The Senate has passed for second reading the 2025 Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Appropriation Bill of N1.7trillion presented for consideration by President Bola Tinubu. This followed the presentation of the general principles of the bill by Leader of Senate, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), at plenary on Wednesday. Bamidele, having moved for suspension of the…
The United States (U.S.) seeks normalisation of relations with the new government of Syria, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. “We are currently exploring normalising relations with Syria’s new government as you know, beginning with my meeting with President Ahmed Al-Sharaa,’’ Trump said at the Gulf-US Summit in Riyadh. The meeting between Trump and…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday led a host of dignitaries to Kiagbodo Community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta to pay their final respects to the late elder statesman, Pa. Edwin Clark. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Clark, a renowned nationalist and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), passed…
President Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to former Governor of Jigawa State and elder statesman, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on the launch of his autobiography titled “Being True to Myself”, describing it as a significant contribution to Nigeria’s political literature and democratic discourse. Speaking on behalf of the President yesterday in Abuja, the Minister of Information…
The Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority (LASRERA) has called on residents of the state to always be on guard to avoid falling victim to fake and dubious estate agents. The Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Housing, Mrs Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, made the call on Tuesday during the Lagos State 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing…
Gov Uba Sani of Kaduna state has urged corps members deployed to the state to respect their host communities’ culture and tradition as they depart the orientation camp. Sani made the call at the closing ceremony of the 2025 Batch ‘A’ Stream ‘1’ orientation course of the corps members on Tuesday in Kaduna. Sani was…
The National Agency for Prohibition and Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Tuesday told an Abuja High Court, Zuba, that one Godson Ogbozor, a suspect, expected to be arraigned was evading DNA test. Ogbozor who was charged with alleged human trafficking, was not present in court when his matter was called up on Tuesday, thereby stalling…
The Federal High Court in Abuja will, on June 27, deliver judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and co-defendants over her alleged unlawful suspension from the senate. Justice Binta Nyako, who adjourned the matter for judgment on Tuesday, held that issues of contempt claim by Akpabio against…
A political pressure group, the Zamfara Movement Democrat (ZMD), has lambasted Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State for what it describes as a complete failure to protect lives and properties in rural communities, two years into his administration. The group claims that the governor has done little to address the alarming security situation ravaging the…
By Amos Tauna, Kaduna A civic organisation from the North, the Coalition of Arewa Civil Society Organisation, has claimed that the Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has disregarded the concerns of his constituents and is instead fixated on attacking the characters of his political opponents. Aminu Abbas Arabi, the Convener of the coalition, voiced…
