Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called for the immediate arrest of the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Abdullahi Bodejo, describing a statement he made on RUGA as a threat to the country. Ortom made the call in a statement issued on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase. Bodejo had been […]

The Nigeria Customs Service has said January 31, 2020 contained in a leaked memo is not terminal date for the border closure. The Public Relations Officer, NCS, Mr Joseph Attah, confirmed the development in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents on Sunday. Attah said January 31, 2020 was only the end of the […]

The Nigeria Association of Auctioneers has chided the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, over his announcement that the commission would engage foreign auctioneers to sell the jewellery and houses seized from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. The association noted that it was an insult […]

There are fears among members and supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), that the attempt by security agencies to re-arrest the leader of the group and Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, may prevent him from attending his mother’s (Sally Meme Kanu’s) funeral. This is even as an Abuja Court presided over by […]

Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha,  has expressed fear that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may lose power in 2023 if nothing is done urgently to re-position its leadership. Okorocha, who spoke in Kano yesterday against the back drop of the protracted feud between the APC National Chairman, Adams Aliyu Oshiomole and […]

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its proposed strike over Federal Government’s directive to enroll its members into the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS). During the presentation of the 2020 Budget proposal before lawmakers on October 8, President Muhammadu Buhari vowed that any employees not captured on the IPPIS platform by […]

Nigeria and Vietnam have agreed on the establishment of a joint trade commission and to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. This was among the highlights of a high-level meeting between Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. […]

Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on the Supreme Court ruling which re-affirmed his victory at the presidential poll. He urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in last general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to accept the apex court’s verdict and join President […]

House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said the Electoral Act Amendment Bill did not pass because most of the provisions were targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari. The Speaker stated this yesterday in his Abuja office when he hosted a team from the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), led by its Executive Director, Clement […]

Kano State is set to introduce the death penalty for kidnapping in its penal code as child abductions and trafficking worsen. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Thursday directed the state Ministry of Justice to immediately amend the Penal Code to add capital punishment for kidnappers. The Eze Ndigbo in Kano, Igwe Boniface Ibekwe, backed the proposal. […]