Nigeria and Niger Republic have strengthened defence bilateral relations on border security.The permanent secretary, Ministry of Defence, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar Kana, stated this when he hosted a delegation of the Niger Military High School participants who were on strategic familiarisation tour of Nigeria.In a statement by the director press of
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Akwa Ibom State governor Umo Eno has said his visit to President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja was to pave way for his state to benefit from the government at the centre.He said it was also to strengthen the unity of Nigeria, stressing that since the elections were
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Members of the Bayelsa Youths Association have asked the federal and state governments to investigate the alleged killing of four protesters by security operatives attached to Conoil offshore facility in Sangana Kingdom of Brass local government area of the state.Some aggrieved indigenes of Sangana had staged a peaceful protest against
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has exonerated the Labour Party (LP), its candidate, Mr Peter Obi from indulging in any form of rigging in the election.Atiku and PDP made the assertion before Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-man Presidential Election Petition
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Former U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence has doubled down in his campaign to win the Republican nomination, stating his bona fide that he could take up his former boss, ex-President Donald Trump as he condemns the latter’s role in the infamous invasion of the U.S. Capitol. Mr Pence said Mr Trump’s
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Senator Clement Annie Okonkwo has died after a long battle with a Terminal Illness.Okonkwo, who celebrated his 63 years birthday on 23 May 2023, gave up the ghost on Wednesday.The Popular politician was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2007 to represent the Anambra Central
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The National Assembly has passed a bill to make comprehensive provisions for the prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment by educators in tertiary institutions.Recall that the Senate passed this bill in 2020 while the House of Representatives passed theirs but with different provisions.But, the Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Senator
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dissolved the party’s Ebonyi and Ekiti States executive committees.A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Debo Ologunagba, said the dissolution takes immediate effect.Ologunagba said the NWC approved the dissolution of the two states executive after
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reassured elected members of the incoming 10th National Assembly that his administration remains firm on the choices of candidates for presiding officers’ position made by the leadership of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).The President stated this on Wednesday night when he met with Senators-elect
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There are plans underway by the Lagos State House of Assembly to make promulgation that will potentially undermine land and property ownership by non-indigenes, especially Igbos in the state, following a declaration by its speaker Mudashiru Obasa to “reverse all the reversible.” “Lagos is a Yoruba land as against the assertions
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