House of Representatives …as Sports Minister laments pleads for budget increase to fix 5 national stadia, mini sports centres By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-House of Representatives yesterday said it will ensure that activities and programmes meant to develop Nigeria youths get adequate funding.. It said that the days of sloganeering about the future of the country without …

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the nation’s security challenges, saying unlike when the Peoples Democratic Party PDP held sway at the federal level, the president is not sleeping on the wheels. APC made its position known in a statement issued Monday night and signed …

Ikeja Electric Plc By Ediri Ejoh Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) has commenced the distribution of prepaid meters to 106, 000 customers under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) approved by the Federal Government. Acting Chief Executive Officer of IE, Mrs. Folake Soetan, made this known at the flag-off ceremony in Ikeja. Soetan said that the …

Abike-Dabiri-Erewa By Nwafor Sunday Egypt would deport seven Nigerians for protesting without permit, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, said on Monday. Nigerians in Diaspora have joined youths in the country to protests against the activities of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, and total eradication of impunity in the Police force. However, while …

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has assured that the National Assembly will work with the Federal Government to ensure that Nigerian youth fully benefit from government empowerment programmes. The Senate President gave the assurance at a meeting of traditional rulers, 19 states governors from the northern part of the country and other top officials, held …

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-The National Examinations Council,NECO,has announced resumption of its 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination,SSCE,which was a fortnight suspended indefinitely following the #EndSARS protests across the country. The examination body,in a statement through its Head, Information and Public Relations,Azeez Sani,announced that “the examinations will now continue with a new Time-Table from Monday 9th November, 2020 …

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna state did not indict the National Assembly for not acting upon the report of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Committee on True Federalism. A statement issued by Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser on Media and Communication on Monday, clarified that the governor merely appealed for urgent action from …

Senator Shehu Sanni …Urges Muslim Community in the country not to retaliate or take vengeance By Henry Umoru SENATOR Shehu Sani who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, first on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC and later the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP has called on the government of Enugu State to ensure that …

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI — The Violence Against Persons Prohibition, VAPP, Bill, currently before Imo State House of Assembly can be used by LGBTQ to sue a priest, thereby endangering “our cultural, traditional and religious values.” The Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Moses Chikwe, raised the alarm …

…say separative agenda will fail By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Northern Governors on Monday in Kaduna have rejected and condemned  the subversive actions of the Endsars Ohange protest, and alleged that the superlative agitations and other change-regime actions outside the ballot Box soon take advantage of the peaceful protests to push for their seperative agenda. The Governors however, …

Tanzanian police have arrested the chairman of the main opposition party Chadema as well as other top leaders, ahead of planned protests Monday against an election the party said was rigged. Chadema and fellow opposition party ACT-Wazalendo rejected results which saw President John Magufuli win a second term with 84 per cent of results and …

Resident Doctors at the Ondo State University Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH), Akure, have gone on strike, warning that the hospital will be shut down over unpaid salaries. The doctors, who marched to the office of the Chief Medical Director, said they are owed four months’ salaries. READ ALSO: Massive protest against abortion ruling planned …

…Approaches US, UN, others on self-determination By Dapo Akinrefon A coalition of Yoruba groups in the Diaspora, Yoruba One Voice, Monday, expressed concerns over what it termed ‘retrogressive and insensitive’ response of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to calls for restructuring and devolution of powers, warning that the Yoruba nation may be pushed to secede any …

By Soni Daniel, Abuja The former Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, appeared before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday, sparking speculations he has questions to answer over his tenure. Fowler, who also served one term as the Chief Executive of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, was summoned to …

The Ebonyi Judicial Panel of Inquiry into cases of police brutality, human rights violations or related extra-judicial killings, says it has so far received five petitions from the public. Rtd. Justice Alloy Nwankwo, the Chairman of the panel, made the disclosure on Monday during the panel’s inaugural sitting in Abakaliki. Nwankwo, who is the immediate …

Decries poor responses on submission of memoranda Festus Ahon – Asaba Chairman of the Delta State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on Police Brutality and Extra-Judicial Killings, Justice Celestina Ogisi (rtd.), Monday said the responses from members of the public on the submission memoranda to the panel was poor. Ogisi who spoke at the inaugural sitting …

…Says unauthenticated, misleading social media footages were freely used …insists on fine …NIPR appeals for review of sanctions By Michael Eboh The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, yesterday, insisted that the three broadcast stations recently sanctioned acted irresponsibly in their coverage of the ENDSARS protests and said is not going back on the sanctions. Director General of …

…Urges other sister Secretariats to emulate Ondo Arogbonlo Israel The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Monitoring team has asserted that the preparation put in place by the NYSC Ondo State at the orientation camp should be emulated by another sister Secretariats. Speaking during the inspection of the camp facilities, the head of the team, Dr. …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Cross River State. By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said he never ordered the military to kill Igbos in Oyibo Local Government Area of the state, describing the allegation as balderdash and politically motivated. The governor stated that the curfew imposed on Oyigbo was to …

Governor Nyesom Wike By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, yesterday was given seventy hours by the Igbo National Council, INC, to withdraw soldiers from the Oyigbo local government area over the alleged ongoing killings by suspected soldiers. INC President, Chilos Godsent, spoke to newsmen in Owerri, after reports they said were …