Bayelsa Assembly approves Diri’s N30bn loan request
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Wednesday approved a request by Governor Douye Diri to obtain another loan of N30 billion. The request was contained in a letter forwarded to the legislative arm by Diri which was read on the floor of the House by the Clerk. According to the letter, the loan will be used to fast-track the ongoing...
CVR: INEC registers 111,762 fresh voters in Adamawa
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has recorded 111,762 fresh online registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Adamawa. Kassim Gaidam, the Resident Electoral Commissioner disclosed this at a news conference on Wednesday in Yola. He said the commission also recorded appreciable milestones during the exercise including 2,983 voter reviews; 9,512 information update, 14,434 transfers and 3,427...
Senate passes Proceeds of Crime Bill 2022
The Senate, on Wednesday at plenary, passed the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill, 2022. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Joint Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes; and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. Presenting the Joint Committee’s report, Sen. Suleiman Kwari (APC-Kaduna), said the bill seeks to provide for the restraint,...
APC restructures convention committees, drops Fani-Kayode
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has restructured the composition of its March 26 National Convention committee and sub-committees. The membership of the committees had been pruned down to a handful of members. Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode was dropped from the Media Committee where he was initially pencilled down for Deputy Chairmanship. The Media Committee...
OAU announces matriculation date
The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has announced Monday, March 14, 2022, as the date for the institution 2021/2022 matriculation ceremony. This latest development was made known via a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olarewaju, on Wednesday. Olanrewaju noted that the matriculation ceremony would hold on March 14 between 2pm...
Sylva: Nigeria has 1.9bn litres of petrol, to last 32 days
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva, on Wednesday said the country has 1.9 billion litres of petrol. Sylva, while updating the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja, said the quantity was enough to last the country for 32 days. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Mele Kyari, accompanied the minister to the FEC session presided...
Bandits kill soldiers, destroy troops’ vehicles in Kebbi
Bandits have killed a yet-to-be-ascertained number of soldiers in Kebbi State. The soldiers were killed during a gun duel with bandits in the Zuru Emirate of the state on Tuesday. The vehicles of the soldiers were reportedly burnt. The soldiers’ killing is coming days after bandits killed 65 members of vigilante group known as Yan-Sa-Kai in the same Zuru Emirate. The Kebbi State...
Fire guts building as petrol tanker explodes in Lagos
There was tension in the Mushin area of Lagos State on Wednesday as a three-storey building was gutted by fire. It was gathered that the building, close to a filling station, was razed after a tanker discharging Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, exploded. The inferno was confirmed by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The Agency Acting Zonal Coordinator,...
National Chairman: APC rules out Sheriff, Yari, Goje
The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has ruled out some frontline candidates for the National Chairmanship of the ruling party. The party has zoned the National Chairman to the North-Central. The National Convention holds on March 26. With the zoning arrangement, former Governors Ali-Modu Sheriff (Borno), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Danjuma Goje (Gombe) and Mr. Sylvester Moniedafe...
Doctor: How girl, 13, was gang-raped by 7 men
A medical doctor, Mistura Shogunle, on Wednesday narrated before an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in her neighbourhood. Dr. Shogunle testified at the trial of a 20-year-old fashion designer, Rasheed Fashola, for conspiracy and defilement of a child. Fashola had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge. Led in evidence...
