The Senate and the House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed the N2.17trn 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill after third reading. Before the passage of the bill, the Senate adopted the report of the harmonized sittings of both red and green chambers on the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill as submitted by Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator…
The Senate, on Thursday, sworn in Senator-elect for Kogi Central Senatorial District, Barr Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a member of the 10th Senate. This followed her presentation with Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the duly elected Senator for Kogi Central. Akpoti-Uduaghan, elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party…
Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo has rescued about twenty girls between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five at a brothel in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of the State. The raid was done in collaboration with the police following a tip-off from a whistleblower. Two among the…
The German president has apologized to the Tanzanian government for the colonial atrocities his country inflicted on Tanzania. German forces killed almost 300,000 people during the Maji Maji rebellion in the early 1900s, one of the bloodiest anti-colonial uprisings. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was speaking at a museum in Songea, where the uprising took place. “I…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, said ministers in his cabinet will undergo periodic reviews of their performance and only those who perform well will retain their offices. The President said this when he declared open the 2023 Cabinet Retreat for Ministers, Presidential Aides, Permanent Secretaries and Top Government Functionaries, held at the…
Road users and residents along the Onitsha-Owerri Road have accused some naval ratings of extortion at the checkpoints at the Enamel axis, near the Upper Iweka area of the ever-busy road. According to reports, two young boys, in their late teens empowered by the naval ratings collect money ranging from N200 to N500 from commercial…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, said the election would not hold in 38 polling units in Imo State during the November 11 governorship poll. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Sylvia Agu, who disclosed this at a press conference in Owerri, explained that there was zero voter registration in the 38 polling…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Isiokpo Division in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state has issued an interim order restraining the state House of Assembly and the Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule from carrying out any action with respect to the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Also restrained are the House…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned the election victory of Senator Gabriel Suswam of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and affirmed Emmanuel Udende as the validly elected Senator for the Benue North-East senatorial district. A three-member panel of the appellate Court, led by Justice Abimbola Adejumo, set aside the judgment of the State…
A group of Nigerian activists the United Action Front of Civil Society, on Wednesday, condemned the arrest of the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri. Ajaero was reportedly whisked away by security operatives from the state congress secretariat ahead of a planned protest in the state over workers’ welfare neglect….
