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 […]

A GROUNDWELL of opposition on Tuesday greeted the banishment of deposed Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II. Senior lawyers were unanimous in their condemnation of the action. They urged him to challenge what they called an “anachronistic” practice that has no legal basis. Failure to challenge his banishment, the legal experts said, will set a […]

The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, yesterday confirmed that the second case of COVID-19 in the country is a Nigerian in Ogun State. He said the patient is a contact of the index case, a 44-year-old Italian man, and has been in isolation since the first case […]

To underline their willingness to support their darling team, fans of Bendel Insurance have purchased jerseys worth more than N26 million since the club was rebranded. Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Phillip Shaibu, who disclosed this in Benin City during a chat with journalists, said the sale of jersey was just one of the marketing […]

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom yesterday apologised to both serving and retired workers on behalf of his government as well as previous administrations in the state for the inability to find a lasting solution to the pension problem over the years. Ortom, who tendered the apology when he flagged off the contributory pension scheme at […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly has removed two of its principal officers, the Chief Whip, Rotimi Abiru and the Deputy Majority Leader, Olumuyiwa Jimoh. Two other members of the House, Moshood Oshun (Lagos Mainland Constituency II) and Kazeem Raheem Adewale (Ibeji Lekki Constituency II), were also suspended indefinitely during plenary yesterday. Announcing the suspension […]