LAGOS GOV: Why I’m taking Sanwo-Olu to Supreme Court — Salis, AD candidate
HAVING failed at the Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, the Alliance for Democracy, AD, governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 election in Lagos State, Chief Owolabi Salis, has approached the Supreme Court seeking the nullification of the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Bauchi: 1,616 civil servants to participate in promotion exam
By Charly Agwam The Bauchi State government has said that about 1616 civil servants will participate in its civil service promotion examination for 2019. Speaking at a workshop organized for civil servants on Thursday, the Permanent Secretary, Establishment and Servicom Matters Bureau, Office of the Head of Civil Service, Isika Tijjani Bello said that the […]
Man bags 4 weeks’ imprisonment for stealing cell phone
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Kingsley Friday, to four weeks imprisonment for stealing a cell phone valued at N300,000.
State Assembly finally approves 4 Emirates in Kano
By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano The Kano State House of Assembly has finally approved the 2019 Emirate Council Bill placed before it by the state government. The approval was not without resistance as it sharply divided the House with some members not supporting the creation of news Emirates out of the Kano Emirate, a situation […]
Breaking: Atiku, others attend public hearing in Senate
By Henry Umoru FORMER Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the 2019, Atiku Abubakar on Thursday stormed the Senate. Also at the Senate are the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Muhammad Musa Bello, representative of Lamido of Adamawa, among others. READ ALSO: State Assembly finally approves 4 […]
Court orders DSS to transfer El-Zakzaky, wife to Kaduna Correctional Centre
A High Court on Thursday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to transfer the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zinat, to the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Kaduna, to allow his lawyer’s easy access to him.
Breaking: Senate passes 2020 budget, jerks it by N264bn
… Pushes it from N10.33 trillion to N10.594 trillion By Henry Umoru THE Senate on Thursday passed the 2020 Appropriation Bill to the tune of N10.594 trillion. The passage was after the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Appropriations as presented by the Chairman, Senator Barau Jibrin, All Progressives Congress, APC, Kano […]
CSO’s ask Buhari to dissolve NDDC Board to allow for Forensic Audit
A coalition of six Civil Society Organizations CSOs led by Guardians of Democracy and Development has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to dissolve the recently screened board of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to allow for an unfettered forensic audit of the board under the supervision of the Interim Management Committee IMC.
2023, here we come ― convicted Orji Kalu
By Onozure Dania – Lagos Former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, who was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, over N7.65billion fraud, by a Federal High court sitting in Lagos, while being led out of the court by the Correctional Service officers on Thursday said ‘2023, here we come’. Kalu, who is the […]
Women storm court, protest half-naked over Sowore’s continued detention
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja A group of women, on Thursday, stormed the Federal High Court in Abuja to protest the continued detention of Pro-democracy activist and convener of RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore. The placard wielding elderly women took the protest a notch higher by removing their clothes after they were denied entry into the […]
Conviction: CUPP wants Sen. Kalu to resign as Senate principal office
THE Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has called on the former governor of Abia State and senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, to resign his position as the Chief Whip of the Senate because of his conviction, Thursday by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.
