The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the last elections, Mr. Peter Obi, recently received six high-ranking members of the USA consulate in Nigeria in his Onitsha residence. The team has continued to visit him routinely in Lagos or Onitsha to exchange ideas with him on […]
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Senate President, Ahmad Lawan admits that borrowing loans by the country is the necessary option in view of the nation’s dwindling revenue.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Friday admitted that despite the continuous foreign loans being borrowed by the country being a heavy burden; it was a necessary option in view of the nation’s dwindling revenue. Lawan posited this at a news briefing in Abuja to mark the second anniversary of […]
Rivers State Governor vows not to pay striking parliamentary workers under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN)
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that he will not pay striking parliamentary workers under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), until they call off the on-going strike in the state. In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, the governor maintained […]
United States Mission In Nigeria Warns Its Citizens To Keep Away From Planned June 12 Protests
The United States Mission in Nigeria on Friday advised its citizens to keep away from planned protests across Nigeria on June 12. This comes as several groups have announced their intentions to protest on June 12 – democracy Day.In an advisory targeted at US citizens, the US Mission noted that […]
Nigeria Celebrates Democracy Day
Today is Nigeria’s Democracy Day.Democracy day is a day set aside to commemorate the restoration of democracy in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. May 29 was initially the official democracy day in Nigeria, marking when the newly elected Olusegun Obasanjo took office as the President of Nigeria in 1999, ending […]
Courts to Reopen Monday as JUSUN Suspends Strike
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended the nationwide strike which has lasted for over two months. JUSUN had, on April 6 this year, embarked on a nationwide strike to protest non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. However, the union resolved to suspend the industrial action during […]
Bayelsa govt impounds 34 cows for allegedly violating anti-open grazing law
The Bayelsa Livestock Management Committee, BSLMC, on Tuesday said it impounded 34 cows in Yenagoa for alleged violation of the state’s anti-open grazing law. The cows were impounded around the Bayelsa Palm Estate in the state capital. The Chairman of BSLMC, Mr David Alagoa, told reporters that the herders allegedly […]
Senate holds a minute silence to mourn the death of Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua
The Senate on Tuesday, held a minute silence to mourn the death of Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as TB Joshua. He was the founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nation’s (SCOAN). The deputy leader of the Senate, Senator Ajayi Boroffice called the attention of the death to […]
Ogun state police refute the claims that a police station in the state was attacked by hoodlums
The Ogun state police command has refuted the claims that a police station in the state was attacked by hoodlums as circulated on Social media . The police public relations officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement on Tuesday, and made public to journalists , said that […]
Government Secondary School Chibok Reopens
It was a blend of emotions in Chibok, Borno state as the Government Secondary School Chibok was reopened, seven years after the abduction of schoolgirls from the college. Cutting the tape to unveil and declare open the renovated school, The Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen said that reopening the […]