Get off governors’ bondage – Buhari tells LGAs
Troubled by the near obliteration of the third tier of government by the state governments, President Muhammadu Buhari, last night, asked the councils across the country to support the amendmentof the law to free them from the clutches of the governors.
Woman nabbed for dumping one-day-old baby on Lagos street
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, on Thursday said the Police had arrested a 31-year-old woman who allegedly abandoned her day-old-baby on the street. Owoseni, who gave the suspect’s name as Ifunayan Eme, an indigene of Enugu State, said she was arrested on Tuesday during the Eid-el-Kabir holiday.
Buhari backs constitutional amendment to clarify relations among tiers of govt
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will support a constitutional amendment to free local governments from the stranglehold of state governments. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said in a statement that Buhari made his position known when he received the leadership of the Association of Local Governments in Nigeria (ALGON) on Thursday in Abuja.
$31.4m saga: Quiz, arraign Patience Jonathan now, CHRICED tells EFCC
The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED), yesterday, called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to invite the former first Lady, Patience Jonathan for questioning over the $31.4m fraud.
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: NFF says Falconets to open camp before September ends
Mohammed Sanusi, the General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), says the Falconets will return to camp before September ends, ahead of the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Buratai enumerates Buhari’s strategic directive on relocating military, Boko Haram
Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday addressed top US defence officials and policy leaders on the efforts made by the military in the fight against insurgency in the North-East. Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, said in a telephone interview that Buratai spoke at the Africa Center of the Atlantic […]
