UgamatvReps abruptly adjourn plenary over non-availability of Order Paper
The House of Representatives has been forced to adjourn plenary over the non-availability of order paper for the day’s plenary. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, after taking his seat for the…
Insurgency: Five ministers, security chiefs to monitor IDPs’ repatriation, resettlement
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has inaugurated the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East of Nigeria. The committee…
JUST IN: Gov Ikpeazu orders closure of Aba cattle market, abattoir
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the immediate closure of the abattoir/cattle market and Ahia Udele market. This was contained in a statement by Abia Commissioner for Trade…
APC notifies INEC of convention date two days to deadline
Ahead of the February 26 National Convention, the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress has officially notified the Independent National Electoral Commission of…
JUST IN: Buhari receives Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Bwacha, into APC
Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, has joined the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party. He was welcomed to the APC by the President, Major General Muhammadu…
FG uncovers 96 Boko Haram sponsors
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism, including 424 associates/supporters of the financiers. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known during a…
Explosion rocks Niger Delta oil vessel, 10 crew members on board
Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd announced on Thursday that its offshore facility, the FPSO Trinity Spirit located at the Ukpokiti Teminal, near Escravos, was engulfed by fire, following an…
We’ll ensure justice for blind man ‘killed’ by brother, says Obiano
Following the murder of a visually-impaired man, Mmaduabuchi Nnofu, from the Ekwulobia community in Anambra State, Governor Willie Obiano has inaugurated the Anambra State Disability Rights Commission. Obiano, while inaugurating…
Coup: ECOWAS holds emergency meeting today
West African leaders hold a key summit on Thursday as a wave of coups buffet a region struggling with poverty and a long history of turbulence. Emergency talks in the…
FG approves resumption of Emirates flights, asks UAE to do same for Air Peace
The Federal Government has approved the resumption of Emirates flight operations to Nigeria. Recall that the Nigerian government and UAE authorities had been enmeshed in a row over the way a…
