Day: March 2, 2016

A date has now been fixed by the National Assembly for the passage of the 2016 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2015. The controversial fiscal document, which the lawmakers painstakingly scrutinized, and several errors discovered, would now been passed on March 17, 2016. This was disclosed in Abuja on Wednesday by the…

According to a report by Vanguard, the recently freed abducted 14-year-old Bayelsa-born girl, Ese Oruru, is already carrying a child of her alleged lover-turned kidnapper, Yunusa Dahiru, fondly called Yellow. It would be recalled that Ese was released in Kano on Tuesday after she was abducted in Bayelsa State in August 2015. Vanguard reports that…

By Nwaorgu Faustinus Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Akuku-Toru/Asari-Toru Federal Constituency election rerun, Dr. Dawari George, has reacted to a media statement credited to Special Assistant to the Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, on Electronic Media, Samuel Nwakaudu, alleging that he (Dawari) connived with a lecturer at the University of Port…

Detained Brigadier-General Enitan Ransome-Kuti has been released from custody by the Nigeria Army Council after renowned lawyer, Femi Falana called for his freedom few days ago. A confidential memo obtained by SaharaReporters shows that the council also approved his demotion from the rank of Brigadier-General to Colonel. He was subsequently recommended for re-absorption into the…

Some top members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have formed a new political party. The new platform is called the Peoples Mega Party, PMP. The new party was floated by fronts of aggrieved chieftains of the opposition party, who felt their former party failed to listen to them. National Coordinator of the yet-to-be registered…

Residents of Lagos may been forced to spend some days in darkness if the crisis between the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, and a coalition of labour unions is not quickly solved. As you read this, the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE; Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, SSAEAC, and the Nigeria…