•Some Nigerian governors A bill seeking the amendment of the 1999 Constitution to empower governors to appoint state commissioners of police scaled second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday. In the alteration to the constitution under consideration, a commissioner of police appointed from among the serving policemen...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared Saturday’s primary election in Edo State inconclusive. The Frontier reports that the exercise, which triggered controversy, had produced three different candidates. While a member of the House of Representatives, Dennis Idahosa, was announced winner by the chairman of the APC Primary Elec...
•Tinubu and Hafsat President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ms. Hafsat Abubakar Bakare to serve as the Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). A statement issued yesterday by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) informed that Bakare is a lawyer and fin...
•Buhari Senators yesterday bemoaned that the borrowing culture of President Muhammadu BuÂhari’s administration is behind the current economic hardship faced by Nigerians. They have also moved to probe the N22.8 trillion ways and means advances extended by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the federal government under former President Buhari...
•VP Shettima (2nd right) The federal government has officially transferred operations of the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant to Penstock Limited. The move is expected to boost Nigeria’s power generation capacity and contribute significantly to meeting the country’s growing energy demands, reports The Nation. The federal government also annou...
Dutch striker Donyell Malen snatched a vital goal to earn Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund a 1-1 draw away at his old club PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League last-16 first-leg yesterday. PSV, runaway unbeaten leaders of the Dutch Eredivisie, were left to rue a plethora of first-half missed chances and now have it all to […]
•Aso Rock President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate payment of Aso Rock’s electricity bill to avoid disconnection in the nation’s seat of power. In an advertorial titled ‘Notice of disconnection’ published on Monday, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) said the presidential villa owes an electricity bill of N923.87 million....
•Senator Moro addressing the youths in Ugbokpo The lawmaker representing Benue South District in the National Assembly and Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, has urged the youths of Apa and Agatu Local Government Areas, LGAs, to always be vigilant and be prepared to defend their land against external aggressors. He urged the youths to work [&h...
•Biden and Putin The United States will announce new sanctions on Russia on Friday over the death in prison of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, coinciding with the second anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said. “At President Biden’s direction, we will be announcing a major sanctions package on Friday of this week [&...
•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo today said that there is an urgent need for a law that will help to check organ harvesting and trafficking in the country. Obasanjo equally demanded legislative support in terms of a new bill to support people with kidney disease, reports The PUNCH. The former president, according to a statement [&h...
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