The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila over “their failure to probe, and to refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies allegations that N4.4bn of public money budgeted for the National... Read more
The Jukun Youth Cultural Development Association has expressed serious worries over the renewed insecurity in the southern part of the state occasioned by the operations of bandits. President of the Association Mr. Aboki Nafinji Danjuma, while briefing journalists in Jalingo the Taraba State capital, said that bandits in the... Read more
Serving senators and members of the House of Representatives from Kogi State have said they have not made up their minds on whether to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or not. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, took his own vaccination on Tuesday and announced a two-week schedule for... Read more
•Governors fingered as arrowheads •NASS caucuses, state chairmen kick •Convention may be shifted Resentment is growing in the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged plot by some party chieftains to further extend the tenure of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the party.... Read more
The Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF) says the news of the broad daylight attempt to cut short the life of the Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom, is shocking and a rude awakening. The NGF in a statement on Sunday empathized with the governor and the people of Benue... Read more
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) says the organisation will make progress on negotiations concerning the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) in its forthcoming 12th Ministerial Conference. Okonjo-Iweala disclosed this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. The 12th conference is scheduled to hold in Geneva... Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is sending Senator Chris Coons to Ethiopia to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and convey Biden’s “grave concerns” over the humanitarian crisis in the Tigray region, where thousands have died following fighting. Washington also said it will provide nearly $52 million... Read more
Lady Aisha Buhari is back in the country after spending six months in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Nation learnt that the first lady, who quietly relocated abroad after Hanan, one of her daughters, got married in September 2021, is currently at the Presidential Villa in Abuja No official... Read more
A bill seeking the establishment of an Armed Forces Service Commission on Wednesday caused a rumpus in the Senate that forced its sponsor, Eyinnaya Abaribe, to step it down. The proposal titled “A bill for an Act to give effect to Section 219 of the 1999 Constitution of the... Read more
Leaders of Southern Nigeria and Middle-Belt, under the aegis of Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), yesterday, set modalities to extricate their people from what they described as the “contraption called Nigeria.” At a world press conference at New Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State, Chairman of NINAS, Prof. Banji... Read more
