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The House of Representatives on Wednesday suspended its earlier plan for a briefing by President Muhammadu Buhari, after it became clear the president would no longer honour the House’s invitation. At plenary Wednesday, the House failed to mention an item on its order paper to admit Mr Buhari into the …

FAYEMI TO RECEIVE NHRC LEADERSHIP AWARD Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi will on Thursday receive The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)’s Leadership Award on Human Rights as part of activities marking the Human Rights Day, as well as kick starting activities for the Commission’s silver jubilee anniversary celebration. The …

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has said that the National assembly of Nigeria has no consitutional powers to summon the President, Muhammadu Buhari. In a shocking statement issued on Wednesday, Malami stated that the president cannot be summoned to give account of operational use of the armed forces. …

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered telecommunications companies to halt the sale and activation of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM). This comes ahead of an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database. In a statement on Wednesday, Director, Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde, said the directive will be in effect until the audit …

Rashidi Ladoja visit APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at his Ikoyi Bourdillon Lagos home. YESTERDAY

Bauchi govt to renovate govt house with N6.1bn, says present structure “embarrassing” Bauchi State Government has planned to renovate is Government house with over N6.1billion. The information was released by the Commissioner for Environment and Housing Mr. Hamisu Muazu Shira while speaking with journalists. He said that the present Government …

#HappeningNow Coalition of Northern Leaders converge on Enugu to discuss the State of the Nation.

The Senate has indicted the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly killing a final year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Chinedu Obi, and mandated the police authorities to pay to his family N10m as compensation. Obi, who was arrested on July 19, 2019 after a disagreement with …

Since the second week of October, youths across the country led the #EndSARS protests which were peaceful gatherings to protest against police brutality and bad governance until October 20, 2020, when the Nigerian Army dispersed #EndSARS protesters with gunshots at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. President Muhammadu Buhari on …

President @MBuhari presides over Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting and Swears-In INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at The State House, Abuja. Professor Mahmood Yakubu was on Wednesday sworn in for a second term as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and believes elections in the country are …