The Bayelsa House of Assembly yesterday, passed the state Appropriation Bill of N242 billion for the 2020 fiscal year. The passage of the bill followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation during plenary in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital. The Majority Leader, Monday Obolo, representing Southern Ijaw Constituency 2, […]
Former President of the Senate, Sen. David Mark yesterday described the Governor of Benue, Dr. Samuel Ortom, as an uncommon political leader. Mark, in a statement signed by Paul Mumeh, his media aide said Ortom had demonstrated himself as a man of the people. He described the governor, who turned 59 on Thursday, as a […]
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has urged federal government to relax the lockdown it imposed on Lagos State as a result of COVID- 19 pandemic. George, who made the call in a statement in Lagos, yesterday said the lockdown imposed since March 29 was adversely affecting […]
Mohammed Adamu, Inspector General of Police ============= By Taiwo OkanlawonThe Nigeria Police Force on Friday said it has dismissed two officers who assaulted a woman at the Odo Ori Market, Iwo Osun State. The police said the dismissal of the officers – Inspector Ikuesan Taiwo and Constable Abass Ibrahim – was preceded by a trial […]
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission By Ikenna Anyanwu Senior Nigerian lawyers have weighed-in on recent altercation between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and Senator Charles Grassley, the Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Finance, expressing concern at the exchange of words. Grassley reportedly wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Money […]
STATEMENT FROM RIVERS STATE POLICE COMMAND: The Rivers State Police Command regrets to announce the death of W/Sgt Lovender Elekwachi who until her untimely death was serving at Eneka Division and was posted to the Eneka roundabout on traffic duties. The late Woman Sergeant was shot while controlling traffic by Sergeant Bitrus Osaiah attached to […]
Prince Charles The heir to British throne, Prince Charles has described the death of Abba Kyari, the former Chief of Staff to the President as “a desperately sad news.” He sent his “deepest possible sympathy” to President Muhammadu Buhari and the government and people of Nigeria. Prince Charles regretted that the death of Kyari had […]
Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode on Wednesday revealed what the Nigerian government should do to Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau if he surrenders to the Nigerian army. He said the head of Shekau should be brought to the nation on a plate for the several atrocities he has committed against humanity. The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, had on […]
Nigeria’s Second Republic Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide, is dead. He was 88. He died in his Ibadan, Oyo State, home early today. Mr Toye Akinrilola, spokesman of the UCH, said his body was brought to the morgue at about 2 am today. Akinjide, a reputable lawyer and senior advocate, […]
The Yoruba World Congress (YWC) on Monday rubbished the several empathies for Abba Kyari, late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The body labeled Kyari as Nigeria’s de facto President and suggested that he was the one controlling the nation’s affairs. YWC President, Prof. Banji Akintoye, in a statement issued by Adeyemi Adeleye, the […]
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