The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to a report trending in the social media regarding a certain Dominic Akpan, who claims to have resigned from the employ of the Commission to join the #EndSARS Movement. He cited undisclosed “ugly experiences” he had...
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday cast his vote in the governorship and state assembly elections, saying that the electoral process is not supposed to be violent.
Sanwo-Olu voted at Eiyekole, 006 polling unit, St. Stephens Nursery and Primary School, Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island around 10:30am.
The governor...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has warned the newly-promoted generals against coup plots.
He said the Nigerian Army would not tolerate any plot to scuttle the current democratic dispensation.
Buratai, who spoke during the decoration of 39 newly promoted major generals on Friday, said he was aware...
FirstBank of Nigeria has appointed Aishatu Bubaram as group executive, Commercial Banking North Division, making her the first female from Northern Nigeria to attain an executive management position in the bank.
Prior to her appointment, she was the group head, Commercial Banking North, a position she assumed in 2016 following...
There seems to be no depletion in the roll call of well-meaning personalities identifying with Lagos State Government over the destruction of public and private assets in the carnage spiked by the hijack of the recent EndSARS praotests.
Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, on Sunday, led all the...
The House of Representatives has resolved to do a repeat consideration of three bills, which did not get presidential nod.
They are, Physically Challenged
(Empowerment) Bill, 2019 (HB. 02); Students Loan (Access to Higher Education) Bill, 2019 (HB. 06); and Nigeria Health Infrastructure Development Bank (Establishment, Etc.) Bill, 2020 (HB. 908).
A...
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong has tested positive to COVID-19 following a test he and members of his family carried out.
The test result indicated that Governor Lalong's test returned positive while all members of his family tested negative.
Consequently, the Governor who is asymptomatic has gone into isolation while his...
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State says those advocating an interim government after the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari are daydreaming.
He made the comment after a meeting with the President on Thursday at the State House in Abuja.
In a chat with State House correspondents, he asserted that the support...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed the commitment of the House to speedily pass the 2020 Finance Bill.
The speaker said the bill was critical to the success of the 2021 budget, as it made provisions to support the recovery of the Nigerian economy...
The vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, has promised to stop the seizing and crushing of motorcycles, also known as okada, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other parts of the country when he assumes office.
Shettima, who made this known in a recent engagement with the National Association of Tricycles...
