President Joe Biden clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday after winning a majority of the delegates and setting up what is expected to be a closely contested rematch with Donald Trump. Biden faced token opposition as the party’s biggest names, Govs. Gavin Newsom of California and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan among them, opted to sit…
The Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme indefinitely. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyer, made this known during an interview with Arise News on Tuesday. The loan, which was originally scheduled to commence on Thursday, has been postponed once more. Sawyer explained that the…
••• Lift curfew on Ifon/Ilobu Following security alerts raised by Governor Ademola Adeleke, the State Security Council has adopted preemptive and proactive measures to secure the state. Rising from the security council meeting chaired by Governor Adeleke, the Council resolved among others to strengthen interagency intelligence sharing, the creation of a rapid response joint security…
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi for three months over his allegation that the Federal Government was operating two budgets. The suspension followed the amendment of prayers by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim to the motion raised by Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan which took Senators hours to debate. Ningi granted an interview on Monday…
The Senate is currently in a rowdy session over the budget padding allegation levelled against it. Recall that Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi had accused the Senate of padding the budget to the tune of N3.7 trillion. Ningi, who is the Chairman of Northern Senators’ Forum, had alleged that the National Assembly debated and passed…
Senator Abdul Ningi has resigned his position as the Chairman of Northern Senators Forum. Ningi said his resignation was necessitated by unfolding events in the National Assembly, the North and the Nation at large. “I will like to resign my position as the Chairman of Northern Senators forum. This is of course necessitated by unfolding…
….Veteran Publisher, Dele Momodu pledges to assist Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has disclosed the readiness of his administration to bring back to life the dying glory of the entertainment industry in the State. The governor stated this in a remark made at an event tagged “The Most Popular Celebrity Award” which was held…
Haiti’s prime minister agreed late Monday to step aside as armed gangs plunge his country into anarchy, as he accepted a regional push for a transition that sets the stage for international intervention. Caribbean nations secured Ariel Henry’s resignation at an emergency meeting in Jamaica where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered another $100…
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania over the United Kingdom sex offence charges, police said on Tuesday. Romanian authorities said in a statement they executed “two European arrest warrants issued by the UK judicial authorities for the committing of sexual offences, of exploitation of persons on the territory…
Six Nigerian university lecturers, some refugees and asylum seekers, detained in Cameroon, after their alleged illegal deportation from Nigeria, have called on the National Assembly to intervene to secure their immediate and unconditional release. They had written to the House of Representatives, appealing for the intervention of the House to assist in releasing them from…
