The Nigerian Senate has denied allegations of determining its own salaries and allowances or receives special fiscal packages from the Presidency. The upper legislative chamber faced fresh controversies after a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. This was contained in a statement issued by the Senate Spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, in Abuja on Sunday, saying that […]
Former Delta State commissioner for Technical Education, Joan Onyemaechi has been released by her abductors. The former member of the House of Representatives, regained her freedom Friday night. Onyemaechi was forcefully kidnapped by some gunmen on July 30th 2024 from her church premises along the DBS Road, Asaba. A policeman and her driver were reported […]
There seems to be a cold war between two of President Bola Tinubu’s media aides over a video that surfaced on his verified X account on Wednesday, around 3:29 pm. A tweet was posted from Tinubu’s page, in which he urged Nigerians that, “as we navigate through these temporary pains, please remember that every effort […]
Among pervasive allegations of sabotage in the petroleum industry, the Senate has resorted to making inquiries over $1.5 billion approved for the turn-around maintenance of the Port Harcourt Refinery in 2021 with little or no result. Consequently, the upper chamber maintained that it was cruel, unfair and wrong to treat government owned businesses or public […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has, ahead of the October 5th local government polls in the state, elected its 31 chairmanship and 368 councillorship candidates. In a statement released by the media unit of the Awka Ibom State PDP on Sunday, they stated that the exercise, which was held on Saturday, […]
In the wake of the nationwide protest going on in Nigeria some police officers while trying to disband a group of protesters in Katsina State shot and killed a fellow police officer. Our sources gathered that the incident happened earlier today Friday 2nd of August, 2024, being the second day of the ongoing protests against […]
The traditional ruler of the Yoruba African village in Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA, Oba Adejuyigbe Adefunmi II has been stabbed to death. The news of his demise was announced via a post on the Facebook page of Canadian-based Prince Segun Alanna, publisher of the Drum online newspaper. The sad event which happened on Monday, […]
The indigenous youths of Lagos State, under the Lagos Indigenous Youth Network, has expressed their concerns for the forthcoming hunger protest slated to hold from August 1st, to August 10th 2024, the stated their opposition to the protest reasons being the avoidance of a repeat of the #EndSARS destruction witnessed four years ago in the […]
The House of Representatives on Saturday vowed to call for the dismissal of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari. This was to take effect if he continued to work against the smooth operation of the Dangote Refinery. The Deputy Spokesman of the House, Philip Agbese, disclosed this […]
The Senate leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, expressed his shock over the death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, the lawmaker representing Anambra South, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Capital Oil and Gas. Senator Ubah who was said to have departed Nigeria for the UK two days ago was confirmed dead by a close family source who said he […]
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