Rep. Aliyu Betara (APC-Borno) has officially declared his intention to run for the office of the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, ahead of the June 5 inauguration.
Betara accused Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila of sponsoring an unpopular candidate to succeed him.
Betara, the incumbent Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, spoke...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, rolled out measures his government is taking to address issues of criminal trespass and damage by Hausa/Fulani pastoralists, kidnapping and banditry and other crimes in Ibarapaland and Oke-Ogun axis of the state.
The governor, in a statement he personally signed said that...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated the Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on his new appointment as the Chief of Staff to the President.
The Senate President also congratulated Senators Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia and George Akume on their appointments as Deputy Chief of...
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved and released N624.3m for payment of scholarship to 23,776 citizens of Borno State in 49 tertiary schools across Nigeria.
Commissioner for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation,Dr Babagana Mustapha Mallambe who announced this in a statement on Sunday, disclosed that payments to...
In what has become a family tradition, the former President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commenced the distribution of cash and food items to the aged women and the Baba Saraki Alasalatu group in Ilorin.
The gesture, according to the Coordinator of the Saraki Ile-Arugbo Welfare Home,...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has received the report from the Judicial Commission of Inquiry that Investigated Human Rights Abuses, Police Brutality and Extrajudicial Killings by the disbanded notorious police unit, named Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state.
The report was submitted to him by the chairman of...
UK Foreign Secretary assures of enduring partnership
President Bola Tinubu has called on the government of the United Kingdom to deepen its partnership with Nigeria and Africa by investing more across sectors to see the African continent attain more sustainable and broad-based prosperity.
President Tinubu made the call on Wednesday...
Kwara Emerging Leaders, KEL, has cautioned the government of Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to properly subject the decision to secure a N35B bond to extensive deliberation and careful scrutiny in order to avoid plunging the State into avoidable debt burden.
In a statement by its Head of Media Relations, Adekunle Oyedepo,...
Barely 24 hours after the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) directed all commands and formations of the Agency to begin an immediate clampdown on illegal sale and use of nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas following...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has assured security agencies operating in the state of continued support for the safety of lives and property.
The Governor spoke today at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi when the newly deployed Commissioner of Police Benue State Command, CP Audu Madaki paid him a visit.
He...
