The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs says it will approve the one point three billion naira proposed for the State House Clinic in the 2021 Budget. However; the Senate Committee want the money to be spent on providing the right equipment so that President MUHAMMADU BUHARI and his top officials will not have to…
Former deputy governor of Kogi State, SIMON ACHUBA, has won his case against the state government at the National Industrial Court. ACHUBA approached the NIC in Abuja to challenge the decision of the state government to withhold his allowances after he was impeached by the House of Assembly in October 2019. In a judgment delivered Justice OYEBIOLA…
The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the indefinite suspension of caretaker chairmen of thirteen local government councils and local council development authorities. Those affected are Akinyele East, Ido, Oluyole, Ibadan North-East, Lagelu West, Soro, Ogbomosho Central, Ogbomosho South, Ajorosun, Ibarapa North-West, Itesiwaju, Oyo East, and Oyo South East. The State Assembly said the suspended council…
Nollywood actor turned politician, DESMOND ELLIOT, has come under strong criticism over his support for the regulation of the use of social media in Nigeria. ELLIOT, who represents Surelere Constituency One in the Lagos State House of Assembly, had warned that Nigeria may not exist in the next five years if social media remain unregulated. The lawmaker…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed fifteen bye-elections in eleven states on October 31, 2020. The postponed bye-elections include six senatorial districts and nine constituents, one of which is the bye-election for Lagos East Senatorial District. The decision was reached at a meeting between INEC National Officers and thirty-seven Resident Electoral Commissioners. INEC National Commissioner in…
The South-West Caucus in the Nigerian Senate has condemned the use of military force against peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos State. The South-West Senators who are sixteen in number made their position known in a statement released after a meeting in Abuja. The Senators said the recognise the right of citizens for peaceful protests but concerned about…