Former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has reacted to the death of Chief Ernest Shonekan, the former head of the Interim National Government who succeeded General Ibrahim Babangida. Kokomansion had reported that Shonekan died on Tuesday in Lagos at the age of 85. The deceased was the interim head of the Nigerian government between August 26 […]
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Chief Ernest Shonekan, a former head of the Interim National Government who succeeded General Ibrahim Babangida, is dead. According to TVC news, he died in Lagos at the age of 85 on Tuesday. The deceased was the interim head of the Nigerian government between August 26 and November 17, 1993, before he was ousted in […]
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The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has said the Military will fully go after bandits. According to Irabor the official declaration by the Federal Government would pave the way for the Armed Forces to give bandits a bloody nose. The Defence Chief spoke while appearing on the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, programme, ‘Good […]
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Public schools in Kaduna state have been directed to operate between Monday to Thursday, in line with the 4-day working week policy of the State Government. The directive was contained in a notice of school resumption for second term of the 2021/2022 academic session by the State commissioner for Education, Halima Lawal. The development came […]
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Former Lagos State Governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday said he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest for the position of president in 2023. Tinubu revealed that it was a lifelong ambition and that he has the confidence, the vision and the capacity […]
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Staffs working in the National Assembly, operating under the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), on Monday, embarked on a protest over the non-implementation of minimum wage. According to reports that the workers converged on the lobby of the white house of the National Assembly with placards condemning the action of the Chairman of the […]
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The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has requested for the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. The group made the demand in a statement issued on Sunday by its Spokesperson, Emma Powerful. President Buhari during an exclusive with Channels TV on Wednesday night, had ruled out any political solution to Kanu’s release; adding […]
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Farmers and herdsmen on Saturday engaged in a violent clash in Alapa community, in the Asa local government area of Kwara State. It was gathered that the trouble started after a herder reportedly led his cattle to graze on farmers’ cassava farm, resulting in argument and eventual violent clash. It was also gathered that dangerous […]
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Nigeria’s major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied reports that it has zoned its 2023 presidential ticket to the Northern part of the country. The party, while reacting to what it said were comments and insinuations from certain individuals, said it was completely misleading to say the party has zoned its presidential […]
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The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Lagos state chapter, has declared a three-day warning strike from Monday, January 9th to Wednesday, 12th, 2022. The Chairman of the State chapter, Comrade Julius Awojide, in a statement at an emergency congress on Saturday, said the action is to demand better working conditions from the Lagos […]
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