After briefings with President Bola Tinubu, the Senate has called for a national summit to address the issue of out-of-school children. This resolution was adopted during plenary following the submission of the Committee on Education (Basic & Secondary) report on the urgent need to address the issue of out-of-school children in Nigeria. According to the committee’s…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR has approved the immediate implementation of eight far-reaching actions to reinvigorate the Administration’s capacity for optimal efficiency pursuant of his commitment to deliver on his promises to Nigerians.The eight actions approved by Mr. President include: LIST OF MINISTERS REASSIGNED TO NEW PORTFOLIOS ARE ASFollows: Ministers To Be Discharged Are As…
On Wednesday, the Federal Government met with the organised labour leadership at George Akume’s office, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, in Abuja. Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, led the Federal Government’s side, while Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and Nuhu Toro, Secretary General of the…
“The incident was reported around 12:30 pm when a concerned citizen reported that unknown individuals believed to be cultists arrived in an unregistered Toyota Corolla Sports car with a pump action shotgun and pistol at Jide Jones, Oke Ilewo in Ibara,” the spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command Omolola Odutola said. “The assailants opened…
The Senate has requested that the Federal Government proclaim a state of emergency for the protection and welfare of girl children to meet the needs of girls all around the nation in terms of their health, safety, and education. In addition, the upper house called on state governments to domesticate and implement the Violence Against…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has suspended indefinitely the chairman of the Alimosho Local Government Area, Jelili Sulaimon over alleged misconduct, among others. At the plenary, on Monday, the chairman was suspended in a unanimous vote by the lawmakers over an alleged non-compliance, defiance, and adamant attitude to the legislative House. The lawmakers resolved…
The Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) made this known on Sunday. The commission, which released the results of the October 5 Local Government election, also indicated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won one local government area Following the successful conduct of the election, all is now set for elected Chairmen and Vice…
“What happened over the weekend in the name of election in Edo State does not in any way represent the democratic process we chose as a method of electing our political leadership. “Instead, it was a blatant example of ‘state capture’ and continued gross undermining of our democratic process and values,” Obi said in a…
The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, at a press conference on Monday, said the party will explore all legal and democratic means to retrieve “the stolen mandate” of its candidate, Asue Ighodalo. “The PDP charges the people of Edo State to remain resolute and undeterred as our Party takes…
Okpebholo, 54, secured 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 247,274 votes, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) who came a distant third in the race with 22,763 votes. Fourteen other candidates contested the seat but got less than the three frontline candidates. “That Okpebholo Monday…
