The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has withdrawn an application to stall his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) pending the hearing of his suit at the appeal court. The senate president is facing trial at the CCT for alleged false declaration of assets. Saraki’s lead counsel, Kanu Agabi withdrew the […]
Rasheed Bisiriyu The Federal Government has approved the production of another driving licence that will have a five-year expiry period, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has said. Oyeyemi, who spoke at a press briefing in Lagos on Saturday, said the decision to have the five-year driving licence was taken by […]
-Punch FORMER Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, touched a raw nerve recently when she recalled the profligacy of the immediate past Nigerian government. But, recanting a day later, she tried vainly to shift the blame to state governors. In the face of daily revelations of the financial banditry of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, her narrative […]
Onyemaechi Mrakpor is a member of the House of Representatives from southern Delta state The head of Nigeria’s prisons service has been summoned to appear before parliament after his security guards allegedly slapped a female MP. Onyemaechi Mrakpor, 49, and a member of the lower house, told the BBC she was attacked for overtaking the […]
By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA — United States government said, yesterday, that it provided Nigeria every information and intelligence needed to rescue the over 200 missing girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. This came as the federal government reiterated its commitment to find the girls, saying it remained its priority. The US government spoke […]
*Judge orders Police to take Saraki’s lawyer out ABUJA — The ongoing trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, took a new twist, yesterday, as the Federal Government applied to amend the initial 13-count charge it entered against him. Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki […]
Nigeria’s army said late Monday that 24 soldiers had been wounded as troops repelled Boko Haram insurgents who attacked the military in northeast Borno state. “So far our troops had two officers and 22 soldiers wounded in action. All of them have been evacuated to military hospital (in) Maiduguri where they are receiving treatment,” the […]
-Sun THE Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) last week drew the nation’s attention to the payment of multiple emoluments to ex-governors, their deputies and other former public officers who are currently serving as legislators or ministers in the present administration. The coalition observed that 21 former governors and their deputies are now drawing fantastic […]
BEIJING — Nigeria must not be seen as a consumer market alone, but an investment destination where goods can also be manufactured and consumed locally, President Muhammadu Buhari, has said. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People […]
By Abdulwahab Abdulah It was revealed yesterday that the Federal Government has started the process of resettling the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, back to the areas liberated from Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. This was disclosed yesterday by the Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, who said government is interested to get the […]
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