Tag Archives: Politics

The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to make the provision of basic welfare compulsory. The bill, sponsored by Sergius Ogun (PDP, Edo), sought to amend section 6 of the 1999 Constitution by allowing the judiciary to entertain ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has dismissed an appeal by the former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, challenging the forfeiture of her jewellery worth $40million to the Federal Government.The court held that there was no substance in ...

The senate has approved $16,230,077,718 and €1,020,000,000 loans requested by President Muhammadu Buhari.The upper legislative chamber also approved grant components of $125 million. The president had made the request for the facilities in an addendum to the 2018-2020 borrowing plan ...

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says it is surprising that many Nigerians don’t know that the president doesn’t have the power to sack police officers. Speaking at an event in Lagos, on Friday, November 5, the minister said ...

The All Progressives Grand Alliance candidate for the Anambra gubernatorial election, Prof. Charles Soludo, has said the insecurity challenges in the state is politically motivated.Soludo stated this during the Anambra Gubernatorial Debate organised by Arise TV on Monday, noting that ...

Press statementMay I use this medium to inform my family, friends, associates, well wishers and the the General Public, that I have resigned my appointment as the Commissioner for Lands Enugu State.The reason for my resignation is as a result ...

Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, today received Taiwo Osinowo (Aka Boda Taiye Oniyakuya), who did a funny painting of the Governor and posted it on his Instagram page (@bodataiye_oniyakuya), which got a reaction from the Governor. Mr Governor ...

Nine Major Generals and seven Brigadier Generals ‘arbitrarily’ sacked by the Nigerian Army in 2016 for no justifiable reasons have been technically eased out of the service, despite interventions of Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar ...

Tinubu reunites with associates, as Sanwo-Olu hosts APC leader •Ex-Governor: ‘I’m hale, hearty and well’ National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu takes his first outing since his return from the United Kingdom (UK) last ...

Thugs numbering four have attacked Mr Waziri Enwongulu, the Legal Adviser, All Progressives Congress (APC) of Wakama ward, Nasarawa State. Enwongulu while narrating his ordeal on Saturday in Wakama when officials of APC and stakeholders visited him, said that he ...