Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue on Monday, May 17 urged residents of the state to defend themselves against armed invaders in their domain. Ortom, who made the remark while reacting to questions from journalists on his arrival to Makurdi from Oyo state where he attended the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum meeting, said people…
The House Of Representatives is set to legalise the use of Indian Hemp in the country for economic benefit. Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu said this during a press conference on the benefits and opportunities of Cannabis in Akure, Ondo state capital Kalu said that the House of Representatives has…
Nigeria’s inflation rate reduced by 0.05 per cent in April compared to what obtained in March, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a report Monday. The bureau said while inflation rate stood at 18.17 per cent in March, it reduced to 18.12 per cent in April. It is the first fall in Nigeria’s…
The Federal Government says it has uncovered about 476 online publication sites dedicated to daily churning out of fake news to fight the government. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when he received officials of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations on a courtesy…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has grilled the immediate past Kwara Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, over alleged diversion of N9billion. According to sources at the anti-graft agency, the former Governor is currently being grilled by a crack team of operatives at the headquarters of the EFCC in Jabi Abuja. Ahmed was said to have…
Nigeria’s Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, is facing threats of impeachment over his criticism of 17 southern governors for their call to restructure Nigeria. A member of the House of Representatives, Sergius Ogun, told Arise TV on Monday, May 17, that the impeachment process against the Senate president has commenced. Ogun stated that the senators from…
Professor Francisca Aladejana, the immediate past Chairman, Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), and Special Adviser to Governor Kayode Fayemi on Basic and Secondary Education is dead. Multiple sources in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital confirmed her demise via their social media handles. A source said she was in the office on Monday…
Food products imports gobbled up $1.24bn of the foreign exchange supplied by the Central Bank of Nigeria from October 2020 to March 2021 despite the ban directive from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The foreign exchange used for the importation of food products into Nigeria more than doubled in the fourth quarter…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to begin the process that will lead to the creation of state police. The governors who held a meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Monday were led by the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu…
Governors of the 13 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-controlled states are currently meeting at the International Conference Centre of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 13 governors are: Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Douye Diri of…
