South-East governors on Tuesday say they will interface with the federal government for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This formed part of the communiqué issued after a meeting of the Forum in Enugu. At the meeting, which also had other stakeholders in attendance, were governors Hope Uzodinma, Dr. Alex Otti, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Rt….
Nigerians spent a total of N16.5 trillion to buy diesel, petrol and generators to get electricity, in 2023. The Federal Government said the formal power sector, including electricity generation, transmission, and distribution companies, made a total revenue of N1tn last year amid the over N16tn spent by power consumers in the informal sector. The Minister…
The House of Representatives Special Ad Hoc Committee on Restructuring of Government Agencies and Commission has commenced the process of reviewing the recommendations of the Steve Oronsanye Report. The report, aimed at reducing the cost of governance through merging, scrapping and relocation of some departments and agencies of government, was submitted to the Federal Government…
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, has sentenced a couple, Ezimora Okechukwu, to seven years and three years consecutively for indecent handling and sexual assault, and his wife, Ezimora Obioma, to one year of community service for concealing the act of sexual assault done to their housemaid. According to the prosecution counsel, the…
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, has sentenced a couple, Ezimora Okechukwu, to seven years and three years consecutively for indecent handling and sexual assault, and his wife, Ezimora Obioma, to one year of community service for concealing the act of sexual assault done to their housemaid. According to the prosecution counsel, the…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, mandated its Committee on National Security and Intelligence to investigate the twin suicide bombing in Gwoza, a community in Borno State. The bombings which took place on Saturday, June 29, 2024, claimed so many lives and many more injured. The House, while pledging its readiness to tackle insecurity through…
Nigeria’s lower lawmaking arm the House of Representatives has called on the President to immortalise former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, now known as the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Humphery Nwosu, for his conduct of the June 12, 1993 election adjudged as the most credible election held in post-independent Nigeria. Nwosu oversaw the…
The Nigerian Senate has asked the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and the National Emergency Management Agency to support victims of flood disaster in communities of Abia North Senatorial District. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who was also a former Chief Whip of the Senate. He…
A group, the Concerned Rivers Citizens, CRC on Tuesday said some of its members suspected to be loyalists of the state’s former governor, Nyesom Wike have been expelled. The group, in a statement issued by its President, Jackson Thomas and Secretary-General, Kelvin Eguono said the alleged impostors were expelled for their selfish and malicious activities….
A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulsamad Dasuki has asked President Bola Tinubu to sack all his appointees in the security sector because they have failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. Dasuki said this during the debate on a motion condemning the recent suicide bombing in Borno State. The motion was sponsored by…
