Malaye A three-time member of the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately rescind the nomination of his Special Assistant on Social Media, Ms. Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Melaye described the nomination as unconstitutional, an affront on the patience of Nigerians, and […]

By Nwafor Sunday Nyesome Wike of Rivers state, has bowed to pressure from Nigerian youths, withdrew his directives and joined #EndSARS protest in his state. Nigerian youths on Tuesday converged at the Government House, Port Harcourt, demanding for the presence of Wike who had warned them to jettison the idea. Speaking to the protesters during […]

By Emem Idio – Yenogoa Hundreds of Bayelsa youths on Tuesday joined other Nigerians across the country to stage a peaceful protest against SARS and every form of police brutality. The youths who wielded placards with different inscriptions marched through the ever-busy Chief Melford Okilo Road in the state capital drumming and singing and stopped […]

  By Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives on Tuesday, pressed for a substantial hike in the allocation to capital projects in the N13.082 trillion 2021 budget, before the National Assembly. The 2021 budget presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari last week shows that out of the proposed N13.08 trillion […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/Osun area command said it had generated N39.9b at the end of September this year. This was disclosed by the Comptroller, Mrs Uche Ngozi, when speaking with newsmen at the area headquartres of the command in Ibadan She stated that the Oyo/Osun customs command generated the amount […]

…It is unrealistic and not achievable, Senators …This budget is nothing but old News; We have a budget based on unrealistic expectations, Abaribe By Henry Umoru Senators Tuesday began debate on the general principles of the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N13.082 trillion presented before the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senators who were […]

By Dirisu Yakubu Civil rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, Tuesday rejected Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Onochie, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, yesterday got the nod of her principal for the INEC top job but HURIWA […]

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, has backed the ENDSARS protesters who poured into the streets of Owerri. Uzodimma gave his support while addressing them at the front of Imo Government House. The governor said that he supported them because their ENDSARS protests and grievances were genuine. According to Uzodimma […]

By Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives will today, meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU as part of efforts to end the ongoing strike by the body of University academics. The university teachers are in a battle with the Federal Government, over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A 46-year-old man, Aremu Olayinka, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State for allegedly stealing property worth N1 million. Police prosecutor, Abdullahi Musa told the court that the defendant committed the offence between the month of February 2019 and March 2020 at Maskon International […]