Melaye’s words greatly demeaned the female gender and the hallowed chamber – Lagos Senators

Gbenga Ashafa and Solomon Adeola, senators representing Lagos east and Lagos west senatorial districts respectively, have condemned in strong terms, the action/words of Dino Melaye, their Kogi west counterpart, at the senate’s executive session of Tuesday. Recall that Melaye had threatened to beat up and impregnate Oluremi Tinubu, senator representing Lagos central, for challenging him. […]

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Amaechi: Efficient transportation is key to national development; we need to develop policies

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said on Tuesday that the lack of a functional national transportation policy was affecting the road transport system. Amaechi said this at a stakeholders workshop on road transport management and mass transit operations in Nigeria held in Abuja. “It is disheartening that after over 50 years of Nigeria’s […]

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Osinbajo wants establishment of state police

The Vice Presidential Spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, has said that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo advocated a deeper understanding of the current restructuring debate in the country.Akande in a release issued on Tuesday in Abuja, also said that Osinbajo had support for the idea of having State Police in the country, which would require constructional amendment. […]

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PDP Crisis: INEC endorses Ize-Iyamu for Edo election

Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Edo Sept. 10 governorship election, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Nick Dazang, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Deputy Director for Voter Education and Publicity, disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Dazang said the decision to […]

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Buhari appoints Hadiza Usman as MD Nigerian Ports Authority

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, approved the appointment of Ms Hadiza Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).The information is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Yetunde Sonaike in Abuja. Sonaike stated that others appointed were Mohammed Bello-Koko as Executive Director, Finance; Prof. Idris Abubakar, […]

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