•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has approved the appointment of seven of the nominees of President Tinubu as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The remaining three nominees were not present for screening, reports Channels TV. The nominees approved are Mr Etekamba Umoren – Akwa Ibom;...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the police authorities in Imo State of brutalising its President, Joe Ajaero which has left him hospitalised. It was earlier reported how Ajaero was arrested in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed [&h...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Organised Labour has threatened to embark on an immediate nationwide action if the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, is not released by the end of today (Wednesday). Recall that Ajaero was arrested in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, earlier today during a protest by workers […]
The Canadian Government is billed to announce its annual immigration plan on Wednesday in non-election years under the Immigration and Refugees Protection Act (IRPA), which is Canada’s main immigration law. This was disclosed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on its website adding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will ...
•Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara The Rivers State Police Command has explained how the attack on the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, during a protest at the state’s House of Assembly complex in Port Harcourt on Monday occurred. The command described the attack as ‘not deliberate’, adding that the intention behind the water cannons and te...
•Minister of Defence, Bello Matawalle Scores of pro-democracy activists on Wednesday marched to the National Assembly in Abuja to demand the sacking of the Minister of Defence, Bello Matawalle. The protesters at the complex chanted solidarity songs and displayed banners with different inscriptions such as ‘Sack Bello Matawalle now,’ and ‘Our d...
The renovation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s official residence and that of Vice-President Kashim Shettima in Lagos are to gulp N7 billion out of the N2.176 trillion supplementary budget presented to the National Assembly yesterday. The development comes at a time when there is nationwide hardship as a result of some policies of the current...
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has disclosed that it is yet to ascertain the numbers of students arrested by the operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) during midnight operation. It was earlier reported that operatives of EFCC raided a student hostel around 1 a.m. today, November 1, and arrested ov...
•Gabriel Suswam The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked the former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, from the Senate. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Abimbola Adejumo, the court said it was satisfied that Suswam was not the valid winner of the senatorial election that was held in […]
•Shaakaa Chira The Senate has approved the appointment of the nomination of Shaakaa Chira from Taraba State as Auditor General for the Federation. Chira’s approval came shortly after he was screened by the Upper Chamber today. President Bola Tinubu, on October 20, approved the appointment of Chira as the substantive Auditor-General of the Fede...

