Reps member asks colleagues to donate N100,000 each for South African returnees
By Christiana Ekpa A member representing Ibarra Central /North Federal Constituency of Oyo state, Hon. Ajibola Muraina on Thursday urged all the 360 members of the House of Representatives to support the cabin crew of Air Peace who work assiduously towards the evacuation of victims of xenophobic attacks who returned from South Africa with minimum donation More...
You can’t claim broke with 15 Govs, 44 senators -Staff tells PDP
B pdp logo y Lateef Ibrahim The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) staff and Peoples Democratic Institute (PDI) Staff Welfare Committee, Innocent Nwankwo, has questioned the reasons given for the planned More...
Outcry over N5.5b jeep baseless – Senate leader
By Ikechukwu Okaforadi and Musa Adamu The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, yesterday said the criticism against the 9th National Assembly over its plan to purchase Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) for each of the 469 More...
Cancer prevention centre Bill scales second reading in Reps
By Christiana Ekpa The House of Representatives has passed through second reading a bill for an act to establish cancer registry, to make provision for the compilation of a statistical record of the incidence of More...
Xenophobia: Air Peace MD deserves National Honour -Reps tells Buhari
By Christiana Ekpa The House of Representatives yesterday asked the Federal Government to confer National Honour on Allen Onyema, Chairman of Air Peace, for conveying Nigerians free of charge from South Africa in More...
Kogi PDP primaries: Ex-Governor Ibrahim Idris’ son heads to court
By Lateef Ibrahim One of the aspirants who contested for governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Abubakar Ibrahim, has gone to court, seeking to be declared the candidate of the More...
Tribunal validates Gov Bello’s victory
From Yakubu Mustapha, Minna The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Niger State has upheld the victory of Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 9th March governorship More...
Appeal Court clears former Jigawa officials of fraud
By Vivian Okejeme with agency T he Court of Appeal in Dutse has acquitted former officials of the Jigawa State Government who served under the Sule Lamido administration. The court discharged the officials because More...
kwa Ibom assembly reinstates suspended LGA chairman
By Ikechukwu Okaforadi The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has re-instated the chairman of Abak Local Government Area, Imoh Williams, who had been on suspension following an assault on an artisan. Godwin Abraham, More...
Bayelsa guber: I’ll reveal next step soon Timi Alaibe
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a few days ago concluded its governorship primary in Bayelsa State, won by Douye Diri, a senator who is backed by the incumbent governor of the state, Seriake Dickson. But for More...