1979 Local Council Administration Law: Edo Government Approves Domain Allowance for Traditional Rulers
The Edo State Government Executive Council has approved the implementation of a 1979 Law on local council administration, which translates to a new regime where all traditional rulers in the 18 local government areas of the state will receive monthly…
Bazoum: Niger Junta Reveals Next Plan If ECOWAS Coalition Forces Invade Niger
The military authorities in the Republic of Niger, yesterday, reveal their next plan if the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) coalition forces invade the West African country. They threatened to kill the ousted President Mohamed Bazoum if neighbouring…
Anti-graft War: Kaduna NBA Pledges Support to EFCC
The Kaduna State Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has pledged its support and assistance to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in furtherance of the fight against corruption in Nigeria. Barrister Godwin Ochai, Chairman of the branch,…
Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio Shot Dead
A candidate in Ecuador’s forthcoming presidential election, Fernando Villavicencio, who was also a member of the country’s Congress, was killed while leaving a political rally in the capital, Quito, on Wednesday. The killing comes just a fortnight before the presidential…
Female Group Begs For Tinubu’s Intervention In Confirmation Of Stella Okotete As Minister
The President Nigeria Female Youth Organization (NFYO), Princess Mimi Peter, has appealed to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to intervene in ensuring the former Executive Director, Business Development, Nigeria-Export and Import Bank (NEXIM) Stella…
Tinubu Meets Wike, El-Rufai in Aso Villa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has met with former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and the ex-Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Both former governors arrived the seat of power separately. Recall that the duo…
After New Mediterranean Shipwreck 41 Migrants Go Missing
Reports indicate that no fewer than forty-one migrants, including three children, are feared dead after a shipwreck last week in the Mediterranean, UN agencies said, citing four survivors brought to the Italian island of Lampedusa Wednesday. AFP report, quoting a…
Delta ALGON Warns Applicants Over Fake Recruitment Website
The Delta State Chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has issued a warning over a fake recruitment website, a portal advertising the commencement of massive recruitment of primary school teachers and other categories of personnel. Chairman…
Ministerial Confirmation: Stop Tempting Us, Clear El-Rufai, AYCF Tells Security, Senate
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has warned that the patience of the Youth must not be tested further with the refusal to confirm the nomination of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai for appointment as Minister of the…
CNPP Urges Tinubu To Resist Temptation of Naming Self Petroleum Minister
…Hails Senate for Turning Down ECOWAS War Request Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to resist the temptation to name himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources as he prepares to assign portfolios to Ministers-designate….
Don’t Muzzle FCC Chair, CSOs Warn Reps Ad-hoc Committee
‘… No One, Including Security Operatives, Has Ever Seen Haruna Kolo at FCC Chair’s Residence’ Over 100 frontline anti-corruption civil society organizations (CSOs) comprising of rights activists and media executives, said that their attention have been drawn to what they…
