KWARA State Government says its directive to civil servants to open new salary accounts with commercial banks of their choice is not designed to cripple micro finance banks (MFBs). The Chief Press Secretary to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Mr. Rafiu Ajakaye, addressing reporters yesterday in in Ilorin, said that the policy was to fight the menace […]

The Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had no candidate in the November 16, 2019 governorship election. Justice John Olorunfemi of the High Court 4 said the party’s primary, conducted on September 3, 2019, and won by Musa Wada, was fraught with irregularities. The ruling was […]

Ex-Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has appealed the ruling of a Lagos High Court, which struck out a suit seeking to stop the House of Assembly from probing his procurement of 820 buses meant to revolutionise public transportation. The lawmakers suspended the probe after Ambode secured a court order, which directed parties to the suit […]

The Kogi State High Court, sitting in Lokoja, the state capital, yesterday declared that the impeachment of former Deputy Governor Simeon Achuba is unconstitutional, null and void. Justice John Olorunfemi, who delivered the verdict at a Kogi High Court 4, said the decision of the House of Assembly to proceed with the impeachment in October […]

The Federal Government yesterday urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to stay the execution of its January 19, 2020 judgment on former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam. The verdict directed the return of the case file in the ex-governor’s trial and his ex-Finance Commissioner Omadachi Oklobia to Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High […]

THE Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Osun State has thanked Governor Gboyega Oyetola for pardoning some its members demoted for engaging in studies without approval. It said it would remain grateful to the governor for prioritising the welfare of workers, especially for paying full workers’ salary promptly and regularly. The state NULGE […]

The Ikeja High Court in Lagos State on Thursday struck out a suit filed by former Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to stop the House of Assembly from probing the 820 buses he bought for public transportation. Justice Yetunde Adesanya held that Ambode had a case to answer in relation to the procurement of the […]

•Job portal, tech-hub excite youths Ogun State pride itself as the ‘Gateway State.’ Its position within the Nigerian federation made it so. It borders Lagos, the country’s commercial capital. Every good and human in transit to other parts of the country passes through its territory. The state is also the gateway to neighbouring Benin Republic […]

The Bayelsa chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to its members to remain peaceful, calm and accept the judgment of the Supreme Court that nullified electoral victory of Chief David Lyon at the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state. Addressing newsmen yesterday in Yenagoa, the state party chairman, Jothan Amos, […]

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has agreed to support the Federal Government initiative of planting about 25 million trees across the country to fulfill its obligation under the Paris Agreement. Chairman of the Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this on Wednesday night after the forum received presentation from the Minister of […]

The Senate is considering stiffer penalties for individuals and corporate entities engaged gas flaring in with effect from January 1, 2021.The Gas Flaring (Prohibition and Punishment) Bill, 2020, which was sponsored by Senator Albert Bassey Akpan (Akwa-Ibom North East), scaled second reading during plenary yesterday Clause 11(a) of the bill provides that, “Any person who […]

Council for New Nigeria initiative (CNNi), formerly known as National Committee for Buhari Support Groups (NCBSG), has admonished President Muhammadu Buhari to do everything within his power as leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and save the party from disintegration. The group, which also urged the President to initiate policies and programmes that would […]