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She missed orientation, unaware of Senate rules – Sen. Akpabio Senate passes vote of confidence in Akpabio, adjourns till March 5 The Senate on Tuesday – today, February 25 – directed its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to probe

A rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked former military ruler, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida not to set up his proposed presidential library because the project already suffers from humongous credibility deficits. HURIWA premised its position

Members of the Elders’ Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Benue North-West Senatorial District of Benue state, have expressed concern over recent developments in the political landscape of the state. The elders condemned, in strong terms, the purported

The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin  Kalu, has decried the absence of female lawmakers in 15 state Houses of Assembly in the country. Kalu, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, stated this at

Broadcasting company, MultiChoice, has again announced its plans to jack up the prices of its offerings in Nigeria effective from March 1, 2025. The new prices for DStv and GOtv was disclosed in a statement issued by MultiChoice to its customers

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, has threatened to resign his appointment in protest against any possible re-election of  the current APC state chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, for a record 4th term. Ata, who made this statement at

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has submitted a comprehensive report to the National Assembly, outlining its views and recommendations on the Executive Tax Reforms Bills, ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Tukur Muhammad-Baba has disclosed. The report, which was compiled by a special

Former FCT Minister and immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has said that he was not rejected by the National Assembly as a ministerial nominee but by President Bola Tinubu himself who supposedly nominated and forwarded the Governor’s name to

ON October 24, 2000, IBB, in a Voice of Nigeria (VON) Hausa service interview, said “Only Gani Fawehinmi and Colonel Dangiwa Umar are the only true, principled fighters of June 12. Others are sycophants who fed fat on June 12”. My

The public altercation between the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Ata and the Kano State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Abbas, over Abbas’ alleged fourth term agenda, has continued to rage in Kano While