THE Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has announced that all full-time Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates will now be mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The resolution of the long-standing issue regarding their mobilisation is contained…
THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness across the country from Friday to Sunday. In a weather outlook it released on Thursday in Abuja, NiMet envisaged sunny skies in hazy conditions on Friday over the northern…
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan did not suspend governors when he declared a state of emergency in three north-eastern states in 2013 because it was unconstitutional, according to Mohammed Bello Adoke, the former attorney-general of the federation. Adoke dedicated a whole…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday lauded the National Assembly for its decisive and patriotic ratification of the State of Emergency proclamation in Rivers State, a critical step to restoring stability after a protracted political crisis that paralysed governance in…
KOGI Women group backs Natasha’s suspension from Senate call for recall from upper chambers The Kogi Central Women Development Association (KCWDA) on Thursday backed the suspension and recall of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from National Assembly. Speaking in Lokoja at…
THE National Youth Leader of Social democratic party SDP, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogbonna has condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency and the removal of Rivers State elected officials, describing it as an illegal coup against…
INTRODUCTION In an era where democracy is supposed to reign supreme giving democracy dividends to beleaguered Nigerians, the nation has once again found itself at crossroads, a sober moment of reckoning where constitutional order is being tested in the most…
THE Nigerian Senate has approved the State of Emergency for Rivers State as declared by President Bola Tinubu. The upper legislative chamber also approved a six-month suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, deputy and all elected members of the Rivers…
THE President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio and Senator Seriake Dickson were, on Thursday, locked up in a heated argument over the provision of Senate Rules in the handling of debate on the State of Emergency in…
THE House of Representatives has approved President Bola Tinubu’s emplacement of emergency rule in Rivers State. The approval extended to the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and all elected members of the state assembly for six months in…
