The Federal Government has attained an advanced stage in its efforts to revive the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company, according to the Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Abubakar Audu. The minister made this known over the weekend during a meeting with stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at his country home in Ogbonicha, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. Audu disclosed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with the Original Equipment...

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has made a damning allegation against some high-profile politicians in Abuja, claiming they are bankrolling and facilitating the violent attacks currently plaguing the state. The Governor, who spoke during a live interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme aired on Friday, said preliminary findings by a judicial panel he constituted suggest that some members of the National Assembly are not only instigating but also sustaining the attackers. “We...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will confer national honours on select federal lawmakers during a special joint sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday, June 12, to commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day. This was disclosed in a statement released in Abuja on Sunday by the House of Representatives’ spokesman, Akin Rotimi Jr. According to Rotimi Jr., a special joint sitting of the National Assembly will hold on June 12 to mark this year’s Democracy Day, with President...

Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais, former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has died at the age of 88. The family, in a press release confirming his demise on Friday, said: “Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihir Rajiun. It’s with a heavy heart, full of gratitude to Allah Subahanahu Wata’ala, that we announce the passing of our father, Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais, former Chief Justice of the Federation.” Funeral rites of the former CJN who died on Friday were...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno on Friday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). While making the pronouncement, the Governor noted that the move followed “three months of wide consultation” with stakeholders across the state. He said, “For some time now, the political space, particularly in this state and the nation in general, has been awash with the news of my likely movement from the PDP, the platform...

Mbosi, a community in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State, burdened by the ongoing security challenge in Anambra State, has demanded that Governor Soludo’s Special Adviser on Security, Hon. Ken Emeakayi, fulfill his side of their bargain or refund the sum of N250 million raised by the community stakeholders and handed to him for security purposes. In a letter by the traditional ruler of Mbosi community, His Royal Highness, Igwe Dr. Greg Nwokora, which was addressed...