Новости за 15.07.2016

Sunday Aborisade, Olufemi Atoyebi, Femi Makinde and Toluwani Eniola The All Progressives Congress member representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, on Thursday said he called Senator Oluremi Tinubu a stupid woman on the floor of the Senate during an executive session because she also referred to him as a dog and a thug. […]

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A bullion van driver has confessed to conveying the N1.219bn, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alleged was delivered to the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, in the build-up to the June 2014 governorship election in the state, which Fayose won. Fayose is being investigated by the EFCC for allegedly […]

Eniola Akinkuotu and Ade Adesomoju The Department of State Services has arrested Alhaja Moroophat Onikoro, the wife of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, who has been in the United States since June, 2015. It was learnt that the suspect was arrested in front of her husband’s house located on Layi […]

John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives on Thursday shifted the hearing in the sexual House of Representatives’ members allegedly committed by three lawmakers in the United States of America to Wednesday, next week. The three are the Deputy Chairman, Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Mr. Mark Gbillah (APC, Benue); Mr. Samuel Ikon (PDP, Akwa […]

Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja Commercial activities were paralysed on Thursday as students of the Kogi State University, Anyigba, grounded the state capital, Lokoja, protesting the protracted strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The students in their thousands occupied the popular Ganaja Junction and blocked the roads as early as 7.30am, thereby paralysing […]

Everest Amaefule, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the probe of two former  Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika and Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah. The two generals are among 54 persons to be investigated for their roles in the arms scandals that saw billions of dollars meant for the procurement of arms for […]

Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Senate on Thursday expressed surprise that the All Progressives Congress  leadership made comments on mere speculation and fabrication by an online publication on a purported plan to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. The upper chamber lamented that the party leadership failed to find out the truth when it had all the opportunity […]

John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives sought tougher measures on Thursday to restrict the employment of foreign nationals by firms or organisations in the country. A bill to “restrict” the issuance of work permits to foreigners by the Federal Government passed second reading at the House. The bill, which was sponsored by the Majority […]

Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said anyone who is found guilty in the current Federal Government’s anti-corruption war should be jailed. He said this on Thursday in Abeokuta at the sideline of activities marking his 82 birthday. He clocked 82 on Wednesday.  Soyinka had earlier played host to pupils from […]