Abuja, FCT | Tuesday, July 9, 2024 – The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the controversial clauses allegedly contained in the recently signed Samoa Partnership Agreement to ensure they sufficiently align with constitutional provisions, extant laws, and our national interests and values. The Green Chamber also urged the federal government to ensure thorough…
ASUU rejects new university governing councils approved by President Tinubu, says most people on the list are “retired politicians” and not technocrats ASUU’s national president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke in an interview with Nigerian Tribune, said it is obvious that the composition in the new list is worse than the previous one. “Go and look at…
Nigerians must vehemently denounce and condemn the decision of Nigeria’s Accountant-General’s Office to hold a workshop in London. This decision is not only unacceptable but also deeply troubling on multiple levels. Given the prevailing hardship in the country and the pitiable State of our national currency and the economy in general, any public function abroad…
Dr. Mrs. Queen Elizabeth Agwu, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Anambra State, who was sent to conduct the court-ordered supplementary election in Enugu South Urban Constituency is integrity personified and a dimer of hope for Nigeria. A woman who stood firm and insisted that the right thing shall be done, despite pressure from some…
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) kicked against the relocation, describing it as a deliberate plot against the Northern region. The dethroned emir of Kano and former Central Bank of Nigeria’s Governor, Muhammadu Sanusi has defended the relocation of some departments of the apex bank from Abuja to Lagos by the current…
BY JESUPEMI ARE Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the quest for bribes by the agency’s investigators has become “too embarrassing”. In his New Year address to the staff of the commission on Thursday, Olukoyede said the “major objective” of the war against corruption and financial crimes globally is…
Traditional rulers in Anambra have expressed displeasure with the way the government of Charles Soludo is treating the traditional institution. In a letter signed by Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, the chairman of Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council (ASTRC), the traditional rulers said the way and manner the government maltreated and suspended members were…
Dear People of Enugu State, As we are on the threshold of 2024, it is with immense gratitude and enthusiasm that I extend my heartfelt New Year wishes to you. Your support for the leadership of Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah embodies a collective aspiration to restore our beloved state to its deserved prominence. Governor Peter…
Catholic bishops in Africa had said they would not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessing for same-sex couples. A Catholic priest, Reverend Father Jean-Miguel Auguste, has commended the stand of Catholic bishops in Africa on blessing same-sex couples, saying “Africa is the only continent that will save the world’’. Mr. Auguste, a priest of…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, has said regulators will force airlines to compensate passengers for delayed or cancelled flights from January 2024. Keyamo spoke while appearing before the National Assembly joint committee on aviation to defend his ministry’s budget for the 2024 fiscal year. He said: “I said on a weekly basis,…
