Senate President Godswill Akpabio has declared vacant, the seats of Senator Dave Umahi of Ebonyi South Senatorial District and Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe East Senatorial District following their assumption of office as ministers. The Senate, therefore, asked the Independent National electoral commission (INEC) to conduct by-elections to fill the vacant seats immediately. Both Umahi and…
Former Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has been sworn in to the 10th Assembly as the Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District. He was sworn in during plenary on Wednesday at the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Lalong had resigned from his appointment as Minister of Labour and Employment last week in preparation…
Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly Somtochukwu Udeze has sworn in Mr Justice Azuka LP Onitsha North Constituency l) as Member of Parliament on Tuesday in Awka. On Nov. 25, the Election Petition Appeal Court upheld the declaration of the Anambra State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal that sacked Egbuna from the seat…
The son of late Dora Akunyili, Edozie Akunyili, has expressed concerns about the sacrifices his family made for Nigeria, questioning their worth. He made his position known, while reacting to discussions on X following outrage over the growing prevalence of counterfeit consumer goods in markets and stores across the country. Responding to the tweets on…
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, slashed public transport fares for Nigerians by 50 per cent. This was disclosed by the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, during a press conference on the presidential intervention in public transportation to celebrate the Yuletide season in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to Alake, the intervention will commence on…
The 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly has withdrawn the notice of impeachment on Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The notice of withdrawal was contained in a letter signed by the 27 and read out by their Speaker, Martins Amaewhule. Amaewhule said this was in line with the conflict resolution intervention instituted by the…
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HoSF, Folasade Yemi-Esan, has insisted that Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, of the Federal Government have no excuse not to digitalise their operations by 2024. Situating the theme ‘Towards the Digitalisation of the Public Service by 2025’, the HoSF stressed that all the FCSSIP25 pillars are…
A Magistrate’s Court in the Yaba area of Lagos State has arrested two friends, Noah Tovohome and Rajay Zannu, in a correctional centre for killing their friend, Segun Zusu, over 36 bags of rice. The duo appeared before Magistrate Linda Balogun on Tuesday on two counts bordering on murder. It was gathered in court that…
Gregory University, Uturu (GUU), Abia State, has offered to employ eight out of the 217 graduating students of the school, who made first class honours. At the eighth convocation ceremony of the university recently, 217 students graduated from the school in various courses, including 19 pioneering medical doctors, who, at the ceremony, were inducted into…
Abia State Government has directed all local government chairmen in the State to ensure that all political billboards used during the last general elections are pulled down. In a statement signed by Okey Kanu, the commissioner for information and culture, the government directed that all the 2023 election billboards be pulled down before Christmas. The…
