The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday adjourned till Wednesday deliberations on report of the 2016 Appropriations Bill presented today on the floor of the Senate by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Danjuma Goje. The red chamber of the National Assembly majorly postponed the plenary to honour late Hon Musa Baba Onwana of Nasarawa/Toto…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the suspension of all the election in all constituencies in Rivers State held on Saturday, March 19, 2016. However, INEC clarified that the suspension does not affect constituencies where polls had been completed and the results declared by the returning officers. The electoral body, in a statement…
The industrial action embarked upon by employees of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, nationwide has been called off with immediate effect. On Wednesday morning, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASAN, shut down NNPC locations in the country to protest…
On Tuesday, February 16, 2016, the Nigerian Senate ordered the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to immediately suspend the February 1st, 2016 tariff hikes, which were estimated to be upwards of 40 per cent. This decision by the Nigerian lawmakers followed series of protests across the country over the decision of the Commission to increase…
Reports reaching us confirms that the an up and coming actress accused of biting a star actress, Princess Chineke on set has been suspended by the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN. The actress accused of the act, Crystabel Goddy, got the big hammer from the National President of the Guild, Ibinabo Fiberesima. Ibinabo described the…
The grilling of the immediate governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, may not eventually hold on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 as earlier scheduled. According to information reaching us, the report of the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges and Public Petitions, which looked into allegations raised against Amaechi has not been put together. This, we…
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, has been suspended by the Anambra State chapter of the party. Metuh was asked to stay away from the party’s activities over his alleged involvement in a fraud related issue. A statement signed by the Publicity Secretary Kenneth Arinze and Victor Osy Ezenwa,…
National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Victor Umeh, has suspended the National Secretary of the troubled party, Umaru Shinkafi. It was gathered that Umeh removed Shinkafi fcrom his position after the latter called for his (Umeh) resignation. APGA has been in crisis for some time now. Former governor of Anambra State, Peter…