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Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin  has  been forced resign as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation. His resignation is a fallout of the 2016 budget appropriation. In a press briefing Wednesday, the lawmaker said he resigned after extensive consultations with his family members. In the wake of the passage of the 2016 budget, Jibrin […]

Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih has said that those planning to  impeach  President Muhammadu Buhari should jettison that as the time was neither right nor the reasons compelling enough.  Anenih, in a four-page letter to the Chairman of the PDP National Caretaker Committee, Senator […]

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 22 Commissioners of Police (CP), to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors -General of Police( AIG).  The Commission also approved the promotion of 29 Deputy Commissioners of Police to the rank of Commissioners of Police. Mr Ikechukwu Ani, head, press and public relations of the […]

The Federal Government  has acknowledged the fact that there is hardship  and “serious shortage of foods”  in many families in the country presently. This was disclosed to State House correspondents on Wednesday by the Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh, when he was given a rundown of the meeting of the Federal […]

The Nigerian Navy says it has arrested a suspected member of the Niger Delta Avengers. The arrested person is believed to be a major logistics supplier to the militants responsible for attacks on NNPC and Chevron oil and gas installations in the region. Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe gave the revelation in Abuja on […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has on Wednesday appointed CSP Jimoh Moshood as the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer. The appointment was issued in a statement by the Force Spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Don Awunah in Abuja on Wednesday. Moshood is taken over from CSP Sogbeba West who has now been […]

The Zamfara State House of Assembly has listed six reasons justifying impeachment moves against the state governor, Abdulaziz Yari. The reasons were expressed on Wednesday in a statement issued in Gusau by the Chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on Information, Mannir Gidan-Jaja. According to Gidan-Jaja, the governor misappropriated billions of naira from the state coffers.  […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has intervened in the leadership crisis rocking the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile – Ife. The President directed the varsity senate to immediately appoint an acting vice chancellor for the institution. This means the appointment of the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Ayobami Salami, for the position has been revoked. […]

South Africa has said it will evolve a legal framework with Nigeria to avert a situation where the Federal Government’s funds for arms are seized in future. The South African Secretary for Defence and Military Veterans, Dr. Sam Gulube, said this while fielding questions from journalists shortly after the opening ceremony of the Nigeria-South Africa […]

Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Atiku Abubakar, has explained the purpose of his visit to the national chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun, at the secretariat of the party on Monday. In a press statement by his media office in Abuja on Tuesday, Atiku denied that his visit to […]

The Senator Representing Lagos Central Senatorial district, Senator Remi Tinubu has on Tuesday formally lodged complaints against her Kogi West Senatorial District counterpart Dino Melaye, before the leadership of the Senate and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The complaints were lodged via two letters addressed respectively to both leadership. In the first […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has again revised growth projections for Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries, saying that the Africa’s largest economy will probably contract by 1.8 percent this year. In an update on its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), the IMF said on Tuesday that the Nigerian economy would now grow at a […]