BY JOY OKON, CHIGOZIE EZEH The Presidency and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday clashed again over allegation that the Federal Government is behind the internal crises and litany of litigations rocking the opposition parties in the country. El-Rufai made the claim when he visited the headquarters of theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI An explosion that occurred on Tuesday night following an accident involving a 30-tonne gas truck near the Otedola Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway left two buildings including a Redeemed Christian Church of God building and four vehicles destroyed. Confirming the incident in a statement sent toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI It appears the controversy over the allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill and her suspension from the Red Chamber may not be getting off the news anytime soon. This is because the suspended Kogi Senator on Tuesday took her case to a global stage.Continue Reading
BY EFE MODESSTUS Ukraine endorsed an American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire and agreed to immediate negotiations with Russia in pivotal talks in Jeddah on Tuesday after three years of grinding war. In the first high-level US-Ukraine meeting since President Volodymyr Zelensky’s White House dressing down, the Americans agreed toContinue Reading
• Uncertainty over today’s Executive, Legislature parley There is uncertainty over the proposed meeting of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara with the House of Assembly members led by Speaker Martins Amaewhule. Although the meeting was scheduled for today at the Government House, Port-Harcourt, the state capital, the lawmakers had notContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has criticised Senate President Godswill Akpabio for what he called a deliberate attempt to politicise and trivialise the serious concerns Nigerians have expressed about due process in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. Saraki’s reaction followed Akpabio’s claim that recent callsContinue Reading
JOY OKON Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has invited the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and other lawmakers for a meeting The meeting is scheduled to be held at the Governor’s Office in the Government House, Port Harcourt on Monday. This was announced in a letterContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Lagos-based automobile spare parts dealer, Levi Ubodoeze, for attempting to export two kilograms of cocaine concealed in vehicle propellers to Angola. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest in a statement on Sunday. He saidContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Saturday destroyed N100 billion worth of substandard drugs in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The agency said the destruction became necessary to prevent reintroduction of expired, fake, substandard, and falsified drugs into circulation. Speaking duringContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Senate President Godswill Akpabio has spoken of the damaging effect on him and the Senate, of the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpabio said he and other Senators felt traumatised by the allegations. The Senate President, who spoke at an event toContinue Reading