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March, 2024

  • 17 March

    Army lay siege, set to revenge brutal killings of 16 soldiers

    As you are reading this, residents of residents of Okuama had fled the community for fear of reprisal from the military. The community youth had brutally murdered top ranking military officers. and they are aware the military would bare it’s fangs. 15 bodies of soldiers were recovered by soldiers of the Joint Task Force under the supervision of the General ...

  • 16 March

    Three UK-based Nigerians defraud Vodafone, other firms of £429,304

    Three Nigerians and one other person residing in the United Kingdom have been jailed by Portsmouth Crown Court for a combined total of 11 years after duping Vodafone, EE, O2 and Carphone Warehouse of £429,304. According to a UK digital newspaper, The News, the four of them – Oluwadamilola Bolaji, Taofeeq Balogun, Taiwo Agusto and Carriba Johnson were guilty of ...

  • 14 March

    PDP demands Akpabio’s resignation as Senate President

    The Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday, demanded the resignation of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to allow an independent investigation into the alleged padding of the 2024 budget to the tune of N3.7tn. The budget padding allegation was raised by the Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi. Ningi, in a media interview, claimed that while the budget passed by ...

  • 14 March

    Tinubu insists, FG won’t pay a dime as ransom to kidnappers

    President Bola Tinubu has directed that no ransom should be paid to kidnappers no matter the amount of pressure. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this known during the post-Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at Aso Rock on Wednesday. The Minister noted that government is working round the clock to make sure that those kidnapped were returned ...

  • 14 March

    ECOWAS back down on Coup leaders, Tinubu opens Niger border

    President Bola Tinubu has ordered the re-opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, March 13. He said the directive is in compliance with the ...

  • 13 March

    Tinubu appoints ex-LAMATA boss as DG, NIMASA

    President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years. The appointment follows the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired. Dr. Mobereola holds a Ph.D, and an M.Sc in Transport Economics from the University of ...

  • 13 March

    Akpabio emphasises Why Ningi was suspended

    Senator NingiThe President of the Senate of the Federal Republic, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said the statement credited to Senator Abdul Ningi in the media had damaged the integrity of the Senate Speaking at the plenary on Tuesday, Akpabio said the upper chamber had been subjected to ridicule as Nigerians were bashing the parliament. He further faulted Senator Ningi’s earlier interview ...

  • 13 March

    Jarigbe exposes N500m allocation per Senator

    Fresh revelations at the Senate plenary, on Tuesday, indicated that ranking senators got N500m each for their constituency projects in the 2024 budget passed by the National Assembly.. According to the Senate rules, any lawmaker who has spent at least a term in the House of Representatives or Senate, is considered a ranking senator. On the list of senators in ...

  • 13 March

    Akpabio laments Senate’s damaged integrity

    The Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, in his initial comment before the debate noted that Nigerians were bashing the Senate but Ningi insisted and refused to apologise to the Senate. Akpabio said, “Nigerians are bashing the Senate. Many Nigerians will never in future come back to respect this chamber. The integrity of this chamber has been totally damaged and we wanted ...

  • 13 March

    Opeyemi Bamidele raises Coup alarm against Akpabio, admits N500m for each Senator

    Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), stated that though the senators got N500m, it was for constituency projects. “I was going through online and it’s trending that every senator got N500m here today and I am not going to deny anything. My appeal to Nigerians today is not about what was said here today because I am not going to ...