Oshiomhole: For Whom The Bell Tolls
By Osa Director The battle of ideas, ideologies, competencies and efficiency is usually fought by men. Therefore, it is not surprising that Senator Lawal Shaibu, Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the party, to resign for gross incompetence, inefficiency and lack-lustre performance while […]
Idris Wase Emerges Deputy Speaker, House of Reps
Idris Ahmed Wase, member representing the Wase Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives, has been elected Deputy Speaker of the Nigerian lower House. Wase, 55, and member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was elected unopposed by Reps-elect to the acclaim of many colleagues who hailed on end.
Gbaja is new Speaker of the 9th House of Reps
n an explosive election in which the Clerk of the National Assembly had to call for calm several times, Hon. Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiami, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, representing Surulere 1 Federal Constituency, Lagos, on Tuesday, emerged as Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives. Gbaja, as he is fondly called by […]
Omo-Agege Whips Ikweremadu to Emerge Deputy Senate President
Senator Ovie Augustine Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta Central, has emerged Deputy President of the 9th Senate. He defeated veteran Senator Ike Ikweremadu, who represents Enugu West, and who is beginning his 5thterm in the senate by scoring 68 votes to Ekweremadu’s 37. 105 senators-elect voted. One abstained. One vote was invalid. Voting in the election of […]
Fayose to be Re-arraigned June 28 as Justice Aneke Takes Over Trial
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, to whom the embattled former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose’s N6.9 billion money laundering case has been assigned, on Monday adjourned till 28 June, 2019 for arraignment of the former governor so that the case could start afresh. The new trial Judge hails from Enugu State. He was born on May […]
Breaking: Ahmed Lawan is new Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
By Gboyega Adeoye Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan has won the Senate President seat in the ongoing election in the hallowed chambers of the upper chambers of the national assembly Lawan is already leading landslide with 79 votes while the opponent garnered 28 votes, causing wild jubilation among senators for the 9th assembly Details shortly”
APC Govs Storm NASS Inauguration
The opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, may be beaten to their last year’s game at the National Assembly complex this Tuesday morning as governors of the All Progressives Congress stormed the complex to witness the election of presiding officers. They were led by the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Kayode Fayemi. Others in the […]
9th Senate: Rochas Okorocha Denied Accreditation, Missing at Inauguration
By Gboyega Adeoye Maverick politician and former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday arrived National Assembly, NASS premises as early as 7:40.am ahead the inauguration but was denied accreditation. As the inauguration is ongoing, he is conspicuously absent and would not be part of the senators to decide who lead them today […]
HND, Bsc Graduates Now Have Same Entry Level- Head of Civil Service
The Federal Government has clarified that the partial removal of dichotomy between the Higher National Diploma (HND) and Bachelor’s of Science (B.Sc) degree by the National Council on Establishment. Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, speaking in Abuja, noted that the resolution of the Council was that an HND holder could […]
Buhari Accepts Onnoghen’s Retirement, Asks CJN to Appoint Five Supreme Court Justices
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, to initiate the process of appointing five new justices of the Supreme Court. The President’s decision was made public on Sunday in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu. Accordong to Punch’s report, Buhari […]
