Nigeria To Disengage 500,000 N-Power Beneficiaries
About 500,000 persons beneficiaries of Nigeria’s social investment programme N-Power will have to look elsewhere for means of livelihood as the government is set to terminate their existing engagement. Their current engagement, spokesperson for the humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development ministry Rhoda Iliya, said in a statement has contributed to “the administration’s vision of lifting 100 million people...
Atiku Lied About Nigeria’s Debt Profile – Lai Mohammed
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is spreading a false and frightening report on the country’s debt profile. Atiku had raised concerns on the country’s rising debt profile. The former vice-president said according to the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) and fiscal strategy paper (FSP), Nigeria’s debt to revenue ratio was 99% in the first quarter of 2020. The...
Gov. Sanwo-Olu Appoints Bamgbose Martins New Commissioner For Physical Planning
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Engr. Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins as the new Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development. Bamgbose-Martins is replacing Dr. Idris Salako, who tendered his resignation letter last Monday, barely 24 hours after a seven-storey building collapsed on Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru Road, Oniru Estate, Victoria Island, area of the state, leaving six persons dead. Until this...
Presidential Election Court To Decide Whether INEC Adhoc Staff Can Testify As Witnesses
The Presidential Election Petition Court is to decide whether INEC adhoc staff, subpoenaed by the PDP and Atiku Abubakar can testify before it. This followed spirited objections by the senior counsel representing INEC, Bola Tinubu and the APC, insisting that the witnesses cannot testify since their witness statements were not frontloaded in line with paragraph 4 of the first schedule...
Bishop Kukah Gets Pope’s Special Appointment
Pope Francis has appointed the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, as a member of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Human Integral Development. The appointment was contained in a letter to Kukah signed by the Prefect of the Dicastery, Peter Cardinal Turkson, according to a statement on Monday by Christopher Omotosho, the Director, Social Communications, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto. “By...
Fresh Trouble As Jailed Ekweremadu Comes Under Investigation
Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for human trafficking last year, is under investigation by the London Metropolitan Police in a new case linked to him. According to a documentary by Chude Jideonwo titled: “Daniel vs Ekweremadu,” the police are investigating a case involving Ekweremadu, although details are scarce due to the...
Tinubu Denies Sponsoring #ENDSWAT Protests
Tunde Rahman, the spokesman of Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it is incorrect to say his principal is among the sponsors of the #EndSARS protest. In a statement on Saturday, Rahman said Tinubu could not have sponsored a protest that is affecting the economy of Lagos state. He added that it is impossible for...
DSS Arraigns Facebook User Over Post That “Embarrassed” Osun Speaker
The Department of State Service has arraigned a 48-year-old man, Joshua Sayo Oki before a Magistrate Court in Osogbo, the state capital over his Facebook post that was considered embarrassing to the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye. The Prosecutor, Mr Boo Nweke told the court that the accused person committed the offence on 19th of...
Lekki Shootings: Buhari’s Silence Is Unexplainable – Bishop Kukah
Matthew Kukah, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Sokoto, has expressed surprise over President Muhammadu Buhari’s “continued silence” on the shooting in Lekki, Lagos state. On Tuesday, the #EndSARS protest took a violent turn when men dressed in military uniform fired live bullets at unarmed protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos. The president has not addressed the nation on this...
Now That Igbos Are No Longer Interested In Biafra Project, Who Will Pay For My Burnt Home In Anambra? – Joe Igbokwe
The Special Adviser for Drainage and Water Resources to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and a member of All Progressive Congress APC, Lagos State Chapter Joe Igbokwe, has asked on social media Facebook, who will pay him the compensation for...
