Ahead of the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office, the race for cabinet appointments has begun. A former Military Administrator, three outgoing governors and 15 ministers are jostling for cabinet seats. There were indications last night that the Office of the Secretary to the GovernmentContinue Reading
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has removed the name and image of convicted Justice Walter Onnoghen from its current members’ list on its website. Onnoghen was last week convicted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for violating the Code of Conduct and Tribunal Act, by refusing to declare theContinue Reading
The Inspector General of Police M.A Adamu has ordered a speedy and comprehensive investigation into the tragic accident on Sunday in Gombe when the driver of a bus rammed into a procession of Easter revelers in Gombe state. The accident occurred along Gombe-Biu road. Witness accounts, according to the policeContinue Reading
A passenger bus ran into Christian worshippers in the Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Monday, injuring 17 of them. The injured, many of them with serious bone fractures, were admitted into different hospitals around Numan, the local government headquarters. Witnesses said the accident happened around 10 amContinue Reading
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Monday, lambasted the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for attacking him. In a statement by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Saraki said Tinubu on Sunday released another of his expected quarterly vicious attack onContinue Reading
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has shortened his leave to return home and join major stakeholders in tackling the ongoing crisis around some border communities of the state. Our correspondent reports that renewed hostility between Jukuns of Wukari, a border local government area of Taraba State and Benue’s ruralContinue Reading
Some presiding officers in Borno and Yobe states say they transmitted results of the February 23 presidential election to the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The All Progressives Congress (APC) had tackled Atiku, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over his claim that results fromContinue Reading
Determined to avert a crisis in the 9th National Assembly, All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have waded into the row over the choice of principal officers, especially the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The race for Senate President is being hotly contested byContinue Reading
Four alleged Islamic State militants were killed on Sunday when authorities thwarted an attack on a state security building in Saudi Arabia’s central Riyadh province, authorities told state media. The four had helped carry out the attack at the Mabaheth (domestic intelligence) station in Zulfi, a small city about 250Continue Reading
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, has said he has no secret motive in supporting Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila to be the next Senate President and House Speaker, respectively. He stated this in a statement by his spokesperson, Tunde Rahman, made available to DAILYContinue Reading
