The Supreme Court, on Thursday, sacked the governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of Justices led by Justice Mary
National leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, have advised Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to reopen the secretariat of the state council of NLC without further delay and not try their patience. It also
The Imo state Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has urged its members to begin one week prayer and fasting for Emeka Ihedioha, to return back as the governor of Imo state. In a statement signed yesterday
The House of Representatives has urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to arrest and prosecute people using paracetamol to cook meat and others using bleach to process cassava. The
President Muhammadu Buhari has maintained that his promise to end Boko Haram and other forms of criminalities during his inauguration as President in 2015 has been kept. Buhari added that the subsequent decimation of the
The government of the United States of America has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s personal commitment to the anti-corruption crusade in Nigeria. According to a communique by the president’s special aide, Garba Shehu,
The Kano State House of Assembly has impeached the House majority leader Labaran Abdul representing Kiru constituency. Mr Abdul was immediately replaced by a member representing Wara Constituency, Kabiru dashi. No reason was given as
Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir, has directed the Accountant General of the State to immediately release the outstanding sum of N200 million for the month of December 2019 and January 2020 for immediate
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned people in ‘positions of influence’ against utterances that could aid ethno-religious fracas. The ruling party was reacting to the ‘prayer protests’ against rising killings, held by some churches
Senator Buruji Kashamu has said tax revenue from lotto industry can take Nigeria out of its economic woes if properly harnessed. Kashamu, who represented Ogun East Senatorial District in the eighth Senate, revealed this during
The governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has disclosed a sum of N11 billion has been spent on the construction and renovation of 948 classrooms in several schools across the state from 2015 till
The Presidency has attacked Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe for calling for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising spate of insecurity in the country. Earlier on Wednesday, Abaribe had said, “Nigerians will go to
Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, says Nigerians ought to be thankful that the spate of attacks by Boko Haram has dropped. He said Nigerians Should Be Thankful That
the Action Alliance (AA’s) candidate Mr Ndubuisi Emenike, in the Imo North Senatorial District in the 2019 National Assembly election has been shot dead by an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
Real facts have emerged that the Supreme Court failed to do a thorough mathematical computation of the results of the election but relied only on the wrong computations submitted by Sen. Hope Uzodinma to declare