A group, Arewa Solidarity Front worried by happenings in the upper legislative chambers, has called for the immediate removal of Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki. The group expressed this in a statement jointly signed by its chairman, Bello Bashir and Secretary, Bitrus Magaji, made available to newsmen on Tuesday. “We call for the immediate […]
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State chapter, Honourable Felix Hassan Hyet has described the siege on the National Assembly by the Department of State Security (DSS) on Tuesday as a threat to democracy. He expressed this on Tuesday, when hosting former Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) who […]
No fewer than 10 top appointees and aides of Kano State Government have resigned from the Abdullahi Ganduje administration. This they did in series of letter the appointees present to the state government at different times. The former appointees and aides, who held different positions in the administration until recently, tendered their resignation letters in […]
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has described the unauthorized takeover of the National Assembly complex earlier today as a gross violation of constitutional order, rule of law and all accepted notions of law and order. According to him, the unlawful act which was done without the knowledge of the Presidency is condemnable and completely unacceptable. […]
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo said his government would install a functional generator and provide utility vehicles for the use of corps members posted to the temporary site of the scheme in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that orientation camp is located at Okada in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of […]
New Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), for Kebbi State, Barr. Ahmad Bello Mahmud, has assured all political parties and stakeholders in the state that the electoral umpire would be fair to them in the forth coming 2019 general elections in the state. Mahmud stated this during a courtesy call to Governor […]
The Kaduna State chapter of the PDP says it has not promised an automatic ticket to Sen. Shehu Sani (APC/Kaduna Central), in order to woo him to its fold. “My phones have been inundated with calls people from people seeking to clarify alleged claims by Sen. Shehu Sani that the PDP has promised him an […]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State is now an isolated politician in his home state, disowned not only by his godfather, Aliyu Wamakko, but also the elders of the party. The elders excoriated him for defecting to opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and, to add insult to injury, they scored him as the least performing […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso (LAUTECH) chapter on Monday, warned that the institution was going into extinction due to infrastructural decay. The union said it was disturbed by the under-funding of the institution by its owners: Oyo and Osun states. ASUU said despite its unrelenting efforts to […]
A 48-year-old fake soldier, Hamza Ismaila, is to spend the next 90 days in jail, a Minna Magistrates’ Court ruled on Tuesday. The convict was found guilty of parading himself as a soldier. Ismaila, however, begged for leniency. The Police prosecutor, John Steven told the court that a team of policemen on surveillance duty at […]
