Mr Adebayo Shittu, the former Minister of Communications, said that he was shocked when his name was not included on President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list. Shittu who for first time spoke about his disappointment that he didn’t make the cut as second term minister, said he took the exclusion asContinue Reading
Tonye Princewill, former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, has said the Governor, Nyesom Wike used the 2019 governorship election in the state to teach Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation a lesson. He said Wike and Amaechi’s enemies taught the Minister a lesson and theContinue Reading
Determined to completely smoke out remnants of Boko Haram sect terrorising Borno State and its environs, leaders of the Operation LAFIYA DOLE; embarked on a patrol at the wee hours of Sunday. The team was led by the newly-appointed Theatre Commander Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Maj Gen Olusegun Adeniyi alongside MajContinue Reading
The Federal Government and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council are scheduled to meet on Friday to try and finalise negotiations on the consequential adjustment on the new minimum wage which has been stalled due to disagreement between the two parties. The Nation learnt from sources close to that teamContinue Reading
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has charged Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, to focus on intelligence gathering. Aregbesola, a former governor of Osun State explained that since NSCDC was not the lead agency in internal security, it should focus on intelligence gathering. Speaking when he visited theContinue Reading
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has declared probe into the rape accusation by celebrity photographer, Busola Dakolo against founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo inconclusive. It said the five-man investigative panel it set up sat for over a month with presentations and attendance by keyContinue Reading
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday dashed the governorship aspiration of a former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the Cross Rivers Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Frankland Briyal. The national chairman declared that only those who have spent at least one year in the partyContinue Reading
Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau has advised Mrs. Pauline Tallen, the Minister of Women Affairs, to avoid listening to gossips from people that had no good intentions for Plateau. “You should not listen to gossip from people who don’t mean well for Plateau. There are people who would sow seedsContinue Reading
The Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has increased the tariff payable by power consumers across the country. Findings from various documents obtained from the NERC on Wednesday in Abuja showed that beginning from next year, power consumers will have to pay an additional sum of between N8Continue Reading
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has revealed that he knew he would return as a Minister in the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Ameachi said he got the hint from President Buhari. The Minister who spoke briefly at his swearing-in reception said: “The President told me theContinue Reading
