Wednesday, 18 December, 2024

Month: July 2023


The ministerial nominee from Taraba State, Senator Abubakar Danladi, on Monday, denied being barred from holding public office for 10 years by the Supreme Court. Danladi made this known while answering questions from Senators during his screening by the Senate. Read more…


Kiev and Washington will enter into talks on US security guarantees for Ukraine in early August, an aide to President Vladimir Zelensky, Andrey Ermak, told journalists on Sunday. The negotiations are expected to start as early as next week, he Read more…


The Nigeria Labour Congress has commenced mass mobilisation ahead of its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin Wednesday to protest the hardship occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal. In a schedule obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, the Read more…


Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has raised the alarm that hoodlums were invading the National Assembly complex to harass and steal lawmakers’ valuables. Akpabio, who claimed the lawmakers now feel threatened by their presence, said as the 10th NASS settled down Read more…


The Indigenous People of Biafra has urged the people of the South-East to be burying their dead ones within three days as it was done in the olden days. The group noted that keeping the corpses for too long, as Read more…


The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has fixed tomorrow for all parties to adopt their written addresses in the petitions filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) against the Read more…


The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, yesterday raised the alarm that the removal of fuel subsidy without cushioning the effects has put the country on the brink of collapse. The bishops’ alarm came as Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has appointed a Special Investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Related Entities. President Tinubu in a letter dated 28th July, 2023 addressed to Jim Osayande Obazee, the Chief Executive Officer, Financial Reporting Council Read more…


A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has delivered judgment in the long-drawn litigation over the management and control of some of the assets of Ojukwu Transport Ltd, OTL, in favour of Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late Igbo Read more…


FOUR days into the unveiling of 28 Ministerial Nominees to the Senate by President Bola Tinubu, strong indications have emerged that issues and allegations are being raised against some of the nominees ahead of commencement of screening by the Senators. Read more…


Exactly two months after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu removed subsidy on petrol and said the decision would free up money for education, regular power supply, transport infrastructure and healthcare, Nigerians have started lamenting that they are yet to feel any Read more…


Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, meet with some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other stakeholders of the party. Sunday Sun gathered that the meeting was attended by Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the PDP Read more…