Senator Jeremiah Useni, has opened up on why he did not succeed the late Gen. Sani Abacha as head of state after his demised. The late military head of state whose regime was noted for human rights abuses died on June 8, 1998 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Featuring on an interview programme on Arise…
President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Christopher Isiguzo, has said the newly inaugurated National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC) will build a stronger media profession that would work for Nigerian people. Isiguzo spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), yesterday, in Lagos, during the inauguration of the NMCC by the Nigerian Press Organisation…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the national assembly to approve a supplementary budget of N819 billion. Buhari’s request was read by Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, during plenary session on Wednesday. He said the 2022 supplementary budget would be used to finance infrastructural projects across the country. The national assembly had passed…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has called on the federal government to investigate the recent killing of over 50 pastoralists and butchers in Ekye Development Area, Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa state. The forum made the called in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna by Murtala Aliyu, its secretary general. On January 25, 2023,…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially announced the nomination of the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godwin Akpabio, as its consensus candidate for the position of Senate presidency in the 10th Assembly. It nominated the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Jibrin Barau, for the position of Deputy…
Sunday Katung, the senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, has denied rumours of his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speculations were rife that Katung had concluded plans to decemp to the ruling party following defection of many PDP members in his Senatorial zone to the APC….
