Another attempt to review the 1999 Constitution will be revved up at the National Assembly when lawmakers vote on 67 bills from Tuesday. The joint constitution review committee has proposed 67 bills – each on all the items being proposed for amendment. The “Report of the Senate Committee on the …
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Constitution Amendment: APC Plans Screening Of Ministerial Nominees, Others
Persons seeking to be ministers, ambassadors and heads of critical agencies in the All Progressives Congress-controlled Federal Government must pass a litmus test set by the party before their names are forwarded to the Senate for confirmation. This is according to a proposed amendment of the APC constitution. According to …
Read More »Electoral Bill: Buhari In Crucial Talks With AGF, Others
The Presidency on Thursday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari is in a last minute consultation with critical stakeholders as he races against time to take a decision on the re-worked Electoral Act Amendment Bill (2022). Senior Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Babajide Omoworare who made …
Read More »2023 Presidency: Buhari To Meet Tinubu, Umahi, Okorocha, Others
President Muhammadu Buhari will in the coming days meet with all aspirants who are seeking to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Daily Independent has gathered. A presidency source, who disclosed this to Daily Independent on Monday, said the president, who …
Read More »Buhari’s Men Await President’s Position On Osinbajo, Tinubu, Others
Confidants of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), are currently waiting for him to reveal his preferred aspirant among the presidential hopefuls in the ruling All Progressives Congress, This, according to findings, explains why the confidants, comprising serving ministers, close aides and his kitchen cabinet, could not make any …
Read More »Gunmen Kidnap Ex-Imo Speaker, Duruji, Others
A former Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Lawman Duruji, has been kidnapped, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent gathered that Duruji was kidnapped at Ehime Mbano LGA on Saturday at Oriagu while returning from a function. Also kidnapped is a businessman in Owerri, popularly known as Ezzybee. …
Read More »Strike: Lagos Nurses Walk Out On Commissioners, Others
The efforts of the Lagos State Government to avert the three-day warning strike declared by the nurses in the state proved abortive on Saturday as the angry workers walked out of the meeting called by the government towards addressing their concerns. The nurses, under the umbrella of the National Association …
Read More »NDLEA Arrests Fake Security Agent, Brazil Returnee, Recovers Cookies, Others
Grandpa, fake security agent in NDLEA net over imported drug chocolates, cookies, others . Brazil returnee excretes cocaine pellets at Enugu airport A 76-year-old grandfather, Osagie Robert has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Edo state where a suspected fake security agent, Godwin …
Read More »CCTV Shows Rahmon Adedoyin, Others, Entered Timothy Oludare’s Room & Took His Body
CCTV Footage Shows How Hotel Owner, Adedoyin, Others, Entered OAU Post-graduate Student’s Room Closed Circuit Television installed at the Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has revealed how owner of the facility, Rahmon Adedoyin, his son, Raheem, and Adedoyin’s aide, Moshood, were behind the murder of a Master of …
Read More »Presidency To Spend ₦402.2m On Maintenance Of Generators, Furniture, Others
Going by what’s in the 2022 budget, the seat of power will spend N402.2 million on maintenance of office equipment, furniture, buildings, vehicles, generators and others. Also, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are to spend N3. 087 billion on travels within and outside the country this year. …
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