The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the inauguration of a few members of the Edo and Bauchi states House of Assembly, describing supposed election of principal officers behind closed doors as a joke and an embarrassment to Democratic practices. In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Mallam LanreContinue Reading
The federal government is considering proscribing the Al-majiri system of education in order to tackle insecurity. Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, who disclosed this at the end of the national executive council meeting in Abuja, said the ban is to ensure that no child is deprived of basic education. AlmajiriContinue Reading
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has said that he will no longer appoint people older than him into serious positions of responsibility in his government. Ayade clocked 52 last March. The governor was explaining why it was taking him many weeks to name his commissioners and other appointeesContinue Reading
A member of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Halima Umar, abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in January, has been freed. She was handed over to the Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur on Thursday by the GOC 7 Div Brgd General Abdulmalik Biu alongside the State director of theContinue Reading
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday threw more light on why President Muhammadu Buhari relieved the present Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru of the responsibility. The corporation in a statement that the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu issued in AbujaContinue Reading
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, withdrew Festus Adedayo’s appointment. The Senate President took the decision, barely 48 hours after appointing Adedayo as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. This came after some supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) kicked against the appointment. On Thursday morning, a group known asContinue Reading
The Nigeria Police, Wednesday night, declared that the country was safe. This followed the warning by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to its citizens in Nigeria. A statement on the UK government website said all travel to Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River StatesContinue Reading
The Presidency on Wednesday asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to explain why he was absent from the maiden Democracy Day on June 12. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, the Presidency insisted Obasanjo was invited for the eventContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the spate of attacks on the people of Kona ward in Jalingo local government area, Taraba state. Buhari, in a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, on Wednesday, also ordered security forces to end the violence immediately and decisively. Many residents were displaced after armed men set housesContinue Reading
Worried by the living standard of Nigerians, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the problem of extreme poverty keeps awake at night. He was responding during the question and answer session moderated by the Chairman of Metis Capital Partners, Hakeem Bello-Osagie, at a dinner and interactive session with FacultyContinue Reading
