The Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Petition Tribunal has nullified the election of Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State. The election was nullified based on a petition filed by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party, which argued that it was unlawfully excluded from participating in the election. Delivering judgment on Monday, the panel led by Justice Yunusa Musa […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a hospital on Monday for a medical check-up, a government source said, after a top official voiced concern the premier was suffering from fatigue because of his workload during the coronavirus pandemic. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, plans to return home later on Monday after the examination at Tokyo’s […]
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger and Chairman North Central Governors’ Forum, has described Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd.), popularly called IBB, as a true patriot and nationalist who gave his all to ensure the unity and survival of Nigeria. This is as the Elder Statesman marks his 79th Birthday Anniversary on Monday. In a statement […]
The Presidency last night advised a former Speaker of the House of Representatives Ghali Umar Na’Abba not to bring President Muhammadu Buhari into whatever problem he has with security agencies. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President Mallam Garba Shehu, the Presidency decried what it described as Na’Abba’s “publicity stunt” because […]
The wrangling over the 774,000 public works jobs initiated by the Federal Government might have been resolved with slots allocated to lawmakers. Besides Senators and House of Representatives members, governors and ministers will also make nominations. The process of recruitment which the National Assembly tried to halt, after a clash between Minister of State Labour […]
The push for the realization of Igbo President in 2023 intensified at the weekend with some pressure groups giving reasons why the Southeast deserved to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode also lend his weight behind the clamour for an Igbo President. He however advised leaders of the zone to […]
President Muhmmadu Buhari has sent birthday greetings to former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, as he clocks 79 years on Monday. A statement in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said: “President Muhammadu Buhari sends warm felicitations to former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, on his 79th birthday, […]
Some states that began implementation of a tax relief for individual taxpayers and businesses by September 31 are to be compensated. Such states will partake in the $2.5 million set aside by the Federal Government through its Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and the World Bank, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), said on […]
The Onne Port complex of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at the weekend successfully berthed one of the biggest gearless Maerskline vessels at the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT) in the town. Onne Port is in Rivers State. A statement by the Head Corporate and Strategic Communications, Onne Port Complex, Barbara Ejeme, said the vessel arrived […]
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr Obadiah Mailafiya has been re-invited by the Department of State Security (DSS) for further discussions. The Nation learnt Mailafiya is expected to be at the DSS office Jos, Plateau state capital, by 12 noon on Monday, August 17, 2020. His lawyer, Bawa Ba Esq, […]