One person has been confirmed dead and 21 others wounded in a shooting in Missouri at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. Officials said they treated eight victims who were in immediately life-threatening condition and seven others who had suffered injuries that could prove life-threatening. Nine children were among the…
The suspended national treasurer of the Labour Party, Mrs Oluchi Opara, said the party’s sanction against her over allegation that the national chairman Abure misappropriated over N3 billion out of the N3.5 billion raised for the 2023 campaigns, did not follow the party’s rules. Opara stated this while reacting to her suspension by the national…
The National Body of Labour Party has suspended its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, for six months. The party’s spokesman, Obiora Ifoh, announced the suspension on Wednesday at the party’s National headquarters in Abuja. According to him, the suspension is with immediate effect. Ifoh said contrary to allegations of abuse levelled against the leadership of the…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has announced the constitution of a 45-member constitution review committee on the 1999 constitution to be chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin. The committee would also comprise six lawmakers from each geopolitical zone and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The committee will review the laws…
A group of lawmakers numbering about 60 in the House of Representatives have called for amendments of the 1999 Constitution from the current presidential system to the parliamentary system of government. According to the group the transition has become necessary to reduce the cost of government in the face of dwindling revenue. Titled, ‘The Bills…
Thousands of youths today stormed the streets if Ughelli in Delta state to protest police brutality The protesters are calling on the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force, the Police Service Commission, and “all lovers of the country to rein in on police personnel who have turned themselves into armed robbers in uniform” with the…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has appointed Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke as a special adviser on Climate Policy and Sustainable Development. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Okereke and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. With the appointment, Okereke has been mandated to design and execute science-based climate policy for the…
The House of Representatives has tasked the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to immediately provide an Armoured Personnel Carrier vehicle to MOPOL 64 Base in Obiohia, Ideato South Local Government Area, in Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State. The lawmakers mandated its Committee on Police Affairs to ensure compliance and report back within…
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has suspended the task force on the relocation of mechanics and spare parts dealers from the Aba metropolis to the Ovom mechanic cluster in Obingwa LGA of the state. The suspension was announced by the Deputy Governor of Abia, Ikechuckwu Emetu while addressing the business community in Aba…
Governor Hope Uzodimma has taken the Imo State indigenes who graduated from the Imo State University (IMSU) by surprise as he has offered to pay their school fees for their programme at the Nigerian Law School. Each of the lucky Law School students from Imo State scheduled for the programme is to be credited with…
