The Chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa has recused herself from participating in adjudicating petitions challenging the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. Zainab, who is also the President of the Appeal Court made the announcement on Wednesday in Abuja after the tribunal had delivered ruling againstContinue Reading
The Federal Government was unsparing yesterday of former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his remarks in which he imputed ethno-religious motive to Boko Haram insurgency and Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP). Obasanjo had decried the insecurity in Nigeria, stressing that the Federal Government alone cannot tackle the menace. He saidContinue Reading
The Federal Government has said it is coming up with a policy that would remove the ownership of Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders from consumers. It made this known yesterday at a stakeholders’ forum on LPG penetration in Abuja. Speaking, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, saidContinue Reading
Kaduna State Police Command said it has arrested Alhaji Musa Imam, the man who raised false alarm leading to the death of three persons alleged to be kidnappers in a mob attack at Kawo area of Kaduna metropolis on Monday. The command’s spokesman, DSP Yakubu Sabo, in a statement givingContinue Reading
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on Tuesday walked out the Chief Judge (CJ) of the state, Justice Nasir Ajanah from a function. The incident occurred at the Government House Lokoja during the swearing-in of the new Grand Khadi of the state. The function was attended by top government officials andContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday evening returned to Abuja from Saudi Arabia. His plane touched down around 6:30 pm at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Top government officials were on ground to receive him at the airport. The President had left Nigeria last Thursday toContinue Reading
The Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, , on Tuesday in Ibadan, said the ongoing Standard Gauge Railway from Abeokuta to Ibadan was 70 to 80 per cent completed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister had alongside Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and many others, droveContinue Reading
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, says the Federal Government has closed three of the nation’s foreign missions and downsized another due to insufficient funds. Onyeama said this on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking on activities of the ministry in the last three years. The Minister said that theContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to intensify the offensive against drug traffickers. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, urged Nigerians in the diaspora to always provide information that will help the government to curb the menace. President Buhari who received leaders of NigerianContinue Reading
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has blamed the foundation of healthcare in the country for the deteriorating conditions of hospital facilities across the country. The Senate had summoned Adewole to appear before it on Tuesday over what the Senate President Bukola Saraki called the poor state of infrastructure that hasContinue Reading
