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Senate Passes Bill To Compensate #EndSARS Victims
The Senate approved a bill to pay victims of the 2020 #EndSARS protest on second reading on Wednesday. The #EndSARS movement began in October 2020, when thousands of primarily young Nigerians flocked to the streets to protest police brutality, particularly that of the now-defunct harsh Special Anti-Robbery Squad police squad. The peaceful protest lasted for days across the country until it...
FG Agrees To Refund N192bn Paris Club Deductions To Governors
The Federal Government has promised to refund state governments all monies so far deducted from their accounts to meet London Paris Club obligations. Immediate past chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Aminu Tambuwal, disclosed this in a communique after an emergency meeting on Tuesday night. According to a communique signed by Governor Tambuwal, at the end of the emergency, Federal Government granted...
I Now Have Time To Look After My Cattle From May 29 — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday at the valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council, FEC commended his ministers for their loyalty since 2015 and said he will have time to take care of his cattle in his Daura hometown, Katsina state. The President also lauded staff of the State House for their support in his eight years administration. In his remark...
We Did Our Best, Says Buhari, Thanks Ministers, State House Officials
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja thanked his ministers and State House staff who worked with him in the past eight years. The President, who will hand over to the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29, said he is proud that he and his cabinet gave their best to Nigerians. At a valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC)...
Seun Kuti’s Trial Adjourned Till July 3
The trial of Afrobeat musician, Seun Anikulapo Kuti, has been adjourned till July 3, 2023. Seun on Tuesday night regained his freedom after spending eight days in Police detention. The youngest son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti was arrested on Monday, May 15 for allegedly assaulting a police operative on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. Protesters had earlier on Tuesday, May 23...
President Buhari Swears In RMAFC Commissioners
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in seven federal commissioners of the Revenue, Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). The president performed the brief ceremony before the start of the Valedictory Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The federal commissioners were Senator Ayogu Eze (Enugu State), Peter Opara (Imo State), Hawa Aliyu (Jigawa...
All Is Not Well With Imo PDP— Lawmaker Says Over Defection To APC
Jerry Alagbaoso, a member of the House of Representatives, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alagbaoso, in a letter read on the floor of the House on Tuesday, said all is not well with the PDP in Imo State. This could be a major blow to the PDP ahead of the November governorship...
Kogi Guber: PDP Debunks Defection Of 100 Members To APC
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has debunked media reports making the rounds that over 100 party members from Igalamela Odolu Local Government Area have defected to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The PDP Chairman in Igalamela Odolu Local Government, Attai Ndanusa Salifu disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday morning. Salifu said the purported members received...
Why I Granted Interview On Foreign Students Bringing Family Into UK – Emdee Tiamiyu
Emdee Tiamiyu, a Nigerian YouTuber who said in an interview with BBC that Nigerian students do not migrate to the United Kingdom for degrees but for greener pastures, has finally explained why he made the claim. The YouTuber has come under fire on social media after British Home Secretary Suella Braverman revealed in a statement on Tuesday that Nigerians and...
Buhari Kicks Off Oil Drilling In Chad Basin
On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) launched an oil drilling campaign at the Wadi-B potential, Chad Basin, Tuba Community, Jere Local Government Area, Borno State. He stated that the flag-off showed the formal resumption of physical activity for crude oil and gas exploration in the Chad Basin area. Buhari, who virtually launched the drilling campaign, stated that he was aware of...
