The speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has called on Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to set up reconciliation committees to unite party members across the country. Speaking at a meeting of APC stakeholders in the North West Zone, on Sunday in Kaduna, the speaker said peace…
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, send fighter jets to flush out terrorists in their hideouts who are behind the kidnappings and killings of Nigerians. The call was made on Tuesday during plenary in resolutions reached following a point of order raised on the “Urgent need for the…
The Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reacted to the Tuesday judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which sacked Governor David Umahi and his deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, from office. The party described the court judgement biased after it ruled that Umahi and his deputy were to be sacked…
President Bola Tinubu has suspended Betta Edu as minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Edu has been embroiled in a controversy after a memo surfaced indicating that she asked the Accountant-General of the federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to transfer the sum of N585 million…
Another set of four of the remaining 32 abducted train passengers have been freed by their captors. The four released victims which include a 90 year old woman and her 53 year old daughter were released on Friday. Their released was confirmed in a statement on Friday by Tukur Mamu, a media consultant to Sheikh…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council in Rivers has announced the cancellation of its planned rally scheduled for Tuesday in Port Harcourt. Chairperson of the presidential campaign council in the state, Lee Maeba, made the announcement on Monday at a press conference in Port Harcourt. Maeba said the rally has been called off…
