The Lagos State Assembly has promised to pass the 2020 proposed Appropriation Bill of N1.168 Trillion on 2nd of January, 2020. It could be recalled that the state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had on November 8, presented the proposed N1.168 Trillion, the Year 2020 Budget to members of the State House of Assembly for consideration and … Read more
The former Senator that represented Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani, has boasted of returning to the Senate in 2023. He stressed that he was not done with politics adding that “when our people want us to return”. Shehu disclosed this on Wednesday in his residence in Kaduna when he has conferred an award of excellence … Read more
The Presidency has refused to comment on the allegation of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, against the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The First Lady alleged that Shehu was disloyal to the number one citizen of the country. Adding that, she can no longer trust Shehu having defamed her … Read more
The presidency has replied a national newspaper, The Punch’s editorial that announced that the newspaper would no longer address Buhari as Mr President. The newspaper noted that it would henceforth addressed president Buhari as Major General his military rank. Reacting to a publication made by PUNCH that it would no longer address Buhari as ‘President … Read more
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has lamented over the recent DSS invasion of the court room in the bid to rearrest the convener of the RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore. The Delta state Representative member stressed that one day a similar occurrence would also happen in the National Assembly if … Read more
The former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has reached out to the aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the state to work together for the success of the party. Fayose who tendered his apology to the aggrieved party members who he might have wronged when he was governor stressed the need … Read more
The Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has pledged to deliver the dividend of democracy to the people of the state in bid to leave a good legacy behind after his tenure as Governor in 2023. Okowa disclosed this while receiving the Young Nigerian Rights Organization, YNRO, a Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, at the state … Read more
The Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has lamented over the perception the general public holds concerning senators of the Federal Republic. He stressed that Nigerians hold a bad perception of senators in the country due to lack of understanding. Lawan stated this while reiterating that the Senate will continue to act in ways that will make … Read more
The House of Representatives has taken steps to ensure that the office of the Attorney General of the Federation was separated from that of the Minister of Justice. The bill which sought to effect this changed has just passed the second reading on the floor of the lower chamber. It could be recalled that at … Read more
The 9th Senate has called for a diversified economy in the bid to curb the growing unemployment rate in the country. The Senate Leader Yahaya Abdullahi, disclosed this at a roundtable on solid mineral sector in Abuja on Tuesday. The roundtable is entitled: “Need for continuous implementation of policy reforms for the diversification of the … Read more
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress APC, Adams Oshiomhole, and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike traded words on Tuesday over leadership style. The clash occurred in Abuja at the official presentation of “The Big Interviews,” a book authored by the immediate past Managing Director of the Sun Publishing Limited, Mr. Eric … Read more
One of the Lawmakers elected Under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to fix Nigerian roads. The lawmaker representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadigbo Federal Constituency of Benue State, Rep. Francis Otta Agbo, appealed to the president to attend to his constituency in the neglected area of infrastructural development and federal appointment. … Read more
One of the political aide to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) for alleged contract fraud of N4.8bn. The aide, Stephen Amase, Principal Private Secretary to Governor Ortom was arraigned along with Mr Manger T Emmanuel, a former Commissioner of Works and presently, Special … Read more
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has promised not to shield any of his political appointees found culpable from facing prosecution over the N4.8bn contract fraud. Ortom maintained that his absolute belief in the tenets of rule of law would remain his guiding principle as governor of the state. The Governor who through his Chief … Read more
The Senate president, senator Ahmad Lawan, has raised the alarm over what he described as the biggest fraud ever. Lawan disclosed that the privatization of the power sector in 2005 and 2013, was aimed at defrauding the country. The senate president disclosed this while declaring open a one-day round-table discussion with the theme: “Addressing Nigeria’s … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari will today(Tuesday) depart Nigeria for Egypt where he will be participating in the Aswan Forum for Peace And Development. The Aswan forum was designed with the Agenda to promote Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa. The president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement … Read more
The executive arm of government in Abia State has presented a N136.6 billion Appropriation Bill for the year 2020 to the State House assembly for approval. The appropriation bill was presented by the Commissioner for Finance in Abia, Dr Aham Uko, on Monday to the lawmakers. Uko told the lawmakers that the state keyed into … Read more
A Noiseless Lagos Is Non Negotiable Says GM LASEPA Noise is a borderless irritant and a great health risk factor in environmental management. Globally, its destructive force on human life has been acknowledged, with concerted effort put up to control it, if not to eliminate it. Measured in decibels (dB), the tolerable level of noise … Read more
The Leadership of the 9th Senate has assured that the convicted Chief Whip of the Red Chamber senator Orji Uzor Kalu, will received full payment of his salary as a senator of the federal republic. The senate revealed that the former Governor of Abia State will continue to receive his full salary until the supreme … Read more
When we juxtapose the imperatival idealism of the legislative arm of government in Nigeria, vis-à-vis the preponderances of unenforceable pieces of Acts of Parliament, and the needless ambiguity in the literary interpretation of certain provisions of myriads of bills passed into law, one cannot but wonder whether we have not missed the underpinning philosophy behind the concept of state, government, good governance, public accountability and transparency.As … Read more