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…Parliamentary system is most economical The former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba and Leader of the South-South and Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark have pledged on unflinching support for the proposed bills seeking to adopt homegrown Parliamentary system of government. Speaking during the meeting with Chief...

The Federal House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Office of the National Security Adviser to coordinate intelligence and security operations in the country, particularly in Kaduna State following last week’s abduction of over 200 students in the Chikun Local Government Area of the State by suspected bandits.  The...

Senate on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP Bauchi Central) from National Assembly over allegation that the 2024 budget was padded with a whooping sum of about N4trillion. The lawmaker is to lose his salaries, allowances and other privileges during the suspension period. President of the Red Chamber, Senator Godswill...

Service to one’s country knows no bounds, and anyone willing to serve their people is welcome. This is the journey of Mazi Simon Ekpa, a former athlete and political activist who is now leading a movement to have his people exercise their human right to self-determination. Born on March 21,...

Governor Abdullahi Sule has named the newly commissioned first phase of the Nasarawa Technology Village (NTV) Housing Estates in Karu, comprising of 100 housing units, after Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima. Governor Sule made this known during the official commissioning of the Phase One, NTV Housing Estates, flagging off of...

The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has dismissed the suggestion by former President Olusegun Obasanjo of a Zimbabwe economic model for Nigeria as worse than the Argentina prescription mooted by his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar. It said in a statement signed on Monday in Abuja, by its Chairman Jesutega Onokpasa...

The leadership of the United Nigerians in the Diaspora (UND) has said it will embark on massive street protest to some Nigerian embassies in Washington DC, some other US cities, London and other major cities in Europe and Asia nations, asking for immediate resignation of Chairman of the Independent National...

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara were in war of words on Saturday during the burial of the late Access Bank Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe, wife, Chizoba and son, Chizi. This was revealed in a trending video shared on X on Saturday. Fubara, while giving his...

There is tension in the Senate following the review of the 2024 budget by northern senators forum to identify some perceived infractions and padding of the money bill . To this effect the forum consisting of senators from the 19 northern states have hired and commissioned experts who have since...

The National Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN) says the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) is not to blame for the stampede that occurred during the sale of subsidised rice in Lagos. The NCSCN made its position known in a communique it issued on Friday, at the end of its 1st...