Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has approved the disbursement of N136.26m as a car loan to 368 civil servants in the state. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akin Oyebode, said amounts ranging from N80,000 to N1.5 million would be disbursed to the beneficiaries of the loan scheme depending on their grade levels. Oyebode said…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed seven new aides to the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja, where they will work under the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN. The appointees include: Kamarudeen Ogundele, special assistant to the President on communication and publicity; Hussein Oloyede, special assistant on arbitration, drafting…
The Nigerian Police Force says it has launched an investigation into the security situation at the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex. The police disclosed this in a post on its Facebook page on Monday, assuring that it would take immediate action against those responsible. “We’re aware of the security situation at the Rivers State…
Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Imo State, the state government has requested to occupy all hotel rooms in Owerri, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Tourism, Jerry Egemba, in a memo addressed to all Chief Executive Officers of all the hotels in the Owerri metropolis, stated that the state government would…
The oldest monarch in the history of Nnewi Igwe Kenneth Orizu III recently celebrated his 98th birthday with family and his cabinet members, He was born into the royal family, a descendant of a long line of leaders. As a young boy, he displayed interest in the customs and tradition of Nnewi and that is…
Some communities, including Eziagulu Otu community in Anambra State have decried continued invasion of their land by neighbouring communities in Kogi and Enugu States. The communities, who appeared at the continued public hearing of the Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (ATJPC) on Sunday, blamed the interstate crisis on the scramble for land and natural…
Some lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have elected Edison Ehie as the new Speaker. Ehie was the House Leader until he was suspended on Monday. But he told reporters at the Government House, Port Harcourt later that 26 members of the House sat and elected him Speaker….
Following the political crisis rocking Rivers State over the plot to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara, elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked President Bola Tinubu to call the mister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to order. Speaking to J journalists On Monday In Abuja, Clark, a leader of the South-South regional group, the…
Rivers youths, on Monday, stormed the streets of Port Harcourt in peaceful protest to oppose the impeachment of the state governor, Similanyi Fubara. The youths, in their numbers, were seen in a viral video marching through major roads and streets in the Rivers metropolis chanting, “If Port Harcourt don taya you, go Abuja e. Wike,…
Nigeria’s popular constitutional lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead, aged 92. Born in 1931, in Atani, Anambra State, Prof Nwabueze died on Sunday evening in his home. Professor Ben Nwabueze or Professor of Professors as he’s fondly called by his numerous admirers is Nigeria’s first academic Senior Advocate of Nigeria. A Teacher, Administrator, Businessman and…
