The Senate on Tuesday received a petition to reject the nomination of Mr Muiz Banire as chairman of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos), who laid the petition at plenary, said “there is a petition here from my constituents on the nomination of Muiz Banire asContinue Reading
By Joseph Edeh The Nigeria Police Force said it would not hesitate to use all instruments of law to ensure that the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, honoured its invitation. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on July 23, invitedContinue Reading
By Moji Eniola A prosecution witness, Mrs Olufunmilayo Akinsanya, on Tuesday narrated at an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a 37-year-old accountant, Olufemi Oluyamoju, stole N14 million from his employer, the Asset Management Group Ltd. Akinsanya, the Head of Operations and Human Resources of the company, revealed that Oluyamoju stoleContinue Reading
By Glory Abuh-adejoh The Police on Tuesday arraigned three men in a Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for alleged criminal trespass. The prosecution alleged that the defendants trespassed into the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) property and illegally connected electricity into their shops. The defendants: Shuaibu Mansur, 20; Waraku Dahisu,Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his total commitment to the values of democracy, freedom of choice and total willingness to work with all members of the National Assembly, irrespective of their political party. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in AbujaContinue Reading
The Plateau State Human Virology Research Centre (PLASVIREC) Laboratory has been accredited to provide HIV Serology and Viral load procedures to the general public. The South African National Accreditation System (SANAS), which accredited the centre, described PLASVIREC as competent and excellent. Mr IIle Mamman, the PLASVIREC Laboratory Manager, disclosed thisContinue Reading
Sen. Soji Akanbi, one of the senators listed to have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC), to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that he was still with the APC. Senate President Bukola Saraki had announced at plenary on Tuesday that 15 senators had defected from the APCContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reiterated Nigeria’s readiness to assist African countries in distress. President Buhari stated this When he received the outgoing High Commissioner of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Mrs Haja Afsatu Kabba, at the State House, Abuja, on Friday. The President said brotherly assistance extended to theContinue Reading
Dr Matthew Achigbe, Chairman, All Progressives Congress in Cross River, has said that the defection of APC Senators and House of Representatives members will not affect the party’s chances of emerging victorious in 2019. Achigbe said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar onContinue Reading
