Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that not more than 30 per cent of Nigerians pay tax to the coffers of the Federal Government, yet many Nigerians want the best to be provided by the government in the areas of infrastructure, education and security among others. Speaking on Monday while declaring open the public hearing…
Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has confronted officials of the Nigeria Police Force and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for preventing him from entering the premises of the Federal High Court. Sowore told the officers that he was not former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello, who has an ongoing…
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, Aderemi Oseni, has issued a warning to contractors handling road projects across the country, stressing that substandard work will no longer be tolerated. Oseni, who represents Ibarapa East/Ido Federal Constituency, spoke during the Oyo Federal Roads Stakeholders Engagement in Ibadan on Monday. The…
Chairmen elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the 15 October 2022 Osun Local Government election returned to their council secretariats on Monday amidst tight security. Our correspondent, who visited the Ifelodun Local Government headquarters in Ikirun, the Olorunda Local Government Area in Igbona, and the Osogbo Local Government Area secretariat in…
Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been inaugurated as the Governor of Ondo State, commencing his first full four-year term following the death of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in December 2023. The swearing-in ceremony took place on Monday at the Ondo State Sports Complex in Akure, the state capital, two months after Aiyedatiwa won the governorship election under the…
A court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province found two men guilty of sexual relations Monday and sentenced them to be publicly flogged, an official said. While gay sex is not illegal elsewhere in Indonesia — the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation — it is illegal in Aceh province, which imposes Sharia, the Islamic law code….
The Federal Government has expressed concern about excessive speed by motorists on the newly rehabilitated Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, expressed the concern in Lagos at a stakeholder engagement on Phase One and Phase Two of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. He spoke on rehabilitation efforts on key bridges…
The family of the late Chief Samuel Ayodele Adebanjo has announced arrangements for his burial rites. A statement spotted by Vanguard on Monday, signed by the family of the late Afenifere leader, indicated that the elder statesman would be laid to rest on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Chief Adebanjo, a respected nationalist, elder statesman, and…
The Kaduna State University (KASU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its strike, which began on February 18. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the KASU ASUU Chairman, Dr. Peter Adamu, who confirmed that the decision to end the industrial action was reached on Saturday. Adamu…
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s message on his birthday shamed his critics. Recall that El-Rufai stirred anger in the APC when he accused the party of lacking internal democracy under Tinubu. El-Rufai had claimed that APC’s organs had failed to meet in the last two years, which coincided…
