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 […]
Man Cuts Off Boy’s Hand For Fishing Behind His House
61-year-old man identified as Jeremiah Obifor, has been arrested for cutting the hand of a boy who went to the back of his house to fish, at Mebamu, Ojo, Lagos. The Lagos state police command identified the 11year-old boy as Goodluck Amechi, in the Okokomaiko area of the state. A statement by the command’s spokesperson, […]
Saraki Donates Severance Allowance to Leah Sharibu’s family, Others
President of the Eighth Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has directed that the National Assembly Management should distribute his Severance Allowance to families of three victims of the insurgency in the North-East zone being perpetrated by Boko Haram and children of late Senators in need of financial assistance. In a statement signed by his Special […]
Dropping Passengers at Unauthorised Bus-stop to Attract N50,000 Fine in Lagos
Lagos State government has warned commercial drivers who are in the habit of picking and dropping passengers at undesignated bus stops, especially on the highways, to desist or face the full wrath of the law. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Taiwo Salaam, who handed down the warning, stated that the practice […]
