ABOUT SENATOR ADEMOLA JACKSON NURUDEEN ADELEKE: WHAT I KNOW SO FAR! About Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, I know he was born of a Yoruba father from Ede, Osun State and an Igbo woman from Enugu State, therefore a Nigerian citizen by birth eligible to contest an election under the relevant laws and the Constitution…
President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Wednesday in Abuja that Nigerians in the North East will see a shift from the protracted insurgency to peace and prosperity in their villages in the coming months. The President spoke at the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in…
Chief Magistrate Muhammad Jibril of a Magistrate Court 12, sitting in Gidan Murtala in Kano state, has ordered the case of Abdulmalik Tanko and his accomplices to be transferred to the State High Court number 6 before Justice Usman Na’abba on February 9, 2022. Tanko and his associates were charged with killing Hanifa Abubakar, a…
The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned the attack and arson on its office and the property of a prominent PDP member located in Gombe by hoodlums. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, while reacting on Wednesday, described the attack on its office and the property of PDP’s Presidential Candidate in the 2019 general…
…Pledges Support for Frontier Exploration The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) for repositioning the Nigerian oil and gas industry into a competitive business environment. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, gave the commendation when he led members of the Committee on…
The bill to raise the educational qualification for election into the office of the president has passed its first reading in the House of Representatives. The proposed legislation also aims to increase the academic requirements for governors, state legislators, and federal legislators. Sections 65, 106, 131 and 177 of the 1999 constitution states that a…
The 100 Women Lobby Group has urged all levels of government to ensure a level playing field for women to fully participate in politics and other leadership forums, particularly with the 2023 elections approaching. The group’s national coordinator, Felicia Iyore Onibong, made the remark in Abuja during the public presentation of a survey it initiated…
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and the University of Abuja have agreed to establish a Center of Excellence in Reverse Engineering and Innovation, which will result in the development of indigenous engineering designs and manufacturing capacity to meet the challenges of improving the nation’s local industries. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed…
The Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) and Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) have agreed to establish an Investment Academy to train Nigerians on ways to attract investment opportunities to Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of NIPC, Mr Emeka Offor, who visited ACCI with his team on Tuesday, said the proposal to establish the academy…
The Federal Government has given approval for the resumption of Emirates flight operations to Nigeria. The government also asked the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to approve the request by Air Peace for the resumption of passenger flights effective March 1, 2022. This was contained in a letter by the Director-General of Nigerian…
