A SENIOR lawyers have called for a credible election of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) national officers. The electronic voting will begin at 11pm on Wednesday and hold for 24 hours. Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) Chairman, Mr Tawo Tawo (SAN), at a briefing, assured stakeholders and members that the exercise would be free and […]

MASSIVE floods will sweep through many parts of the country between September and October, a Federal Government agency warned on Tuesday. The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), which gave the red alert, advised residents of flood-prone areas to begin relocation because heavy rains will precipitate the flooding leading to destruction of property and likely loss […]

THE anti-graft war of President Muhammadu Buhari is on course, the Federal Government reiterated on Tuesday. It said the President Muhammadu will not resign because of the alleged infractions in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The government described the […]

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has inaugurated the Kaduna Emergency Communication Centre (ECC), built by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), alongside five Information Technology projects by other agencies. The ECC project, which makes it possible for residents in Kaduna and environs to dial 112 Emergency Number, to get help during […]

The Federal Government has evacuated 289 more Nigerians stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-related border closure. An Ethiopian Airlines plane conveying the evacuees took off from New Jersey on Tuesday night and is expected to land in Abuja on Wednesday afternoon. This is the fourth evacuation flight, which brings to 1,095 the total […]

No fewer than 10 passengers escaped death on Tuesday’s evening when their boat capsized on Lagos Waterways, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. Alhaji Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA Acting Coordinator in Lagos State, who made this known in a statement, said, “10 passengers were rescued live when their boat capsized. According to him, the […]

– Frustrated by Bauchi identity politics Many underlying but knotty factors propelled the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara’s recent retreat from major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). Some of the issues that compelled the former speaker to shift base revolve around the […]

• Alleges their continued stay undermines national security, demoralises troops The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), yesterday, said it had sued President Muhammadu Buhari over tenure elongation for service chiefs. Other respondents in the suit, filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, are the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of […]

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released probe reports of four air accidents, including the helicopter crash involving Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The scrutiny revealed that the Caverton Helicopter captain in the February 2, 2019 crash-landing at Kabba, Kogi State, used inappropriate landing techniques, and did not adhere to company procedures. In the same vein, […]

Assembly yesterday reviewed downward the 2020 budget from N213,788,033,002.97 to N174,087,453,241.46. The budget had earlier passed into law on December 19, 2019. Governor Seyi Makinde had in a letter read at plenary on July 15, 2020, sought the review of the budget in acknowledgement of paucity of funds occasioned by COVID-19 threatening 100 per cent […]

Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed yesterday dismissed calls for President Muhammadu Buhari to resign, saying he was winning the war on corruption and, in five years, had recovered funds in excess of N800 billion and recorded over 1,400 convictions. According to the minister, the recent allegations of monumental corruption in a number of government […]

The Senate has invited the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and her Works and Housing counterpart, Babatunde Fashola, to explain the variation of the contracts for some key road projects. Some of the jobs tagged Legacy Projects include Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge and Abuja -Kano Expressway. At a meeting yesterday, the Senate Committee on […]