Government

DEPUTY Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase, on Friday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, vowing not to succumb to pressure to withdraw from the race for the Speaker of the 10th Assembly. Leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had ceded the Speakership post …

PRESIDENT Mohammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation AGF, Abubakar Malami SAN, on Friday shunned hearing in a suit seeking to prohibit the inauguration of the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29. Buhari and AGF, who are the first and second respondents in the suit instituted by …

GOVERNOR Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has mourned the death of the Olori Omo Oba of Ijebuland and founder of FCMB Group, Otunba Subomi Balogun. Balogun, a foremost banker, lawyer, and entrepreneur, was reported to have died at the age of 89 in a London hospital after an illness. Mourning …

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the resumption of the new board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) without the approval of the Senate. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Umar Abubakar Hashidu and other board members were directed to resume immediately. Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu said the order …

THE PDP said that the final verdict on the genuineness or otherwise of Mbah’s NYSC certificate did not rest with the NYSC and therefore asked the scheme to face a lawsuit instituted in the court. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and its …

The factional National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) Lamidi Apapa on Friday sat at the back of the court during the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The Nation reports that Apapa was booed and mobbed by angry mob at the venue of the PEPC on Wednesday. Apapa told reporters that …

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to details of a call between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Reported gathered that Blinken during a call with Tinubu on Wednesday assured the Nigerian President-elect of the U.S. commitment to further strengthening the U.S.-Nigeria relationship with the incoming …

The factional national chairman of Labour Party (LP), Lamidi Apapa, on Wednesday, had shouting match at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja over a seat. In a viral video on social media, Apapa was seen fighting over seats reserved for some top members of the Labour Party including the …

THE Kwara State Government has finally closed down the China Kaidi Quarry site along the Ilorin-Ogbomoso highway. The government explained that the site was shut down due to significant concerns over the safety of people living in the area and environmental compliance. The decision to seal off the quarry on …

THE outgoing administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has tactically reversed some of its policy decisions in the last eight years. Some observers told Daily Trust on Sunday that although some of the policy summersaults, which came as a result of poor planning, while others were sold as dummies to the …