The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has described the National Assembly, particularly the Senate, as an enabler of executive recklessness. He was reacting to the removal of Borno State Senator Ali Ndume as the Senate Chief Whip over his criticism of President Bola Tinubu. Ndume’s removal on Wednesday was sequel…
President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting Mr Tinubu held with labour leaders in his office at Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress…
George Ogunde, the first child of the late theatre icon Hubert Ogunde, has passed away. His sister, Dayo Ogunde, shared the sad news in a Facebook post on Thursday. “It’s hard to say goodbye Brother mi, our first child in the Ogunde clan. But we take solace in the fact that you are in a…
The House of Representatives has resolved to support the Federal Government with N648 million for six months by slashing their salaries by 50% to support food sufficiency across the country and to address the high cost of food. This followed the adoption of an amendment to a motion’s prayer moved by the Deputy Speaker of…
A former National Vice Chairman (North-west) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has said the actions of President Bola Tinubu have suggested that he is not interested in serving a second term as Nigeria’s leader. The former APC chieftain added that both President Tinubu and the APC are charting the way to lose…
A bill for the establishment of the National Independent Local Government Electoral Commission, NILGEC, has scaled first reading in the Senate. The body will be saddled with the responsibility of conducting elections for the 774 local governments in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. To achieve this, the Constitution will need to…
One of the officers who participated in the arrest of then Head of State, and current President, Muhammadu Buhari, during a military coup on August 27, 1985, Abdulmumini Aminu, has stated that contrary to claims, he and his colleagues never handcuffed Mr. Buhari upon arrest. Mr. Aminu, a retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army, also…
Ace journalist and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Dele Momodu, has lambasted the National Assembly over the removal of Ali Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South senatorial district, as the Majority Whip. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Wednesday, read a communication from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) demanding the replacement. The…
Former Senate Minority Leader and Senator representing Abia South senatorial district, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that there is no need having herdsmen roaming around the South-East, destroying people’s farms and killing the people of the region in the name of doing their business. Abaribe, while featuring on Channels TV on Tuesday, said that the…
Former Nigeria Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has advocated for the full reintroduction of Religious Knowledge into all public primary and secondary schools across the country, saying,”it is the only way to bring sanity back into the society”. The former President made this known when the Executive members of the Niger state Chapter…
