Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is not doing enough to tackle the nation’s insecurity. Speaking on a Channels Television Programme on Wednesday March 31, Abaribe stated that no one takes President Buhari serious in handling of insecurity including the service chiefs. Recounting …
Read More »Many government officials misadvise Buhari to decline assent to bills – Senate President, Ahmad Lawan
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has alleged that some government officials give President Muhammadu Buhari wrong advice, leading to decline in assent to some bills passed by the National Assembly. Lawan made the claim during a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Health over an Act to amend the Orthopedic …
Read More »Nursing mum who sat for exam while heavily pregnant becomes first and only graduate with First Class in her department’s history in Unical
A woman who sat for her final exams while pregnant and gave birth 3 days after her exams, has become the first person to ever graduate with a first class from the Linguistics and Communications Studies in University of Calabar (Unical) Colette Offiong Bassey took to Instagram to share …
Read More »Kano people need more education than flyovers – Kwankwaso tells Ganduje
Former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has told his successor Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to prioritize education instead of flyovers in the state. Commenting on Ganduje’s plan to construct a flyover with a N20bn loan at Hotoro roundabout in Kano Metropolis in an interview with BBC Hasua Service on Friday March …
Read More »OAU staff commits suicide, leaves suicide note for his mother, wife and children
A staff of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Osun State, Fisayo Oyeniyi, has committed suicide. The Nation reports that Oyeniyi who was one of the armed guards in the institution hung himself in his residence after sending suicide text to his mother, wife and children. In the text message, Oyeniyi …
Read More »Power should go to south in 2023 – Gov Zulum
The governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum, has lent his voice to the call for power to shift to the South in 2023. Governor Zulum stated this when he spoke at the presentation of a book by Dakuku Perterside, former director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), …
Read More »I picked Abaribe from the gutter – Orji Uzor-Kalu
Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu has fired back at his colleague, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe over comments he made about him. Abaribe was the deputy governor when Kalu governed Abia in 1999 but he was impeached before the end of Kalu’s first term. The Senator representing Abia South had alleged in his book …
Read More »“She is innocent”- Nigerians kick as Libyan police arrest compatriot for allegedly stealing over N3m from her employer
Nigerians in Libya have protested after one of their compatriots was arrested by the police for alleged theft. Arabic media on Monday, March 22, reported that a Libyan citizen accused his Nigerian housemaid of stealing 40 thousand Dinar (N3,382,222.19) from him and she was subsequently arrested. Details on …
Read More »Some people are selling COVID-19 vaccination slots – FG
The Federal Government has raised an alarm of an alleged racketeering of COVID-19 vaccine in the country. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Abdullazzi Abdullahi who disclosed this at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, alleged that some people are selling their vaccination slots. Abdullahi …
Read More »Doyin Okupe apologizes to the Igbos for saying an “Igbo presidency cannot evolve until the north forgives the Igbos for killing Sardauna of Sokoto”
Former Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe has apologized for the incendiary statement he made about an Igbo Presidency. He had tweeted: “A national consensus for Igbo Presidency cannot evolve until the core north forgives the Igbos for the killing of Sardauna of Sokoto by nigerian soldiers of igbo extraction in …
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