The Chairman Kaura Local Council of Kaduna State Mr Mathias Siman have been from office for alleged gross misconduct. Nine out of 10 councillors in the council have removed the council Chairman through the process of impeachment, following a motion moved by Zachariah Achi, (Bandon ward) and seconded by Fidelis Kukwui (Zankang ward), which accused the chairman of misappropriation and negligence. The impeached chairman was also accused of awarding contracts to his private firm, contravening...
“In 2021, Governor Obiano signed the Judiciary financial autonomy bill into law, yet the House cannot recruit its own staff” —Ebuka Onyekwelu The Anambra State House of Assembly Complex has remained closed, following strike action by parliamentary staff, under the aegis of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria – PASAN, over the non-implementation of the Assembly autonomy, by the state government. It is worthy of note that section 121 of the 1999 constitution of the...
The House of Representatives has said it will investigate how the National Population Commission, NPC, spent N200 billion out of the N800 billion the previous administration released for the postponed 2023 census. The resolution followed the unanimous adoption of a motion co-sponsored by Dominic Okafor (APGA, Anambra) and Patrick Umoh (APC, Akwa Ibom) at plenary on Wednesday. The census earlier scheduled for May 3–7 was postponed indefinitely with the past information minister Lai Muhammed saying...
A team of Nigerian soldiers stationed in the Danko Wasagu local government area of Kebbi State has reportedly killed a suspected notorious bandits’ commander Mai-Nasara. Mai-Nasara was gunned down in Sengeko forest in Kebbi State on Tuesday during a fierce exchange of fire between his gang and men of the Nigerian Army. The team also arrested five other members of the same gang who tried to escape during the gun duel. The gang is behind...
The First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu has welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict on the election of President Bola Tinubu, her husband, saying it is the “Lord’s doing.” Pilot Need reports that the Supreme Court, last Thursday, aligned with the presidential election petition tribunal and affirmed Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election in February At a Tuesday political rally in Imo State, the First Lady told a mammoth crowd of the ruling All...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested several students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, in southwestern Osun State suspected to be Yahoo boys, the Nigerian-speak for Internet fraudsters. The students numbering up to 69 were arrested on Wednesday during a raid at their off-campus hostels in Oduduwa Estate, Ile-Ife. “Credible intelligence linked Oduduwa Estate with activities of suspected internet fraudsters,” the anti-graft agency said in a post on X. EFCC Arrests 69 Suspected...
Eight suspected drags (cross-dressers) have been arrested by Kano State Hisbah during a wedding ceremony at Kofar Waika, Gwale Local Government Area of the State. Kano state Hisbah Board was established in 2000 with a mandate of ensuring what is Right and forbidding what is wrong with every Muslim. Dr Mujaheed Abubakar, Deputy Commander-General Hisbah who disclosed this to newsmen in Kano, said the suspects were arrested following a tip-off by good Samaritans that young...
The Nigeria Police Council, NPC, has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the Inspector General Of Police, IGP. The NPC gave its nod on Tuesday at the police council meeting, presided over by President Bola Tinubu, at the State House, Abuja. The NPC comprises the 36 state governors, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and the chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC. Egbetokun has been serving as the IGP albeit acting capacity since his appointment...
Task Force Committee on Retrieval of Government Houses and Quarters set up by the Adamawa State Government has so far sealed 97 houses allegedly occupied illegally at Specialist Hospital, Yola, and General Murtala Mohammed College staff Quarters Yola. Engr. John Vandu, Chairman of the Task Force who ordered the sealing of the residential quarters said 34 families occupied government quarters at the Specialist Hospital, Yola, and 63 at General Murtala Mohammed College were found to...
Lionel Messi won the prestigious Ballon d’Or for the men’s category on Monday, a reward for his remarkable feat during last year’s World Cup. This is the eighth time the Argentine forward has won the trophy. He won it in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, and now 2023. Messi, 36, was pitted against heavyweights like Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, his former PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe and Nigerian-born Napoli star Victor Osimhen, among others....
