President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to 2 Bills recently passed by the National Assembly. Nasiru Baballe Ila, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters at the House of Representatives disclosed this in a statement. Ila said the President assented to the two bills on the 17th …
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Governor Matawalle Accepts Defeat, Calls For Peace In Zamfara
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has accepted his defeat in the March 18 governorship election. The incumbent governor was defeated by the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Dauda Lawal Dare. The governor in an audio message to the people of the state said he and all his supporters have to …
Read More »INEC Chairman Asked To Suspend Ogun REC
A group of Ogun indigenes on Thursday called for the suspension of the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye, for allegedly doctoring and rigging the result of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The group, under the aegis of the Ogun …
Read More »Amotekun Arrests Hoodlums With Firearms In Osun
The Western Security Network Agency, Amotekun Osun, has arrested two suspects who are notorious for unleashing terror attacks on inhabitants of Ita-Olokan area of Osogbo. The security outfit also disclosed that the duo, 27-year-old Afeez Olaniyan and 23-year-old Ismail Wahab, who were nabbed after a tip-off by residents of the …
Read More »2023 National Population Census Gets New Date
A new date has been fixed for the conduct of the 2023 National Population and Housing Census by the Federal Government. The Chairman of the State Steering Committee for the 2023 census in Ekiti State and Special Adviser to the Governor on Budget, Economic Planning and Performance Management, Mr Niyi …
Read More »Governor Soludo Reacts As Fire Destroys Onitsha Main Market
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has commiserated with traders at the Onitsha main market over the fire incident which razed down their shops. Soludo sent his commiserations on Wednesday in a statement signed by Mr Christian Aburime, his Press Secretary. Newsextra24 reports that fire had on Tuesday razed a two-storey …
Read More »APC Suspends SGF Boss Mustapha
Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, has been suspended from his political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. The SGF was suspended by the APC in his Gwadabawa Ward in Adamawa State. Muazu Kabiri, an official of the party in the Ward said that hardly did …
Read More »Dino Melaye Seeks Atonement For INEC, APC
Senator Dino Melaye, one of the spokespersons for Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked God to use the month of Ramadan to right the wrongs of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the All Progressives Congress, APC. Melaye’s prayer is contained in …
Read More »CBN Releases Old Notes To Commercial Banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is set to release all N1,000, N500 and N200 notes in its custody to Deposit Money Banks. A source at the CBN disclosed this to the us on Wednesday. According to him, the apex bank has concluded plans to disburse old notes to Deposit …
Read More »They Have Stolen Our Presidential, Guber Mandates – Kenneth Okonkwo
The Spokesperson for Peter Obi of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has reacted to the Party’s defeat in the Enugu State Governorship election to Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party. In a series of Tweets on his official Twitter handle on Wednesday night, Okonkwo lamented that …
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