Author: Yetunde Ogunmola
-
Anxiety as Oyo Assembly over planned suspension of 11 lawmakers
There is anxiety currently among members of the Oyo State House of Assembly over the planned suspension of eleven lawmakers, DAILY POST reports that the state House of Assembly has 32 members. DAILY POST reports that all eleven members earmarked for suspension are first-timers in the state House of Assembly. Our correspondent gathered that seven…
-
Atiku Departs Nigeria
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, departed Abuja for Europe on Wednesday. The former Vice President has faced significant criticism for often leaving Nigeria soon after each election. In contrast to the post-2015 and 2019 elections, Atiku stayed in the country for several months following the 2023 election. During this…
-
Edo Guber: Court dismisses suit seeking to disqualify Asue Ighodalo as PDP candidate
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit seeking to prohibit Barrister Asue Ighodalo from being presented as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the forthcoming Edo State governorship election. The Judge threw out the suit instituted by an aggrieved PDP governorship aspirant, Anselm…
-
Cholera: Nigeria records 54 deaths, 1,579 cases in 32 states – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has announced an increase in the death toll and spread of cholera across 32 states and 115 Local Government Areas, LGAs, of the Federation. In an update on Wednesday, the Deputy Director of Surveillance of the NCDC, and National Incident Manager for the Centre, Dr. Muntari…
-
BREAKING: El-Rufai sues Kaduna Assembly over probe
Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sued the Kaduna State House of Assembly over claims that his administration embezzled N432 billion and left the state with significant debt obligations. The former governor, on Wednesday, filed a fundamental rights enforcement case against the Kaduna State House of Assembly at the Federal High Court in Kaduna. El-Rufai, who…
-
Kenya Protest Death Toll Rises to 13
The death toll from protests in Kenya has climbed to 13, an official from the main doctors’ association told AFP Wednesday, after anti-tax hike rallies turned violent and police opened fire at demonstrators who ransacked parliament. The unprecedented scenes that left parts of parliament ablaze and gutted and injured scores of people on Tuesday have…
-
BREAKING: Six teenagers drown in river after Junior WAEC
Six teenagers have drowned in the Mbang River on Tuesday in Ribang, Mbang village, Kauru Local Government Area, Kaduna State. According to The PUNCH, the students were returning from a Junior WAEC exam around 5:30 p.m. when the incident occurred. The victims, identified as Manasseh Monday (16), Musa John (16), Pius David (15), Monday Ayuba…
-
Reps Move to Sanction MTN, Airtel, Others Over CSR
The House of Representatives Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has threatened to impose sanctions on MTN, Airtel, and other companies for failing to fulfill their corporate social responsibilities. Chairing a public hearing in Abuja on Tuesday regarding “a bill to regulate corporate social responsibility in Nigeria,” Oby Orogbu, the committee’s chairman, expressed strong determination.…
-
Cholera: FG in Discussions with Gavi Over Vaccine Shortage
The federal government has initiated talks with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi) to secure additional cholera vaccines, according to Jide Idris, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). Idris confirmed this during an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the News Agency of Nigeria,…
-
Crude Oil Controversy: Group urges Tinubu to Sack NNPCL MD, Kyari
A coalition of ethnic nationalities youth leaders in Nigeria have called for the immediate sack of the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari. They accused the NNPCL of sabotaging the fixing of indigenous refineries, as well as frustrating the take off of the Dangote refinery. This formed part of…