President Bola Tinubu has asked the National Assembly to consider and pass a new bill seeking to provide new salaries and allowances for judicial officers in the country. The Executive bill forwarded by the President is titled “A Bill for an Act to prescribe the Salaries, Allowances and Fringe Benefits of Judicial Office Holders in Nigeria and for Related Matters.” The president in a letter read at plenary on Tuesday by the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, said the President said the bill seeks to prescribe salaries and allowances as well as other fringe benefits…
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The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has alleged that some people in government are complicit in the ongoing violence in the South-eat Kanu who disassociated himself from the violence in the region vowed that those behind the violence leading to wanton killings of their fellow brothers and sisters and burning of property under the guise of being IPOB members would not be spared. He made this known on Tuesday in Abuja immediately after the Federal High Court denied him bail on charges of terrorism slammed against him by the federal government. Kanu was…
Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed in Jos South Local Government of Plateau State, have rescued one Mrs. Rosemary Jekpe, who was kidnapped at her residence in Abuja Layout, Bukuru Low Cost Housing in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. Director Army Public Relations, Maj-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement issued said the kidnap victim was rescued at Rafinbuna Village in Bassa Local Government Area in the same state, after a firefight with the kidnappers. He said the troops recovered one AK – 47 Rifle and 2 Motorbikes from the Kidnappers. Nwachukwu added: “Nigerian Army troops have also…
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has ordered Sector Commanding Officers to commence with immediate effect, patrol operations, as well as organise adequate Mobile Court operations along critical corridors. Biu said the order was in line with the imperatives of cautioning trailers against conveying human beings on top of goods in their vehicles. The Corps Marshal stated this while reacting to the avoidable road traffic crash that occurred on the Abuja-Kaduna expressway on 18 March, 2024. The crash which involved a DAF Trailer occurred as a result of excessive speed, overloading and fatigue. This caused the…
The House of Representatives has passed the N1.28 trillion budget of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). The budget was presented to the National Assembly by the president last week. In passing the budget, the House said the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike and the Director of Treasury shall furnish the National Assembly, on a quarterly basis, the status of the records of the Federal Capital Territory Statutory Accounts. The passage of the budget followed a report submitted to the House by the Chairman of three House Committees on FCT, Hon. Mukhtar Aliyu Betara, following a budget defence by Wike.…
A Prominent privately owned radio broadcasting FM station in Calabar, Cross River State, in the early hours of today, engaged me as the chief speaker in a live public conversation on the recent sad incident of the killing of some soldiers in Delta State. In the course of that one hour live programme which allowed members of the listening public to contribute their positions, something emerged which is the yawning gaps between Civilians and the military in Nigeria. The majority of those who called in, focused exclusively on the reason why the government rather than deploy police operatives to the…
The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described the frequent criticism of President Bola Tinubu by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a sign of frustration. The group in a statement issued Tuesday by its Chairman, Jesutega Onokpasa said this was especially so because Tinubu was able to achieve at one attempt what Atiku as spent 32 unsuccessful years struggling for. It added that it was not surprised that Atiku was dabbling into all sorts of national issues in order to be politically relevant for yet another bid for the Presidency. The group stressed that while it ia his fundamental…
Ahead of the Ondo State governorship primary election which will commence on 6th April, 2024, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cautioned all the political parties against frequent changes as witnessed recently during the Edo primaries are not only disruptive but costly. The Commission noted that it cannot mobilise, demobilise and remobilise its officials for the monitoring of party primaries at the convenience of political parties. Against this background, the electoral body said political parties should stick to their proposed dates and modes of primaries for certainty and optimal deployment of resources. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on…
Ahead of the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States, the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that there should be no excuse for poor performance. Its Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during INEC quarterly meeting with leaders of political parties. Dantalle, who is also the National Chairman Allied People’s Movement (APM) said it is the duty of political leaders to ensure the elections meet international best practices and also hold critical stakeholders accountable. According to him, Vote selling and buying, thuggery, voter apathy and intimidation of electoral…
The Nigeria Army has alleged that Okuama community was complicit in the recent killing of its personnel. Director Army Public Relations, Maj-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement issued monday wondered why the community resorted to propaganda in the face of gruesome murder of troops on peace mission, saying it was callous and totally condemnable. He said the unfortunate killing of troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army, while on a peaceful and mediatory mission, after a reported case of communal clash between Okuama and Okoloba Communities in Ughelli South and Bomadi LGAs of Delta State respectively was not…