A member of the House of Representatives, Solomon Bob, has faulted the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for stating in a recent live programme that Rivers State was not attracting federal projects, including the ongoing construction of rail lines across the federation, because of insecurity. In a statement, the federal legislator, who described the remarks […]

The Lagos State Government has announced alternative routes for motorists as a section of Eko Bridge is closed to enable rehabilitation works on worn-out bearings noticed between Alaka and Costain portion inwards Apongbon. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure Engr. Aramide Adeyoye said in a statement that it became necessary to […]

House of Representatives yesterday ordered an immediate probe of the cleanup of spills and remediation in oil-producing areas of the country in the last five years. Considering a motion sponsored by Abubakar Hassan Fulata at plenary presided by Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, it resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to probe activities of the National […]

• States’ party chairmen divided over suspension The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday met behind closed doors with the suspended National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, conspicuously absent. The Guardian learnt that the March 17, 2020 emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, billed to be attended by […]

BARELY 24 hours after he was deposed as the Emir and banished from Kano, Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, has appointed Malam Muhammad Sanusi II into the board of the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA). A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House said that, “the appointment is part of the reconstitution of the board […]

Over N3.7 billion and other assets have been recovered from former directors and contractors of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. He spoke while inaugurating the NDDC Advisory Committee at the Executive Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja. Members include governors of the nine Niger Delta states, […]

Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Muyiwa Olumilua, said on Tuesday that the bill for the Ekiti Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps pending before Governor Kayode Fayemi would be signed into law next week. The bill, awaiting Dr. Fayemi’s assent, was passed by the House of Assembly into law on February 14 after passing through […]

The traditional institution in Nigeria has come under attacks from political leadership for a long time. Deputy Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU chronicles the various cases of deposition and restriction Emirs of Kano 1. Bagauda (999-1063) 2. Warisi (1063-1095) 3. Gajimasu (1095-1134) 4. Nawata & Gawata (1134-1136) 5. Yusa (1136-1194) 58 yrs 6. Naguji (1194-1247) 53 yrs […]

THE legal team of the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi ll, has threatened to sue the Kano State Government over what it called “illegal detention and banishment “ of its client. It said was driven at night for seven hours to a remote village in Nasarawa State, all in a bid to cause him […]

Osun State House of Assembly has passed into law, a bill prohibiting kidnapping, banditry and ritual killing. The bill, which was passed into law on Tuesday, was read for the third time, having passed through debates to correct identified grey areas by the committee of the whole of the House of Assembly. Speaker Timothy Owoeye […]

THE reality of a worrisome economic meltdown as a result of the touring Coronavirus, which as at last count has touched down on 90 countries, came closer home on Tuesday, with President Muhammadu Buhari, admitting that the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has started affecting the nation’s revenue negatively. The President made this known when workers in […]

THE Kano State Government on Tuesday gave more reasons it deposed Muhammad Sanusi as Emir of Kano. It said Sanusi was queried three times by the administration of former governor Rabiu Kwankwaso for disrespecting tradition. This is apart from being at loggerhead with Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in the past three years. Spokesman to […]