NASARAWA GOV UNDER SIEGE OF DISLODGED BANDITS

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, on Tuesday met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja over the worsening security situation in his state. Sule…

MINI-BUS DRIVERS PROTEST ILLEGAL LEVY IN AKWA IBOM

Mini-bus drivers in Uyo metropolis, Akwa Ibom State, on Tuesday, embarked on a peaceful protest against the sale of tickets by the state branch of the National Union of Road…

COMMERCIAL MOTORCYCLIST, ARRAIGNED FOR BETTING N250,000 ON CREDIT

A commercial motorcyclist, Akeem Jimoh, on Tuesday appeared before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for gambling N250,000 on credit. The 23-year-old Jimoh was accused of playing in…

ASUU SAYS : OUR SALARY PAYMENT PLATFORM READY FOR TESTING

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday told the Federal Government that the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, which it developed as an alternative to the Integrated Payroll and…

P&ID : EFCC ARRAIGNS BRITON , SIX COMPANIES OVER MONEY LAUNDERING

A Briton, James Nolan, linked to Adam Quinn, a son of P&ID founder, Michael Quinn, was on Tuesday arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja in six separate cases…

DEMOCRATS NOMINATE JOE BIDEN AS BIDEN AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

US Democrats nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential candidate on Tuesday, offering the Washington veteran as a “man of courage” who would sweep away the “chaos” of four years…

LOAN : CRISIS HITS REPS PANEL, MINISTRY SUMMONED OVER SOVEREIGNTY CLAUSE

 . Chairman digging into issues beyond his mandates – Aggrieved member • I won’t stop probe, we must renegotiate dangerous clauses, says Ossai • No law permits China to seize…

ABACHA ARRESTED ME AFTER I IGNORED CARRINGTON’S ASYLUM OFFER – OBASANJO

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the late former American Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, leaked to him the plan by the regime of the late military dictator, Sani Abacha,…

EMPEROR OGBONNA GETS N2M BAIL AFTER BEING DETAINED FOR FIVE MONTHS BY DSS

 A lawyer, Emperor Ogbonna, who has been detained by the Department of State Service for about five months, was granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday.…

STATES ASK FG TO REDEEM N67.2BN COVID-19 BAILOUT

HEALTH Commissioners in the country have urged the Federal Government to redeem its pledge of assisting 32 states across the country with the sum of N67.2bn to enable them to…