Senate debates service chiefs, ambassadorial nominees, others as National Assembly resumesPublished February 9, 2021President of the Senate, Ahmad LawanSunday Aborisade and Leke BaiyewuThe National Assembly will on Tuesday ( today) resume plenary , marking the end of the parliament ’s Christmas and New Year break .Both the Senate and the House of Representatives had passed […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 9, 2021 Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur BurataiFriday Olokor and Adelani Adepegba A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt . Gen . Tukur Buratai ( retd. ) , has attributed his appointment to his father ’ s love for the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd .) .He also […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 9, 2021Isa PantamiTemiloluwa O’ Peters and Chima AzubuikeThe Minister of Communications and Digital Economy , Dr Isa Pantami , has said the Federal Government plans to replace Bank Verification Numbers with the National Identity Numbers .The minister said this while briefing newsmen after a facility tour and inspection of the ongoing NIN enrolment […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 9, 2021 Bello, Fani-Kayode and BuniJohn Alechenu , Abuja In what is being described as a major move ahead of the 2023 Presidential election , the leadership of the All Progressives Congress has begun talks with four Peoples Democratic Party governors with the aim of getting them to defect to the ruling party, […]
Continue ReadingA socio-political group devotedly clamouring for Yoruba autonomy, Oodua Action Movement (OAM), Monday condemned the statement credited to an Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, describing the groups agitating for Oduduwa Republic and Biafra as the same with Boko Haram terrorists. The group (OAM) described Gumi statement as reckless saying “there is no going back on […]
Continue ReadingWithout restructuring, Igbo or South-West presidency can’t save Nigeria — OlanipekunPublished February 7, 2021Chief Wole OlanipekunA former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and popular legal practitioner , Chief Wole Olanipekun ( SAN ) , shares with TUNDE AJAJA his thoughts on the clamours for a new constitution and how the country can overcome its […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 8, 2021Sheikh GumiJohn Charles , Tunde Oyekola Ilorin , Sunday Nwakanma and Matthew OcheiThe lingering crisis in the All Progressives Congress in Benue State turned bloody on Sunday as the party ’s caretaker chairman in Gboko South Local Government Area ward , Tersoo Ahu , was killed.The Punch reliably gathered that Ahu was […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 8, 2021 Oluwatosin OmojuyigbeA Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced a pastor of the Living Faith Church , aka Winners ’ Chapel, Afolabi Samuel, to three years ’ imprisonment for stealing $ 90 ,000 and N 4. 5 m belonging to the registered trustees of the church .Samuel , who […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 8, Nike Popoola The Central Bank of Nigeria has said cryptocurrencies promote illegal activities and raise risks , among other reasons .It said this on Sunday in a statement regarding various comments and reactions following its recent reminder to Deposit Money Banks to desist from transacting in/ and with entities dealing in cryptocurrencies […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 8, 2021 Saheed OlugbonPeter Dada , AkureThe All Progressives Congress Elders Forum in Ondo State has asked the Northern Governors forum to look for why herders were migrating to the South from the North to cause problem and fix the challenge instead of playing politics with it .The forum spoke on Sunday in […]
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