Ministerial Screening: Uproar Over Petition Against El-Rufai As Akpabio ‘Saves’ the Ex-Gov
The Senate on Tuesday continued with the screening of ministerial nominees. Nine of the nominees scaled the hurdle, increasing the total number of nominees screened so far to 23. This is even as there was a mild drama before the…
Apapa Moves To Evict Abure from Labour Party National Secretariat
Alhaji Lamidi Apapa, the acting National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has prayed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, to compel the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police to eject the embattled LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, from the party’s…
FIRS Rakes-in Record N5.5 Trillion In Six Months
Nigeria‘s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced a total tax revenue collection of N5.5 trillion for the half-year period of January to June 2023. This is the highest tax revenue collection ever recorded by the Service in any first…
IGP Undertakes Convoy Patrol to Tackle Security Challenges In Plateau State
Nigeria’s Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has initiated a critical duty tour, conducting a convoy patrol to assess and address the prevailing security situation in Plateau State. The move, it was learnt, was in response to…
Court Fixes Date For Stella Oduah’s Trial Over Alleged N5bn Fraud
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has fixed date for the trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah. The Senator, who represented Anambra North at the Senate, is to stand trial alongside eight others…
Simon Ateba: White House Reporter Threatens To Sue Washington Post
Today News Africa White House correspondent, Simon Ateba, has threatened to take the Washington Post to court if the paper does not retract a recent profile on him, Fox News reports. “I will take the Washington Post to court if…
FERMA to Embark on Repairs of 36,000km Federal Roads
The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) of Nigeria has said that plans are under way to fill up potholes and intervene in the repair of failed roads nationwide as the rainy season sets in. The acting Managing Director, FERMA, Mr…
BREAKING: Tinubu Emerges ECOWAS Chairman, Says Insecurity Creeping Terrorism Stunting Progress in Subregion
At the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau for the first time, President Bola Tinubu was chosen as the Chairman…
Law Enforcement Agencies Not Debt Collectors – Legal Practitioners
Some Abuja-based Legal Practitioners have warned that Law Enforcement Agencies should not turn to debt collectors. The Legal Practitioners gave the warning at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. The press briefing was aimed at addressing vital issues across…
Asari Dokubo’s Claims: Irabor Panel Secured Role In Cessation of Hostility on Abuja-Kaduna Highway
The cessation of abduction incidents and other violence perpetrated by terrorist groups on the Abuja-Kaduna highway in northern Nigeria is due to the efforts of a security panel raised by the immediate-past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Leo Irabor,…
Erdogan Sworn In For Third Term As Turkish President, Vows Unity
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in for a third term as president on Saturday, promising to serve “impartially” after winning a historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule. Erdogan called for unity and the anger and resentment of…
