The State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting at the Court of Appeal in Lagos today, November 2, upheld the election of Jesse Okey-Joe Onuakalusi of the Labour Party (LP) as the duly elected House of Representatives member for Constituency ll Oshodi-Isolo, Lagos. The court in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeal lodged by the [&hel...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has reacted to reports on decomposing bodies in Abia. Obi said the discovery of dead bodies in Abia State shows the level of insecurity in Nigeria. “It unearths how insecurity has continued to ravage many parts of the […]
•INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that 40 polling units in Imo and Bayelsa states are without registered voters. This is as the governorship election in both states as well as Kogi State scheduled for November 11 is fast approaching, reports Channels TV. According to a statement by...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has confirmed the remaining three Resident Electoral Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nominated by President Bola Tinubu. The nominees are Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi from Lagos State, Dr. Anugbum Onuoha from Rivers State and Mr. Isma’ila Kaura Moyi from Zamfara Sta...
•Natasha (R) takes oath of office The Senate, today, swore in Senator-elect for Kogi Central Senatorial District, Barr Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a member of the 10th Senate. This followed her presentation with the Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the duly elected Senator for Kogi Central, repor...
The Senate, today, passed the N2.17trn 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill after third reading. Before the passage of the bill, the Senate adopted the report of the harmonized sittings of both red and green chambers on the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill as submitted by Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Solomon Olamilek...
•Ajaero Medical experts at the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Owerri, are currently battling to save the eyes of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. Ajaero was said to have been arrested by men of the Imo State Police Command while leading a protest in the state yesterday, reports The PUNCH. But the […]
The Senate will today Thursday, pass the N2.18 trillion 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill forwarded to it for consideration by President Bola Tinubu. As requested by Tinubu in the letter read in the Senate during plenary on Tuesday, the request was given expeditious consideration, reports The PUNCH. The budgetary proposals made in the bill...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he never requested for a presidential yacht. The president said this through his spokesman, Tope Ajayi. There has been outrage since details of the N2.1 trillion supplementary budget Tinubu submitted to the National Assembly were published, reports Daily Trust. According to the budget, N5.09 bi...
•Lagos-Ibadan cargo train Investigations by our correspondent yesterday have revealed that the Lagos-Ibadan cargo train, since it’s arrival on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at the Apapa Port from Moniya in Ibadan, has not left back to Ibadan with cargoes due to lack of enough cargoes to lift from the nation’s busiest port, reports Nigerian Tribune....

