Chekwas Okorie raises alarm over rumours of military coup in Nigeria
Chekwas Okorie raises alarm over rumours of military coup in Nigeria Former presidential candidate of the UPP Chekwas Okorie says chief of army staff Buratai must make a public warning against any coup in the country– Okorie says nobody would be surprised that there could be some mischievous elements trying to pre-empt certain things about to happen– Okorie says the military should know that...
BREAKING: All Hope Of Recovery Lost, As Aisha Weeps, Asks Buhari To Tender Immediate Resignation Letter
BREAKING: All Hope Of Recovery Lost, As Aisha Weeps, Asks Buhari To Tender Immediate Resignation Letter Aisha Yesufu, a co-Convener of the BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, group, has endorsed the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari.Recall, that Buhari was flown out of the country last week, for urgent medical follow-up, while handing over to his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo, as the Acting President.Aisha,...
Reps reject Boko Haram victims’ stigmatisation bill
Reps reject Boko Haram victims’ stigmatisation bill Reps reject Boko Haram victims’ stigmatisation bill House of Representatives yesterday rejected a bill for an Act to prohibit the stigmatisation of victims of insurgency or militancy. Th e bill, which was sponsored by Ahmed Yerima (Kano-APC), sought to provide for prosecution of any person or group, who may prevent such victims from reintegrating...
BREAKING: Osinbajo receives 2017 Budget from National Assembly
BREAKING: Osinbajo receives 2017 Budget from National Assembly The Presidency on Friday confirmed that the National Assembly has formally transmitted the 2017 Appropriation Bill recently passed into law to the Executive.The Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President, Mr. Laolu Akande, confirmed this on his Twitter handle, @Akandeoj.He said the document was formally received in the office of the Acting...
Senate probes alleged lopsided recruitment in DSS
Senate probes alleged lopsided recruitment in DSS Senate on Thursday endorsed the move by its committee on Federal Character to carry out thorough investigation on the alleged lopsided recruitment recently carried out by the Department of State Services (DSS).Also, the Upper Legislative chamber has ordered the Director General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila, to vacate...
Lagos council poll: Adewale warns aggrieved PDP members against alternative platform
Lagos council poll: Adewale warns aggrieved PDP members against alternative platform The factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr Segun Adewale (Aeroland) has called on party members to cast their differences aside and unite to give the party a strong showing in the July 22 council poll. Adewale, who is aligned to the Sen. Ali Modu...
Saraki, Ajimobi, Ambode, Fayose, others pay tributes to AdebayoOLUBODE OLUSESAN
Saraki, Ajimobi, Ambode, Fayose, others pay tributes to AdebayoOLUBODE OLUSESAN Senate President, Bukola Saraki, governors of the South-West states and other prominent Nigerians on Thursday paid glowing tributes to the former governor of the old Western Region, the late Maj.-Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo, who died on March 8, 2017 at the age of 89. Adebayo served as the governor of the region...
Secret behind exclusion of south east in the ongoing railway construction
Railway project and South-East exclusion. The reported exclusion of the South-East geopolitical zone from railway modernisation project nationwide is very hard to explain. It is sad that a geopolitical zone is omitted in such a gigantic project of the Federal Government, estimated to cost a whopping sum of $5.851billion. It was the senators from the zone led by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe...
HUH? NSCDC Nabs JAMB Candidate Who Entered Nasarawa Exam Centre With A Gun
HUH? NSCDC Nabs JAMB Candidate Who Entered Nasarawa Exam Centre With A GunUploading… The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Nasarawa State has arrested a 21-year-old suspected candidate for being in possession of firearms in one of the centres of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in the state.According to TheNation, The state commandant of the NSCDC,...
Nigeria Set to Launch Africa’s First Nano-Satellite…Here’s All You Need to Know
Nigeria Set to Launch Africa’s First Nano-Satellite…Here’s All You Need to Know The Director-General of National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Prof Seidu Mohammed, has opened up on Nigeria’s nano-satellite which would be launched soon.Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb) into the orbit, the...