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The new governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has announced the appointment of five new persons into his cabinet. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, the governor appointed Professor Joseph Alakali as the Secretary to the State Government. Also appointed were Moses Agbogbo Ode as Head of Service; Paul Biam […]
The Federal Government representatives are expected to meet with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, today by 2pm over the planned removal of fuel subsidy. This was disclosed by NLC National President, Joe Ajaero. He says the position of Labour has been clear that even if President Bola Tinubu has a good intention, alternatives […]
A magistrate court sitting at the West of Mines in Jos has admitted more exhibits in evidence against the founder of Garden of Prayer Miracle Ministry, Prophet Moses Essenssien, despite the objection by his lawyer, Martins Ezeudu to the admissibility of all the evidence. The prophet is standing trial alongside one Paul Neme, who is […]
Plateau state Police Command has unsealed the state House of Assembly complex. The complex was opened yesterday for members who also held a plenary session there, only to be locked up hours later again. Our correspondent Keshia Jang reports that the facility has now been opened after it was earlier shut down by the police […]
The Federal Government representatives are expected to meet with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, today by 2pm over the planned removal of fuel subsidy. This was disclosed by NLC National President, Joe Ajaero. He says the position of Labour has been clear that even if President Bola Tinubu has a good intention, […]
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Ikoyi, Lagos. DSS officials stormed the EFCC Ikoyi office, stopping officials from accessing their workplace and gunshots were also heard in the area. But Tinubu in a statement by his […]
The Plateau state Police Command has yet again sealed the state House of Assembly complex, barely forty eight hours after Barrister Caleb Mutfwang assumed office. The latest development is also coming less than twenty-four hours after the Speaker of the House, Ayuba Abok Presided over a Plenary Session. The lawmaker representing Riyom State Constituency, Timothy […]
The Department of State Security have stormed the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos. According to sources in both agencies, there has been an ongoing rivalry between the DSS and the EFCC over the ownership of the […]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan is saying that members of his cabinet feared being jailed when the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, won election in 2015. Jonathan, while speaking in an interview, says some of his cabinet members even felt he would run away, but he stayed in the country. The former president says the tense atmosphere […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has welcomed the pronouncement of President Bola Tinubu on the removal of fuel subsidy. The President, in his inaugural address yesterday declared an end to the era of subsidy payment, saying the 2023 budget made no provision for fuel subsidy, so further payment was no longer justifiable. Responding in […]
