archiveSeptember 25, 2019

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has declared his readiness to waive his constitutional immunity to “enable the most robust adjudication” of several baseless allegations, insinuation and falsehoods against his person and office. Prof. Osinbajo made this declaration in a tweet he personally authored this afternoon. Below is the full...

      The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, Oct.1, as public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Anniversary. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. She said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on...

The House of Representatives has resolved to probe the entire debt profile of Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON). The House also resolved to investigate lack of willingness by the debtors to repay the over N5.4trillion debt. The decision followed a motion moved by Cornelius Nnaji of Enugu East/Isi Uzo...

    State ready for land swapping for development   The Oyo State government has expressed its readiness to revoke undeveloped lands within its designated Government Reserved Areas (GRAs). Besides, the state has also said it would release the modalities for the sale of 38 housing units at the Calton...

The Senate on Wednesday announced formally the receipt of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) from President Muhammadu Buhari. The MTEF and FSP documents came with a covering letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan. President Buhari, in the letter read...

      It was a night filled with magnificence and splendor as music lovers and fun seekers were treated to top notch entertainment at the Zenith Bank Aspire Music Festival which held on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at the Harbour Point Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The musical festival...

  Urges NPC to develop framework to track foreign aid   The Senate has commended the recent decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to temporarily close all land borders to address smuggling and its impact on the Nigerian economy. The commendation came after the consideration of a motion titled: “The impact...

  The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG has announced the passing on of the Assistant General Overseer of the church, Pastor Elijah Daramola who died at the age of 67. This was contained in a statement by Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi, Head, Media and Public Relations, of RCCG. The statement...

A lawyer representing the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, has given a reason why Sowore is yet to be free, despite being granted bail by a court on Tuesday. Sowore’s lawyer, Samuel Ogala, explained during a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Wednesday morning that  Sowore is expected...

  Member representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Farah Dagogo has warned against the implementation of Malam Nasir el-Rufai’s APC Committee report on true federalism. In a statement on Wednesday, he described part of the report as injurious and antagonistic to the unity of Nigeria. He...