The Senate says it will pass the 2019 appropriation bill on April 16. Senate President Bukola Saraki, who made the announcement at plenary on Tuesday, mandated the appropriation committee to submit its report between April 9 and 11. He also urged various appropriation sub-committees to submit their budget reports by Friday.Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected seven more bills transmitted to him by the national assembly. The president announced his decision to withhold assent to the bills via a letter read during senate plenary on Tuesday. The bills include: Chartered Institute of Training and Development of Nigeria Bill, 2018; Nigeria AeronauticalContinue Reading
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in the lead so far in the ongoing resumption of collations for the governorship poll. Some of the local government results declared by INEC officials, who have gone on recess for a few minutes, are below: Opobo/Nkoro LGA:Continue Reading
The Kogi State House of Assembly has recommended the removal of the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Nasiru Ajanah for alleged gross misconduct. This followed the adoption of the report and recommendations of the house committee on public account which indicted the Kogi State High Court and Kogi HajjContinue Reading
An Abuja high court sitting has dismissed a suit filed by the African Action Congress (AAC) seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from collating the results of the governorship and house of assembly elections in Rivers state held on March 9, 2019. The suit, marked FHC/ ABJ/CS/303/2019,Continue Reading
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier says that Britain’s disorderly exit from the European Union without a deal is becoming more likely by the day after the U.K. parliament again rejected alternatives to the government’s unpopular divorce deal. Despite the downbeat assessment, Barnier did say that “we can still hope toContinue Reading
A fifth man is fighting for his life after a being stabbed while walking down a road in north London. Police said they have not yet formally linked the attack to a series of stabbings that took place over the weekend, but they said the ‘location and manner’ of theContinue Reading
Nigerians were yesterday go a reassured by President Muhammadu Buhari that they should expect the best in the next dispensation. The President promised to use his second term in office to take the country to loftier heights, even as he appreciated those who voted for him. Buhari spoke when membersContinue Reading
Crude oil price climbed more than one per cent with United States crude hitting a 2019 high yesterday after tight supply and positive signs for the global economy drove both benchmarks’ largest first-quarter gains in nearly a decade. The price of the US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up 85Continue Reading
The All Progressives Congress has said the clarification by its national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole that the party has no adopted political party and candidates in Rivers state did not amount to a power tussle between him and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. Oshiomhole made the declaration on the heelsContinue Reading
