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A coalition of over 70 civil society organisations under the aegis of Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has raised fears over the insecurity in the country describing it as a threat to the 2023 general elections. The organization said it was imperative to hold state governors to account on the use of their security votes, […]
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of HALIRU NABABA as the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service. This action followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Interior, which screened NABABA under the Chairmanship of Senator KASHIM SHETTIMA. Recall that President MUHAMMADU BUHARI had in a letter on February 23, asked the […]
The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream to organise an investigative hearing to ascertain the true state of the Port Harcourt refinery which the Federal Government has approved 1.5-billion-dollar for the rehabilitation. The House also mandated the committee to carry out a comprehensive audit of funds previously spent on the […]
The Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, MAI MALA BUNI, says his party’s ambition is to remain in power for eight terms — which amounts to 32 years. BUNI, who is also the governor of Yobe State, spoke in Abuja at the inauguration of the strategy committee of the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says nearly five hundred thousand voters are eligible for the Aba North/South Federal Constituency bye-election in Abia State. INEC National Electoral Commission and chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), Festus Okoye, confirmed this in a statement. OKOYE noted that nearly all the sensitive and non-sensitive materials required for the […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, has accepted a petition filed by the Mutual Union of Tiv in America. The Deputy Speaker, AHMED WASE, had prevented the Gwer-East/Gwer-West Federal Constituency lawmaker, MARK GBILLAH, from laying the petition before the House. GBILLAH brought the petition back at the plenary and it was admitted […]
Concerned Lawyers in Rivers state has expressed displeasure over an attempt by National Judiciary Council to exclude the most senior judge in the Rivers state judiciary, JUSTICE JOY AKPOGUNUM to the office of chief Judge and replaced with Justice Simeon Amadi who is the 3rd in succession. In a statement signed by the chairman of […]
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has called on security agencies to track and bring to justice, those involved in the assassination attempt of Benue State GovernorSAMUEL ORTOM. The leader of the Caucus, NDUDI ELUMELU, in a statement said the caucus, is alarmed by the assassination attempt on Governor ORTOM, describing it as […]
The 2019 Presidential Candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, ATIKU ABUBAKAR, has condemned the attack on Benue State Governor SAMUEL ORTOM, describing it as worrisome. In a series of posts on his Twitter page, ATIKU called for a thorough investigation into the matter and restated the need for a rejig of the nation’s security […]
A Bill for a law to amend section 32 of the Rivers State Public Procurement law number 4 of 2008, has scaled through the first reading on the floor of the Rivers State House of Assembly. This follows a letter sent to the state assembly by the state Governor, NYESOM WIKE requesting that the bill […]
