Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has promised to clear salary arrears of civil servants. He also promised to keep paying their salaries in full. The governor made the promise at an event organised by the civil servants to celebrate his Friday’s victory at the Supreme Court, which reaffirmed him asContinue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the February 23, 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, presented their first set of six witnesses at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in their bid to prove their petition challenging outcome of the polls. They are by their petition filedContinue Reading
Donald Trump has said that he will no longer deal with the UK’s United States ambassador after emails were leaked where he called the administration ‘inept’. The move could lead to a breakdown of the ‘special relationship’ between the two countries. Mr Trump tweeted: “I have been very critical aboutContinue Reading
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the biggest problem of the country. Akiolu spoke at the public presentation of Battlelines: Adventures in Journalism and Politics, a book by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Olusegun Osoba. The event held at theContinue Reading
The petitioners at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar – have commenced the calling of witnesses at the hearing their petition. The first petitioners’ witness at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT),Buba Galadima, aContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Monday after attending the 12thExtraordinary Summit of the African Union in Niamey, Niger Republic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft, conveying the president and some members of his entourage landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi AzikiweContinue Reading
Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Prophet TB Joshua, has canvassed special prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari. TB Joshua gave the appeal during on Sunday at the international headquarters of the church in Ikotun Egbe, Lagos. The cleric advised the prayers be directed towards ensuring that GodContinue Reading
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission says it will investigate the excess payment of salaries to civil servants. Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado, chairman of the commission, said this while addressing participants at a symposium on the commission and its laws. He said they suspect foul play in theContinue Reading
The Enugu State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint only committed members of the party as ministers. Nigerians have been anxiously waiting for President Buhari to name his cabinet members. Speaking weekend at the end of its State Executive Council (SEC)Continue Reading
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan, has read the riot act to ministries, departments and agencies, saying the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly will take its oversight role seriously and perform the assignment without fear or favour. He spoke yesterday during a courtesy call on the AllContinue Reading
