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Senators, Reps Only Get N17bn As Running Cost Each Year — Lawan
Members of the National Assembly receive N17bn annually as running costs. This covers the costs of their local/international travel, consultancy services, medical services, office stationery/computers, consumables, books, newspapers, magazines, maintenance of motor vehicles and office equipment, among others. Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this in Abuja Monday at a ‘Distinguished Parliamentarians’ Lecture Series’ facilitated by the National Institute for Legislative and...
She Took Me To A Hotel, Gave Me Drink, I Didn’t Know What I Was Doing, Port Harcourt Pepper Soup Seller Narrates As Female Fraudster Dupes Him
A middle-aged man, Innocent Udeme, has lamented the loss of three phones and money to a lady who he claimed hypnotised him at his shop in GRA, near a nightclub in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. He said the suspect, whose identity had yet to be ascertained, bought pepper soup from him, adding that she, however, did not eat...
Bashir Tofa, MKO Abiola Challenger In 1993 Presidential Election Dead
One of the leading candidates in the 1993 Presidential election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, is dead. He was 74 years old. He was the Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention and a major challenger of MKO Abiola’s in the controversial June 12, 1993, presidential election, annulled by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida. Family sources said the former presidential candidate...
Tension Mounts In Rivers As Vigilante Operative Kills Air Force Personnel
There was pandemonium yesterday in Omuanwa Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State as a member of a local vigilante group in the area killed a Nigeria Air Force personnel. Some of the residents of the community, it was gathered, fled the area over fear of reprisal from Nigeria Air Force. A source in the area that identified the...
We Want Military To Decimate Bandits Before Rainy Season, Says Northern Governors
The Chairman of Northern Governors Forum and Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong, has said that Northern governors expect that bandits would be decimated in the region before rainy season. The Plateau governor said this in Abuja, expressing delight that the military will now be able to deploy Tucano jets against terrorists following their recent re-categorisation. He lamented that kidnapping has become...
Army Denies Killing Of Soldiers During A Gun Battle Over Gold In Katsina
The Nigeria Army on Sunday said none of its soldiers was killed during any gun battle stemming from a disagreement over gold nuggets in Magama Village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. In a statement, army spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, urged members of the public to disregard reports suggesting that two soldiers and seven miners were killed...
PDP, APC Fight Dirty As Gov. Lalong Proposes N18bn For Flyover In Plateau
THE Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, are at each other’s throats over plans by Governor Simon Lalong to spend N18 billion on British-American flyover. The PDP, which is contending that government should tackle insecurity in the state, alleged that the project was a ploy for siphoning state resources. State...
Plateau 2022 Budget: Lalong Allocates N100m For Furnishing Of His Guest House
The Plateau State Government is to spend the sum of N100,000,000.00 only to furnish the Simon Lalong Guest House as against the sum Of N88,000,000.00 only budgeted to run the affairs of the State Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Hospitality which has the potential to generate high IGR for the State. This is even as conflicting figures are quoted as...
Report On Minimum Wage Receiving Attention In Kogi, Letter For Impending Strike Unnecessary — Head of Service
Following a publication by organised labour in Kogi State about non-implementation of minimum wage in the state, the Head of Service Kogi State, Mrs, Hannah Onyinoyi Odiyo has said there is no need for such publication, stating that the issue is currently receiving attention. While stating that a committee set up to this effect is not stalled against the claim...
You Did Not Restore Peace To Niger Delta, Edwin Clark Replies Buhari
You Did Not Restore Peace To Niger Delta, Edwin Clark Replies Buhari Former Information Minister, Edwin Clark, has faulted a claim by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration on restoring peace to the Niger Delta region, describing it as untrue. President Buhari has spoken about his administration’s efforts in sustaining peace in the South-South geo-political zone, pledging a fair deal to the region. But...
