The Senator representing Kano South Senatorial District under the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Senator Kawu Sumaila, has defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress. President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter of the lawmaker’s defection at plenary on Wednesday. According to Sumaila in his letter, his decision to…
Wema’s 80-for-80 million Naira winners and the MD/CEO, Moruf Oseni, during the bank’s 80th Anniversary gala Night. Wema Bank, Nigeria’s oldest indigenous bank, most innovative and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, celebrated its 80th anniversary in grand style with a spectacular gala event, themed ‘A Night of Timeless Elegance.’ The event held…
Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party (LP) Senator Nenadi Usman has described Barr. Julius Abure as an impostor. Consequently, the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) under her leadership has given Abure 24 hours within which he should show cause why disciplinary action should not be taken against him. Usman said this…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra Command, says it has deployed 1,531 to beef up security ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s visit to the state on Thursday. Tinubu is expected in the state on a one-day working visit to inaugurate projects executed by the Anambra government. The State Commandant of the corps,…
The Abia Government is to begin enumeration of all houses and business outlets, with the aim of bringing more residents and businesses into its tax net. Addressing newsmen in Umuahia on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, said that the enumeration would help the state to improve its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from N40…
Mr Belusochukwu Enwere, the National Chairman of the Youth Wing Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN), has called on Atiku Isah, a factional leader of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), to issue an unreserved apology to Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, over allegations of involvement in kidnapping and violence. Enwere’s demand comes…
The House of Representatives yesterday warned of citizens revolt, if the Federal Government failed to address insecurity in the country, which has been on the upswing in the last few weeks. This came on a day Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, told his colleagues that the insecurity and parlous state of the nation’s economy are stretching…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday presented a ₦1.78 trillion budget proposal for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to the House of Representatives, urging lawmakers to fast-track its passage to facilitate critical development projects. The ₦1,783,823,708,309 budget was formally submitted in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House which was read on the House…
Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed insinuations that he was planning to dump the party for ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Speaking with PDP women members of the Board of Trustees, BoT, who visited him to help save the party from total collapse, the former Vice President…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged the Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh, and the State’s Neighborhood Watch to step up surveillance efforts on the roads in response to the growing threat of miscreants harassing road users. The call came during Tuesday’s plenary session when Mr. Sanni Okanlawon, representing Kosofe I, raised the issue…
