[mc4wp_form id=33047] The State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has unanimously endorsed the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. At a meeting held on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at the State Party Secretariat in Port Harcourt, the committee described the President’s … Read more
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Professor Melvin D. Ayogu as a member of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Board of Directors. Ayogu was confirmed following the consideration and adoption of a report of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Institutions. President Bola Tinubu had, on Tuesday … Read more
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The House of Representatives is considering a bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to make the Court of Appeal the final court in disputes involving governorship, and national and state houses of assembly elections in Nigeria. The bill, sponsored by the lawmaker representing Ndokwa East/Ndokwa West/Ukwani Federal Constituency, Delta State, Nnamdi Ezechi, passed … Read more
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The Rivers State Organised Labour has strongly condemned the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on March 18, 2025. The labour union has also threatened to embark on strategic union actions that may disrupt national economic activities if their demands are not met within a … Read more
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The United States has said Russia and Ukraine have separately agreed to ensure safe navigation and halt military strikes on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, following talks in Saudi Arabia. In two separate statements on Tuesday, the White House stated the U.S. commitment to lasting peace in the region. In the statement … Read more
[mc4wp_form id=33047] Officers of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LSNC) have arrested two staff members of Ikeja Electric for allegedly stealing electrical cables in the Ogba area of Lagos. The suspects, Oluwadamilola Wasiu (30) and Adekunle Faruk (24), are reported to be officials of the Debt Management Control Unit under Ikeja Electric. They were … Read more
[mc4wp_form id=33047] President Bola Tinubu has extended condolences to Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, the Lagos State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, on the passing of his wife, Ebunoluwa Esther Ojelabi. Tinubu mourned with the Ojelabi family and prayed for God’s divine comfort and strength for her loved ones, friends, and associates. “The loss of a … Read more
[mc4wp_form id=33047] President Bola Tinubu has signed the South West and the South South Development Commission Bills into law. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, disclosed the Senate’s plenary on Tuesday. Akpabio rallied his colleagues in commending President Tinubu for signing the two regional development bills for their job creation potential. The Special Adviser … Read more
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The Senate on Tuesday deplored what it described as violations of the principles of federal character in the appointments, recruitments and promotions in some key federal institutions and agencies. Specifically, the upper legislative chamber fingered the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Pension Commission (PENCOM), the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and several … Read more
Senator Ali Ndume has decried the rising spate of insecurity in Borno State. While confirming attacks on two military formations that led to the death of two soldiers in Northern and Southern Borno, he said insecurity is on the increase. “It is really terrible the renewed Boko Haram attacks in Borno, especially in Southern Borno … Read more