The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), on Thursday, took over the prosecution of a lawyer, Ahmed Abdulrahman, and his co-defendants accused of cyberbullying a serving lawmaker, Sen. Umar Buba. Counsel for the AGF, Nueebu Abueh, made this known upon resumed hearing in the matter before Justice Rita Ajumogobia ofContinue Reading
The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has died after collapsing in his office on Thursday, The Sun is reporting. According to the highly credible newspaper, Ewhrudjakpo was pronounced dead at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Yenagoa, the state capital. He was reported to have collapsed afterContinue Reading
By Fidelis Edugbo The Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Dr Anthony Nwokolobia, has described the interest of the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State on Media, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, in the growth of education as unprecedented. Speaking on WednesdayContinue Reading
By Danladi Ahmed The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described the rescue of 100 school children abducted from the St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary school in Niger State as yet another demonstration of President Bola Tinubu’s result-oriented disposition to the country’s security challenge. In a statement signedContinue Reading
By Danladi Ahmed The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has commended the recent disbursement of the sum of N4.7 billion to trainees and accredited skills acquisition centres under the TVET skills development programme. In a statement signed by its chairman, Chukwudi Enekwechi, and Secretary Segun Ogedengbe, the group describedContinue Reading
At least seven Osun State governorship aspirants under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have stepped down after meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday. They have all agreed to support Bola Oyebamiji as the consensus governorship candidate in the forthcoming primary. The meeting, called by PresidentContinue Reading
By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJA Tensions within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) eased markedly on Wednesday after state chairmen from across the country pledged full loyalty to the National Working Committee (NWC) led by National Chairman, Dr Tanimu Turaki, SAN, a development that signals growing consolidation in the opposition party aheadContinue Reading
By Paul Ejime The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday, 9 December, declared a state of emergency across the region, the first time since the regional bloc was formed in May 1975. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, announced during the 55th SessionContinue Reading
A rights group, under the auspices of the Advocacy for Human Rights and Cultural Values for Development Initiative (AHRCVDI), has condemned the establishment of a parallel Hisbah group, known as “Hisba Independent Fisabilillahi,” in Kano State. The Executive Director of AHRCVDI, Comrade Sambo Jibril Jada, gave the condemnationContinue Reading
