Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for merging of government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as part of efforts to curb wastage of scarce resources, futher stating that government need to block all forms of financial leakages due to the dwindling revenue. Obasanjo made the call on Tuesday in Abeokuta while addressing […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu, said the National and State Assembly rerun elections earlier scheduled for July 30, has been postponed due to incidence of violence in a number of local government areas and the atmosphere of […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has recognised former Governor Ahmed Makarfi as the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement issued by Nick Dazang, INEC’s Deputy Director, Voter Education and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja. He said INEC ratified the administrative approval granted Makarfi, based on […]
Continue ReadingA female Prisons staff attached to Kirikiri female prisons, Lagos has been dismissed from the service for smuggling alcoholic drinks into the prison yard.The dismissal letter signed on behalf of the Controller-General of Prisons by the officer incharge of discipline, DCP Agun Olatunji Esq, stated that the staff was found guilty of negative activities which […]
Continue ReadingBy Femi Fani-KayodeI have chosen to share my views about our nation today because I am aware of the fact that President Buhari has not finished with me yet and I may be picked up and thrown into detention on other trumped up charges very soon. This government will do and say anything to silence […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned the standard-gauge Abuja-Kaduna rail services at Idu station in Abuja. The launch means that commercial operation is set to commence on the 27th of July. Speaking, President Buhari said the federal government would link all states and commercial centres in the country with rail lines. President Buhari ltook a […]
Continue ReadingMichelle Obama wanted to make a case for Hillary Clinton, so she took time to address the crowd at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, where she ended up delivering an incredible and forceful speech that will will go down in history. She was able to point to Clinton’s credentials and experience, but ultimately, what […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja said his administration would pay keen interest to accountability and transparency to fast-track football development in the country. The president stated this when he received Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) President, Gianni Infantino, and the Secretary-General, Fatma Samuora, at State House. Buhari challenged football administrators to fashion […]
Continue ReadingFormer chairman of the House of Representatives committee on appropriation, Abdulmimin Jibrin, has posited that President Muhammadu Buhari would ban Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house along with his senior cabal, from the presidential villa if he had any clue of their real nature. Jibrin is involved in a battle with the leadership of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate has cleared the air on the rumoured plot to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, saying there is no impeachable offence against the President and as such there is no contemplation of impeachment by the chamber. The Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the president had no impeachable […]
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