Senate probe of NDDC to complement FG’s forensic audit — Lawan
Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan said, on Tuesday, that the investigation being carried out by the Senate into the finances of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was to complement the ongoing forensic audit which was ordered by the Federal Government. Lawan, while inaugurating a seven-man ad-hoc committee on alleged financial recklessness in the NDDC, […]
Lawan Inaugurates Ad- Hoc Committee on Probe of IMC of NDDC
ABUJA- PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday inaugurated the ad-hoc Committee that is probing into alleged Financial Recklessness to the tune of N40 billion by the Interim Management Committee, IMC of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
COVID-19: Reps seek review, cancellation of Chinese loans to Nigeria
House of Representatives yesterday mandated its Committees on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, Finance as well as Debt Management, DMO to liaise with the Ministry of Finance and the DMO office Debt to seek for review or outright cancellation of latest China loans to Nigeria, on the principle of force majeur.
COVID-19: Step forward with your inventions, FG challenges scientists
Tasks corporate bodies on finding local cure By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Government has challenged corporate organisations in the country to scale up efforts at sponsoring researches to develop a local cure for the Covid-19. Government equally tasked scientists and researchers in the country to put forward their discoveries for validations. Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce […]
Lockdown enforcement order: Reps ask Buhari to unmask killer officers in Abia, 7 other states
…frown at persistent abuse of human rights by security agencies By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA – House of Representatives on Tuesday requested President Muhammad Buhari to direct that security agent implicated in the human rights abuses and killing of innocent Nigerians during the enforcement of COVID-19 lockdown order be immediately fished out for prosecution and punishment […]
Stock market sustains bearish trend as investors lose N132.9 bn
The Nigerian stock market on Tuesday sustained the downward trend as investors lost N123.9 billion of their investments following the negative sentiments that characterized the market.
COVID-19: Governors to receive feedback from States today on distribution of Palliatives
ABUJA- THE thirty- six State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF will meet today to receive feedback from States on the distribution of Palliatives in the Country since the outbreak of the Coronavirus, COVID-19 Pandemic.
Woman drowns own baby for making her miss university admission
By Evelyn Usman A 22-year-old woman, Adisa Funmilola, has drowned her baby because the child prevented her from going to university to study law. She drowned the one-year and six months old baby inside a bucket of water in her apartment at Plot 22, Gowon Estate, Lagos, on Monday, and then reported herself to the […]
IPPIS: SSANU, NAAT, poise for showdown with FG
THE non teaching staff of the universities are poised for a showdown with the Federal Government after the lockdown over the irregularities experienced in the payment of salaries since they enrolled in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS.
UPDATED: LASTMA officer beaten to pulp by police officers (VIDEO)
By Bose Adelaja A senior officer with Lagos State Transport Management Authority LASTMA has been beaten to coma, following the brawl which ensued between a team of LASTMA and Nigeria Police drafted to Apapa, Lagos. However, LASTMA Public Affairs Officer, Olumide Falade said the victim is currently responding to treatment as at Tuesday. The incident […]
Reactions trail Buhari’s appointment of Ibrahim Gambari as new chief of staff
Reactions have continued to trail the appointment of Ibrahim Gambari as the new chief of staff to the President.
Delta PDP threatens lawmaker with suspension over chairmanship tussle
Perez Brisibe, Ughelli The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has threatened to suspend the member representing Sapele constituency, Chief Felix Anirah over what the party described as the lawmaker’s provocative language and inciting vituperations against party members. It will be recalled that Chief Anirah is leading a bloc of party chieftains […]
EO Foundation hails Senate over attention given to sickle cell bill
Calls for speedy passage of bill By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A nongovernmental organization, EO Foundation Nigeria, Tuesday, hailed the Senate over attention given to the ‘Prevention and Management and Eradication of Sickle Cell Disease and other Purposes Connected Therewith Bill’. The President and Founder, EO Foundation Nigeria, Prof Cyril Otoikian, made the commendation while […]
Oyo: Christians, Muslims, traditionalists jostle for community chairmanship
CHRISTIANS, Muslims, and traditionalists in Ifeloju Local Development Council Authority (LCDA) of Oyo State are now at loggerhead over the chairmanship of the Ogbooro Community in the Ifeloju Local Development Council Authority (LCDA) of Oyo State.
Eleme indigene condemns Wike’s demolition of hotels
By Etop Ekanem A concerned indigene of Eleme Local Government Area in Rivers State, Michael Osaro, has frowned at Governor Ezenwo Wike’s recent demolition of two hotels in Eleme Local Government Area for allegedly breaching of the lockdown rules intended to contain the spread of coronavirus in the state. He described Wike as one with […]
Pharmacists blast FG over the importation of Madagascar COVID Organics
By Chioma Obinna The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, lambasted the Federal government over its decision to import Madagascar herbal concoction, COVID Organics, CVO, saying it is ‘distasteful for a country that should be the leader of Africa to go this low.” In a press statement signed by the National President of PSN, Pharm. Sam […]
