Former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu is dead, Mantu died in a private hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday after falling ill nine days ago. The former lawmaker is expected to be laid to rest later today in Abuja. Mantu was elected as the senator representing Plateau central on the platform of the Peoples…
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan, says the National Assembly should not be blamed for the leaking roof of the legislative complex in Abuja. A day after the damaged roof of the National Assembly exposed to the public during a heavy rainfall, Senator Lawan pointed accusing fingers at the Federal Capital Development Authority. Senator Lawan…
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress is holding a meeting today to discuss the proposed increase of the price of petrol to as high as four hundred and eight naira per litre. The proposal was made by a committee of the Nigeria Governors Forum, as part of moves to remove the payment of petrol subsidy The…
A clergyman, Monsignor Paschal Nwaezeapu has called for a conference of religious leaders of different faith to address the problem of terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. Monsignor Nwaezeapu, who is the Parish Priest of the Catholic Church of Divine Mercy in Lekki, made the call in an interview with Lasgidi FM’s Azuka Onwuzor. The Catholic Priest also…
The Nigerian Military has vowed to crush any attempt to topple the government through unconstitutional means. The Military High Command warned those it described as misguided politicians who may be nursing the ambition to rule this country outside the ballot box to banish such thoughts. It also reminded all military personnel that it is treasonable to even…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, says the strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria is for a good reason. Justice Muhammad said he cannot fault the idea of the JUSUN strike since the rights of the union and its members were being denied, especially at state levels. Speaking during a meeting at…