There was a sharp disagreement among senators yesterday following the consideration of new proposals to further amend the Constitution. Specifically, a new proposal, among others, seeks to empower the President to initiate the process of making a new constitution for the country. The Bill entitled: “Additional report of the Senate Committee on the Review of…
A Catholic Priest, Joseph Okon; a traditional ruler in Awka, Anambra State, Chief Uchenna Cannice Joel Onyekaozuru;
Victor AHIUMA-YOUNG PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has advised the Federal Government against any attempt to secretly sell the four public refineries without following due process and addressing all labour concerns. The umbrella body for senior employees in Nigeria’s petroleum industry, threatened that any attempt to discreetly privatize the refineries,…
The military claimed on Tuesday to have seized 288 rifles and 35 rockets from terrorists in Cameroon at the weekend. A statement signed by the Director of Defence Information at Defence Headquarters, Major General Chris Olukolade, attributed the seizure to the collaboration in fighting terrorism in the sub-region, as Cameroon security forces made the huge…
A former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said the restructuring of the current federal arrangement in the country should be a major focus of delegates at the on-going national conference. Atiku said the Federal Government in the current arrangement was too powerful.In a speech delivered at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, on Tuesday, the…
Barely five months after joining Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, a frontline senatorial aspirant for Orlu Zone and renowned philanthropist, Chief Chidi Felix Idiga, popularly known as Jafac has jettisoned his political romance with the governor and his party only to join the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.…
National President of Arewa Youth Forum, AYF, Gambo Gujungu, has asked the 19 Northern governors not to depend on the Federal Government for the development of their respective region. AYF also urged the Federal Government to replicate the amnesty programme for the Niger Delta militants for Boko Haram terrorists in the north.Gujungu spoke when the…
Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has said that late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, would have been one of the front seat leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) if he were to be alive. Okorocha in a statement issued today in Owerri by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, said that…
At least 15 civilians have been killed in a suicide bombing by suspected Islamist militants in north-east Nigeria, officials say. Six of the attackers also died in the explosion, which took place on the outskirts of the city of Maiduguri, a defence ministry spokesman said. Authorities said the Boko Haram group was behind the assault.…
Nigeria on Tuesday assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for April. Mrs Joy Ogwu, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, took over the role from Mr Sylvie Lucas, Luxembourg’s representative. Nigeria was elected on Oct. 17, 2013 by the UN General Assembly as a non-permanent member to the UN Security…