Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, yesterday, urged Nigerians to use President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements to determine the legacies of his administration, as against the insecurity plaguing the country. He stated this, while giving mid-term scorecard of the Buhari administration’s second term, maintaining that the President’s achievements were enough testimonies to his legacies. He […]
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Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has invited all ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region with a view to addressing issues causing unrest in the oil-rich region. The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), last week, disrupted the peace in the area over government’s failure to reconstitute a substantive board for the Niger Delta […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya, as the Chief of Army Staff. Buhari, in a letter to the President of the Senate, urged the federal lawmakers to treat his request, expeditiously. Yahaya replaces Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, who along with 11 others, died recently in a […]
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Falana and others during the protest Scores of protesters yesterday took to the streets of Lagos to protest insecurity and high cost of living in the state. The protesters, led by Jaye Gaskiya, an activist, included human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana (SAN), and his son, Folarin. Others were trade […]
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The Senate has given its committee on Foreign and Local debt 14 days within which to process President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for a fresh ₦2.343 trillion ($6.183 billion) for approval. Senate President Ahmad Lawan gave the directive at the commencement of Tuesday’s plenary session shortly after the Senate Majority leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, drew the attention […]
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Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said that a national public hearing to alter the provisions of the 1999 constitution will hold on Thursday through Friday this week. He made this known on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the Special Assistant (Press) to the Senate President, Ezrel Tabiowo, “the 2-day National Public Hearing on […]
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The Senate, on Tuesday, approved the upgrade of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State to a university of technology. The development followed the third reading of a bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Federal University of Technology, Ilaro and for Other Matters Connected therewith. The piece of legislation was sponsored […]
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A nationwide protest billed for June 12, the celebration day of Nigeria’s Democracy, has elicited a flurry of reactions. It was learnt the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, had called for a nationwide June 12 protest on Nigeria’s Democracy Day against the President Buhari-led administration. On Monday, Sowore and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) […]
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Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, on Monday said the administration of the President Muhammadu Buhari should be held responsible for the attack on a human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, who only sought to exercise his fundamental human rights. Adegboruwa, who was reacting to reports that Sowore was injured by a […]
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A 30-year-old woman has been allegedly raped while searching for a shop to rent in Ogun State. The victim was reportedly raped by a 42-year-old man, names withheld, who offered to help her get a container to use as a shop. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on […]
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