As a fallout of recent killing of military personnel in Okuama Community, Delta State, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has accused the military of invading Igbomotoru 2 in Bomo-Ibe Clan of Bayelsa State in the early hours of Sunday 17th March, 2024, killing 40 people. While condemning the recent killing of military personnel, the council…
Former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, said he would no longer allow elder statesman and fellow Ekiti man, Chief Afe Babalola, control the narrative regarding his time in office, because it was obvious his constant attacks were intentional. Fayemi, in an exclusive chat with THISDAY, said while he might grant the…
The Senate has asked the Federal Government to immediately compensate the families of the 16 murdered army officers and soldiers. This request was made during a session on Tuesday, while the senators observed a minute silence in honour of the military personnel who lost their lives last week Thursday in Okuama Community, Delta State. During…
The presidency has revealed that the President is set to drop underperforming ministers as President Bola Tinubu plans to launch a platform that would enable Nigerians to give feedback on the assessment of each minister and their performance. Ministers in Tinubu’s cabinet will only retain their offices based on their performances. The objective is to…
The Senate ad hoc committee probing the disbursement and usage of the N30 trillion Ways and Means loan obtained during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has discovered 13 infractions in the process of obtaining the loan. The chairman of the committee, Senator Isah Jibrin (APC, Benue…
Nigerian Frontline comedian, Atunyota Akpobome popularly known as Alibaba, has said that some of Nigeria’s 36 states should be local government areas. The veteran comedian stated this when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday. He said some of the states were created by the military to appease some…
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said the statement credited to Senator Abdul Ningi in the media has damaged the integrity of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The representative of Bauchi Central Senatorial District said the National Assembly passed two budgets for 2024. In an interview with BBC Hausa,…
A former Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has said neither the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, nor the National Assembly broke any law with the 2024 budget padding. Akpabio, has been on hot seat following allegations that the Senate padded N3.7 trillion into the approved budget, with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Abubakar Malami, former Attorney General and Minister of Justice under the erstwhile President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, allegedly frustrated efforts to recoup to the national treasury stolen resources that financial analysts estimated to be around N70 trillion, sources allegedly told SaharaReporters. This is according to multiple documents corroborated by top sources within the Federal Ministry of…
The North-East Chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), said it has observed with shock, that a ranking senator, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, allegedly stooped so low to profile northern senators and by implication, the northern people for planning to stage what he described as “a civilian coup” against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. CNG,…
