Suspected gunmen have attacked David Mike, secretary of the Kogi state governorship election tribunal. Spokesperson of the Kogi state police command, William Aya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lokoja, the state capital. The statement said Mike was on his way to work on Monday when the gunmen waylaid him and made away…
Minister of solid minerals, Dele Alake, has that the federal government will soon establish the Nigerian solid minerals corporation. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, Alake said the corporation will be similar to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. According to him, the government is ready to take the bull by the horns…
Senator Shehu Sani has that President Muhammadu Buhari is weak when it comes to sacking his officials who have failed his administration and the country. In a post on Twitter, Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District between 2015 to 2019, said Buhari has continued to retained these failed officials and is bonded with them…
Cross River state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has sacked four commissioners and five special advisers in his cabinet. Ayade who was elected for two terms on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had on Thursday last week, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The sacking of was announced in a statement…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Jolly Nyame, a former governor of Taraba state, has asked his kinsmen to shun the planned nationwide protest against hunger and economic hardship. Nyame made the call on Sunday in Jalingo while addressing Yorro community from Taraba and Adamawa states. The former governor warned that the outcome of the protest…
Some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the House of Representatives on Tuesday staged a walkout when the speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila rejected a request to ask the federal government to lift the ban on Twitter. The speaker had earlier mandated the relevant House Committee to investigate the suspension of the social media…
