By Sunday Aborisade:There are strong indications that the energy and funds committed to the process of amending the 1999 Constitution are gradually becoming elusive no thanks to the unending cold war between the Ninth Senate and state houses of assembly.  When the Deputy President of the Senate, ...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)  said  it will continue to wield its “big stick” on officers found to be involved in fraudulent practices. The National Public Relations Officer of the service, Deputy Comptroller Timi Bomodi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the present ...

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja Senate President Ahmad Lawan and a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, have said that the legislature, in the three tiers of government, lack the powers to curb corruption and wasteful expenditure in government. Lawan and Bankole spoke ...

By Adibe Emenyonu:In order to equip youths with the necessary tools of survival in the current economic hardship, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), at the weekend in Benin City, Edo State, has trained 30 youths on basic business enterprise. The NDE said that the training was focused on ...

By Deji Elumoye:President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Chinese leader, President Xi Jinping, on historic election for third time as the leader of the Communist Party of China.The President in a message issued on Monday expressed hope that his re-election would pave the way for deeper and ...

Good morning! Here is today’s latest news from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has promised to devote 100 percent of his time and energy in the service of Nigeria and its people, saying he would not be like others that would share ...

By Michael Olugbode:Nigeria and other West African countries need to improve on science, technology and innovation (STI) in order to solve local problems and boost their economies, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Adeleke Mamora, has said.The minister gave the advice during ...

By Alex Enumah:The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has decried the narratives that Nigerian judges are corrupt and can easily be compromised.President of the association, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), stated this in his address at the valedictory court session held in honour of a retired Justice of the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s latest news from Nigerian Newspapers:1. President Muhammadu Buhari has reached out to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, pledging the full support of the Federal administration in assisting him and the people of Benue with resources to investigate the latest ...

Deji Elumoye and Peter Uzoho:President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday inaugurated the Pinnacle Oil and Gas FZE Terminal in Lekki, Lagos, where he disclosed that the operations of the facility have eased congestion in the Apapa area, and reduced the cost of delivery of petroleum product distribution to ...

By Chinedu Eze:The federal government has ordered 20 new petrol aircraft for training, out of which only nine have been delivered.The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who disclosed this at a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, at the weekend, also ...

By Deji Elumoye:President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for Seoul, South Korea as head of a 13-man Nigerian delegation to the First World Bio Summit, 2022.On the President’s entourage are Governors Aminu Bello Masari and Abubakar Sani Bello of Katsina and Niger States respectively; ...

By Bennett Oghifo, Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Francis Sardauna:King Charles III of England yesterday wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari concerning the devastating floods bedeviling most states of the federation, declaring that he “is deeply saddened” about the lives lost to the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. At least six people, including three policemen, were killed when gunmen opened fire on the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman, General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Auchi, Edo State, on Friday.2. The presidential ...

By Deji Elumoye:The end appears in sight for the perennial power outage in the country as the federal government is billed to take delivery of 22 power transformers and mobile stations from Germany between November this year and May next year. President Muhammadu Buhari gave an indication to this ...

By Chinedu Eze:In a bid to keep an appropriate record of helicopter movements in Nigeria, the federal government has engaged a private firm to achieve these objectives on Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) arrangement. The Managing Director, Naebi Dynamic Services Limited, Mr. Stanley Chike, told ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the completion of the sale of Polaris Bank. Osita Nwanisobi, CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.2. Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The military has warned politicians against using military personnel, their activities, uniforms or accoutrements as themes or for illustration of message in political advertisements or any such productions. Director, Defence ...

By Deji ElumoyeThe federal government has disclosed that with the signing of the Start-up Act, the incessant harassment of youth by security agencies, particularly policemen would soon become history. Briefing newsmen yesterday, at the State House, Abuja, shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari ...

By Iyobosa Uwugiaren and Emmanuel Addeh:The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday said in spite of the shortfall in the federal government’s revenue, arising from weakness in the global economy that led to drop in oil revenue, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government ...

China refutes Police Station reports, chides mischief makersThe People’s Republic of China has denied reports in the media, that it has established a Chinese Police Station in Nigeria.The Chinese Embassy Press Officer, Zhang Hang, in a telephone chat with AIT, said the rumour is based on an ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Wednesday called on media houses, especially federal government media to champion the advocacy for successful 2023 census. He made the call at the opening of a three-day National Capacity Building Workshop on 2023 Population and Housing ...

Hike in fuel and food prices, submerged communities, inaccessible roads, displaced residents and deaths have marked the humanitarian crisis caused by massive flooding from the opening of the Lagdo dam in Cameroon ravaging states like Anambra, Delta, Cross River, Rivers and Bayelsa. Is evacuation ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Traditional rulers and leaders of religious organizations in the South East zone have made a strong call for the release of separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The call was made by prominent personalities in the zone under the aegis of ...

By Emmanuel AddehThe Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has urged the federal government to encourage the deployment of practising engineers to man strategic positions in government requiring considerable technical know-how.President of the NSE,  Tasiu Gidari-Wudil, who spoke during the Biennial ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. There was pandemonium on Monday when hoodlums invaded the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential campaign mega rally in Kaduna and launched an attack on the crowd. The hoodlums came into the Ranchers Bees Stadium venue with ...

 The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq has warned state governments, local government areas and community leaders especially in Anambra, Delta, Cross River, Rivers and Bayelsa states, of the impending floods in the coming ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Abiodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was yesterday sworn-in as the governor of Ekiti State. The former Secretary to the State Government, SSG, was sworn in by the State Chief Judge, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye at the ...

By Sunday Aborisade:The Senate has asked the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to present a supplementary budget to the National Assembly following the destruction of farmlands and crops by the current flooding across the country.This came as the Bayelsa State government has ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The deposed Emir of Kano and vice chairman, Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency, Lamido Sanusi, yesterday, expressed his compassion for the next president that will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari due to the depleted state of the ...

By Kuni TyessiAs the world commemorates the 2022 International Day of the Rural Woman as well as the World Food Day on 15 and 16 October respectively, the Minister of Women Affairs, Paullen Tallen has lamented that the present National Assembly has failed the Nigerian and rural woman.Tallen made ...

By Deji Elumoye:The federal government has disclosed that it would soon come up with a final decision on the on-going terrorism trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.This was one of the resolutions at the National Security Council (NSC) meeting held ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State yesterday, raised fresh allegations against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, saying the Chairman collected N100 million and N1 billion from a governor, ...

By Deji ElumoyePresident Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China has commiserated with his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, over the recent boat mishap in Anambra State.Over 40 people were reported to have died in the accident which happened Friday, October 7, 2022, at Umunankwo in ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has succumbed to pressure and has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action. The union made the decision after National Executive Committee, NEC met yesterday.2. The Court of Appeal ...

By Kasim Sumaina:The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday disclosed its commencement of the transportation of relief items from the National Strategic Reserve to all the states affected by flood in NigeriaThe items, NEMA stated would also be presented to the state government for ...

By Francis Sardauna:Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State Thursday, said the Nigerian census is highly politicised and bedevilled with politics of numbers and allocation of resources orchestrated by ethnicity, regional and religious differences.He explained that even the previous censuses ...

By Sunday Aborisade and Udora Orizu:The Senate and House of Representatives yesterday passed for second reading the N20.51 trillion 2023 budget presented to the National Assembly last Friday by President Muhammadu Buhari.The approval of the appropriation bill at the upper chamber followed a robust ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers:1. Ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, the Labour Party has released its Presidential Campaign Council list consisting of 1,234 members. The list was disclosed on Wednesday during a press conference in Abuja.2. Rivers State ...

Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, a.k.a. MC Oluomo. ByPhilip ShimnomThe Chairman of Lagos Parks and Garages Management, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has insisted that nobody was killed during the EndSARS protest at Lekki tollgate.He stated this while addressing supporters of the All ...

By Udora Orizu:The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Finance to investigate the accuracy of data provided to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) by the 36 states and 774 Local Government Areas of the federation that was used to compute the revenue ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers:1. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will, on Thursday, decide on the suspension of its 8-month-old strike. Rumours were rife on Monday that the lecturers had called off the strike but a member of the National Executive ...

By Olawale Ajimotokan:The federal government has applauded the United States of America over the repatriation to Nigeria, 23 Benin Bronzes, which were part of the thousands of artifacts that were looted by the British during their invasion of Benin Kingdom in 1897.The Minister of Information and ...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) have said there is likelihood of more states experiencing floods in the coming days, especially in the North Central, South East and South Western States.Director-General, NiMet, Prof. Mansur Bako ...

By Ismaila ChafePresident Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the determination of his administration to continue to root out all forms of banditry, criminality, terrorism and insurgency in the country till the end of his tenure in 2023.The President who assured that he will hand over a Nigeria that is ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said new Permanent Voter Cards will be made available by November.INEC Chairman Prof Mahmoud Yakubu said this at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the United States.Yakubu said 2.7 million double registrations were ...

By Udora Orizu:Following the rumours that the federal government intends to replace the pipeline surveillance contract recently awarded to some persons in the Niger Delta with the Presidential Amnesty Programme, President of the Association of Presidential Amnesty Students worldwide, Comrade ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has hailed the House of Representatives for its intervention in the protracted crisis between university lecturers and the Federal Government. The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, ...

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the full digitisation of Nigerian passport processes would be completed by December.Mr Aregbesola disclosed this when he was featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja.He said that full digitisation would completely eliminate ...

There are indications that the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) may soon witness a gale of mass desertion and retirement.Barring any last-minute change, the mass exodus in the nation’s military would unfold into an unfavourable reality if the reviewed Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service ...