SEVEN of the bills rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari were yesterday reconsidered and passed by the Senate. The development came as the upper chamber initiated moves to override of the President on the Fourth Alteration Bill No.28. The Senate said the bills were reconsidered and passed in line with legislativeContinue Reading
At least 28 people are reported to have died after a coach went off the road in a hotel district on the holiday island of Madeira. Filipe Sousa, the mayor of Santa Cruz where the crash took place, 11 men and 17 women, died in the crash – the majorityContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to dissolve his cabinet as he prepares to wind down his first term in office. Buhari who was recently re-elected for a second term in office in a statement yesterday directed the ministers to submit a comprehensive reports of their respective ministries. They have tillContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to allegations contained in the petition by Atiku Abubakar and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) before the presidential election tribunal. Buhari, in a response filed on April 16 by a team of lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun (SAN), faulted the claim by AtikuContinue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Thursday re-arraign former Federal High Court Judge, Rita Ofili Ajumogobia before a Federal High Court in Lagos. The development comes barely a day after Ajumogobia was arrested by the anti-graft agency after an Ikeja High Court struck out corruption charges againstContinue Reading
Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, is currently in a close-door meeting with wives of state governors and some security experts. The meeting was called in a bid to contributing the women’s quota to addressing the spate of kidnapping, banditry and other manifestations of insecurity in the country. TheContinue Reading
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has officially declared his intention to contest for another term in office on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bello made the declaration on Wednesday while inaugurating the board of the State House of Assembly Service Commission at Banquet hall Government House,Continue Reading
Alan Garcia, the former president of Peru, has died after shooting himself in the head as police came to arrest him in connection with a corruption probe. Current president Martinez Vizcarra said the 69-year-old former head of state died on Wednesday after undergoing emergency surgery at the Jose Casimiro Ulloa HospitalContinue Reading
Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that the result from the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed he defeated President Muhammadu Buhari. In his submission to the presidential election tribunal, the former vice president gave the “uniqueContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, presented a certificate of return to the re-elected Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt. Gov. Wike was re-elected on March 9, 2019, with the collation of election results concluded on April 3. Speaking, Gov. Wike dedicatedContinue Reading
