Deliberations on the Petroleum Industry Bill by the National Assembly has been shifted to the first quarter of next year , the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources , Timipre Sylva, has said . At the sidelines of the Joint Executive -Legislature Leadership Retreat at the Presidential Villa Banquet Hall in Abuja , Sylva told […]
Two members of the House of Representatives have defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Wednesday, read separate letters from Mr Ephraim Nwuzi, who is representing Etche /Omuma Federal Constituency in Rivers State , and Mr David Abel representing Gashaka/Kurmi /Sardauna […]
The Nigerian government has approved over N650 million (N653,886,584) for the purchase of hi-tech equipment to monitor frequencies in the country, especially in the Southeastern part. This was disclosed by the communication minister, Isa Pantami, at the end of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. “The Ministry of Communications and Digital […]
The Senate said on Wednesday that only those involved in budget preparation would accompany the President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Thursday. The President is expected to present the 2021 national budget estimates to the joint session of the federal parliament on Thursday. The President of the Senate , Ahmed Lawan, told his […]
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan says banning the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) is not the solution to cases of extrajudicial killings by the Police unit. His statement comes after the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, last week, banned F-SARS personnel and other Tactical Squads of the Force from embarking on routine patrols. Senator Lawan […]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has appointed Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the new Emir of Zazzau .The Cable reports. The state government announced the appointment in a statement signed by Ja’afaru Sani. Bamalli succeeds Shehu Idris who died on September 20 after reigning for 45 years. Bamalli is said to be the first emir […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advised the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, to with immediate effect, resign his position and return to farm. ASUU gave this advice while reacting to a statement credited to Nwajiuba where he (Nwajiuba) told the striking lecturers to return to farm. Our correspondent gathered that […]
Organised Labour President Ayuba Wabba yesterday urged courts to stop issuing orders that restrain citizens from exercising their right to protest. Waba expressed displeasure that, while citizens of developed countries enjoy freedom to protest, Nigerian courts issue injunctions to restrain citizens from expressing their aversion to unsavoury state policies. He spoke in Abuja at a […]
The Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, a coalition of over 80 organisations, has said that the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, was not sincere in his latest ban of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. Amid social media campaign to scrap the police squad, the IGP on Sunday banned SARS officials from carrying out ‘stop and […]
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, has called on residents of Ndele and other communities in the Emouha Local Government Area, who fled in the wake of kidnapping and armed robbery along the East- West Road to return home. Mukan made the call while speaking at an event to honour the spokesman for […]
