Part-time parliament: No level of cost-cutting should affect our salary – Senate
Senate Spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, has stated that no level of cost-cutting should affect the allocations that go to lawmakers.The lawmaker said this while rejecting the call for Nigeria to run a part-time parliamentary system.According to him, a part-time parliament...
El-Rufai apologises to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan
A member of the House of Representatives representing Kaduna North Federal Constituency, Bello El-Rufai, has publicly apologised to former President Goodluck Jonathan for his past criticisms of his administration, acknowledging that his previous views were shaped by youthful inexperience.El-Rufai,...
Nigerian arrested for trafficking 15 students in Australia
A Nigerian-Australian woman, Binta Abubakar, has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police for allegedly trafficking students from Papua New Guinea and forcing them into unpaid labour on farms across Queensland under the guise of educational scholarships.Abubakar, 56, was...
EFCC arraigns bank executives over $12m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Friday, arraigned the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Bank Ltd, Halima Buba, and the Executive Director/Chief Compliance Officer, Innocent Mbagwu, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja.The duo...
Nnamdi Kanu is a terrorist – DSS witness tells court
A prosecution witness identified as PW4-DDD, on Friday described the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, as a terrorist.PW4-DDD, an agent of the Department of State Services, DSS, testified while being cross examine by the...
Put your house in order, I’m not pushing for one-party state – Tinubu tells opposition
President Bola Tinubu has called on opposition parties in Nigeria to resolve their internal crises ahead of the 2027 general elections, rejecting claims that he is plotting to establish a one-party state.The president spoke on Friday while commissioning the...
