Members of the Plateau state House of Assembly have suspended all the chairmen in the 17 Local Government Areas of the state The House members suspended the LG bosses on Thursday during their plenary presided over by the Speaker, Abok Ayuba. Their suspension followed a motion moved by the lawmaker representing Langtang North -North constituency, […]
A political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi has dissociated himself from the unconfirmed list of “new appointees and some new ministers” being circulated on the social media, purporting that he will serve as a minister in the President Bola Tinubu’s government. In a statement by his Director of Media and Communications, Charles Odibo, on Thursday, Utomi […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, on Thursday, sentenced a labourer, Adam Shola, to four years imprisonment for selling cannabis, popularly called marijuana. Justice Garba Mohammed convicted and sentenced the culprit after he pleaded guilty to the offence. When the charge was read to him, he pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency […]
The Yoruba Heritage Group has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to confirm the appointment of Mrs Wura-Ola Adepoju as the substantive Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service. The request came on the heels of a congratulatory message sent to Tinubu, on his inauguration as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, even as […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali-Baba, has promoted a total of 31,465 policemen comprising 24,991 officers from the tanks of Sergeants to Inspectors, 194 from Corporals to Sergeants, and 6,280 from Constables to Corporals. The Force Headquarters said this was part of the IG’s manpower development policy targeted at promoting deserving police officers on the […]
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State said his administration is committed to providing logistics support to security agencies in the fight against banditry, terrorism and other related crimes in the state A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Muhammad Shehu, has said. The governor was quoted to have expressed concern over the insecurity in […]
The Presidential Election Petition Court has stepped down hearing in the petition filed by Peter Obi and the Labour Party against the election of President Bola Tinubu. This latest development is a result of an improper schedule of documents tendered before the court as proof of the allegations of malpractices during the February 25 presidential […]
The Senator-elect for Delta Central Senatorial District, Ede Dafinone, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his bold decision over fuel subsidy removal, noting that while it’s has painful effects on Nigerians, the pain will be temporary. According to him, the long-term benefits to the country would outweigh the pain, he stressed. Dafinone, an economist […]
The President, Bola Tinubu, is currently meeting the Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, at the State House, Abuja. Tinubu who arrived at the Villa at 10:53am on Thursday went straight into a closed-door session with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, […]
The Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Thursday, allayed the fear of Nigerians on the rising prices of Premium Motor Spirit, known better as petrol across the country. The NNPC boss said competition among major players in the oil sector would force down the price of petrol as against […]