Natasha suspended for misconduct, not harassment claim, Senate replies IPU

The Nigerian Senate has defended its decision to suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan before the Inter-Parliamentary Union, stating that her suspension was not related to allegations of sexual harassment but due to gross misconduct. Speaking before the IPU on Wednesday, the Chairperson of the House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Kafilat Ogbara, dismissed claims […]

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Okpehbolo recalls suspended Attorney General, Osagie

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, on Wednesday recalled the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie, five weeks after he was suspended from office over alleged corruption. His recall followed the consideration by the governor of the report of an Investigative Panel set up by Government to investigate allegations of financial infractions against […]

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South West Development Commission stripped of 3% air, seaports revenue

The House of Representatives has stripped the South West Development Commission of three percent of the total revenues derived yearly by the airports and seaports in the zone. It was gathered that the House will transmit the newly amended bill to President Bola Tinubu for assent today. This was part of the far reaching changes […]

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Egbetokun redeploys 25 top officers in shake-up

Police Inspector General, Kayode Egbetokun has redeployed 25 top officers to various strategic formations nationwide. Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He said the affected officers included seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), and 18 Commissioners of Police (CPs) due […]

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Home raid: Igboho drags DSS to S’Court over N20bn damages

Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn the Court of Appeal’s ruling that nullified the N20bn damages awarded to him against the Department of State Services and the Attorney General of the Federation. Igboho initially sued the AGF, the DSS, […]

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Lagos-Calabar highway project wasteful, corrupt – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the N15.6tn Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway project as wasteful and corrupt. He equally slammed the President Bola Tinubu administration for spending N21bn on a new official residence for Vice President Kashim Shettima, calling it a misplaced priority and conduit designed to embezzle public funds. The ex-leader disclosed this in chapter […]

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Ondo killings survivors recount ordeals, Aiyedatiwa pledges tight security

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has assured residents of the state that his administration will strengthen security measures and equip security agencies to combat rising insecurity, particularly in Akure North Local Government Area. The governor’s assurance comes in the wake of a deadly attack last Saturday that left at least 14 people dead in four […]

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Protesters barricade East-West road as herdsmen cut off man’s hand in Delta

Aggrieved people of the Uduophori community in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday barricaded the East-West road in protest against the amputation of a 28-year-old resident by suspected killer herdsmen said to have besieged the locality. For several hours, the protesters halted vehicular movement from Bomadi and other neighbouring coastal communities as […]

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Can the university trigger national development amid economic challenges?

By Martins Oloja I would like thank the authorities of the Nigeria’s premier University of Medical Sciences in Ondo State, specifically the Chairman of the Governing Council, the Vice Chancellor, Members of the Council here present, Members of the Senate, the Deans. Heads of Department, Distinguished Members of the Academic and non-Academic Staff and Students […]

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Tinubu overrules Akande panel, backs Obasa to remain Lagos Speaker

President Bola Tinubu has supported the return of Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker of the embattled Lagos State House of Assembly despite an earlier recommendation by closest associates for his resignation. He took this decision as his way of resolving the leadership crisis that has for about two months been rocking the assembly of his […]

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