The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has debunked news making the rounds that a bomb explosion occurred around Karu Satellite town, suburb of Abuja on Saturday night. According to a press statement issued by the FCT Deputy Director/Chief Press Secretary, Muhammad Hazat Sule, nothing of such happened in the area. Sule described the rumour as…
An attack by Boko Haram sect in a Chadian city on the Lake Chad on Saturday left no fewer than 35 persons dead. The terrorists reportedly bombed a fish marker at Baga Sola, injuring over 50 people. According to reports, there were three explosions in the city at about 4pm. Also, two refugee camps on…
A former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha is said to have died. DSP Alamieyeseigha, as he is fondly called, reportedly died on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Rivers State. He was the first executive governor of the South South state and a respected leader of…
A former top broadcaster with the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Mike Enahoro, has been reported dead. The ace newscaster was very popular in his days with the NTA, where he held many spellbound with his stunning command of the English language. His costume was another thing that made many people to admire him. Mike, an…
National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lai Mohammed, says his nomination as a minister by President Muhammadu Buhari is well-deserved. The Kwara State-born politician made this known in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital while answering questions from journalists as regards protests that he never voted in the state during the last elections.…
The lawmaker representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Senator Solomon Adeola has call on the 8th National Assembly to immediately seek the activation and operation of the National Assembly Budget and Research Office, NABRO, to ensure that the legislature fulfil its mandate for effective legislation and representation. Contributing to the debate on the Legislative Agenda for…
Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has declared an indefinite industrial action against the management of Daily Independent Newspapers over the non-payment of 23 months salaries arrears and other emoluments to journalists working in the company. Earlier this week, the management of the newspaper shut down the company after it failed…
Election of Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has been upheld by the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ikeja. The Tribunal ruled on Friday that Gbajabiamila’s victory at the March 28 poll was valid. Gbajabiamila contested in the Surulere Federal Constituency I election in Lagos under the platform of the…
An election petition tribunal in Ogun State has cancelled the victory of Senator Buruji Kashamu at the National and state Assembly polls held in the state on March 28, 2015. At the ruling on Friday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, the Tribunal ordered a rerun of the election in 90 days after it nullified…
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has called for sanctions against electricity distribution companies in Nigeria known as Discos, who fail to live up to the terms of agreements they reached with the Federal Government before commencing operations. Saraki, during a courtesy call to his office in Abuja on Thursday by the Chairman of the…