President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Maiduguri inaugurated 107 mass transit vehicles, including 50 electric taxis purchased by the Borno State Government. Speaking at the ceremony, the President lauded Governor Babagana Zulum for his foresight and people-oriented policies and projects. He disclosed that the Federal Government planned to setContinue Reading
The Central Bank of Nigeria has suspended the processing fees on large cash deposits, a release by the Acting Director of Supervision, Dr Adetona Adedeji, on Monday revealed. The new development under the “Guide to Charges by Banks, Other Financial Institutions, and Non-Bank Financial Institutions” issued on December 20,Continue Reading
The crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new turn on Monday with twenty-seven members defecting from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state to the All Progressives Congress. The lawmakers cited division within the PDP as the primary reason for their defection to theContinue Reading
Veteran poet, music producer and Yoruba culture promoter, Chief Olanrewaju Adepoju is dead. PMParrot can authoritatively confirm that the popular artiste died at his Idi Orogbo off Ring Ring Road, Ibadan, Oyo State residence around 7pm on Sunday evening after a rather protracted old-age related ailments. A familyContinue Reading
*CATALOGUE OF LOOTINGS IN NIGERIA:* *By Femi Falana, SAN* Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. IContinue Reading
After Saturday’s interrogation, which was the second day, by the Sierra Leone Police, former President Ernest Bai Koroma is now confined to his private property at Goderich, with a restricted number of visitors. The Minister of Information confirmed the confinement and restrictions of guests, until Monday’s appearance for theContinue Reading
All the 109 senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have donated their December salaries to the victims of the bombing mishap that took place in Kaduna last Sunday. According to Daily Trust, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, announced this on Sunday at theContinue Reading
The Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC, has in a Press statement signed by Bisi Kazeem, Deputy Corps Marshal, FRSC Headquarters, Abuja, dissociated its Agency from the pronouncement made by Assistant Corps Commander IL Ibrahim, the Unit Commander, Central Business District Unit Command, that Vehicle Inspection Officers, otherwise known as DirectorateContinue Reading
Dr Abdulraheem Muslimu, an Obstetric Gynecologist in Bauchi on Friday, said excessive protein intake during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage. He told the Newsmen that excess protein increases toxic ammonia production in a pregnant woman’s body. Muslimu, who is with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (O&G), Abubakar TafawaContinue Reading
