The Federal Government has rescheduled the annual Abuja carnival to hold from November 23 to November 25. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Grace Gekpe said the postponement was to enable the ministry plan adequately for a robust event. Gekpe expressed regret at the inconvenience caused by the postponement, however, assured the public of a robust … Read more
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to act over the killing of 50 people and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) by bandits in Zamfara State. It was earlier reported that the Speaker of the Zamfara State House Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, on … Read more
The Senate Committee on Finance on Monday queried the Federal Ministry of Finance for high budgetary releases to itself and some of its parastatal agencies. Members of the committee raised the question when officials of the ministry appeared before them to defend their 2019 budget proposals. The committee noted that amid complaints of paucity of … Read more
Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, yesterday entered his defense as he brought in the first defence witness to court. Defense counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), led in evidence one Lawal Busari, who is Justice Onnoghen’s driver. In his evidence, Busari told the court how he drove Onnoghen to the Code of Conduct … Read more
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika named a caretaker cabinet yesterday, as he grapples with a political crisis following weeks of protests demanding he end his 20-year rule. Serving Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui will head the administration, private Ennahar TV reported. Seeking to defuse the demonstrations, Bouteflika had said on March 11 he was dropping plans … Read more
To make the State House Medical Centre perform optimally, the Presidency will turn it into a clinic. However, some staffers at the State House are kicking against the proposal, alleging that the idea was to privatise the centre and make cost of medical services unaffordable. But the Permanent Secretary, State House, Jalal Arabi, said the … Read more
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, said that he survived the helicopter crash in Kogi State in February saved many people, both in and outside of government, the trouble of explaining their roles in conspiracy theories that would have followed, otherwise. Professor Osinbajo stated this at a thanksgiving service for the elections victory of … Read more
The United States, US-based National Democratic Institute, NDI, and International Republican Institute, IRI, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to commence fully implementation of the recommendations of Uwais Commission and Nnamani Committee’s reports without further delay. The joint international observer delegation, which stated this in the preliminary report on Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly … Read more