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Timothy Owoeye, the speaker of the Osun house of assembly, has spoken on the recent directive asking former appointees of the state to return official cars. According to NAN, Owoeye spoke on Wednesday during the assembly’s plenary in Osogbo, the state capital. Owoeye cited the public office holders (payment of pension and […]

George Obiozor, president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, is dead. Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, announced the development in a statement on Wednesday night. “On behalf of the Government and people of Imo State, I, Senator Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor of Imo State, sorrowfully announce the passage of […]

Akin Osuntokun, director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, says he has “abandoned” his ambition to contest for a seat on the senate in the 2023 elections. He spoke on Wednesday in an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. Osuntokun was announced as the LP campaign DG […]

The naira, on Wednesday morning, appreciated to N740 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market, popularly called the black market. The figure signifies a N10 or 1.3 percent gain compared to the N750 it traded last week. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs) who spoke to TheCable said […]

The senate has suspended a request by President Muhammadu Buhari to approve N23.7 trillion spent without the approval of the national assembly. The senate resolved to suspend the request after a rowdy session on Wednesday. Senators Betty Apiafi and Thompson Sekibo had argued that the request was not constitutional. They also […]

Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), has recommended the suspension of Drambi Vandi, the officer arrested over the killing of Bolanle Raheem. Raheem, a lawyer, was shot dead in an incident involving the police officer, on Sunday. The lawyer was said to be pregnant with twins at the time of her […]

Akin Osuntokun, the newly-appointed director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, is listed as the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) senatorial candidate for Ekiti central. Osuntokun, a former managing director of NAN, was named the director-general of the campaign council on Tuesday. Doyin Okupe, the former director-general of the campaign organisation, […]

The national assembly has passed N21.83 trillion as budget for the 2023 fiscal year. The two chambers passed the appropriation bill on Wednesday after committee reports on appropriations were considered. The budget was also increased by N1.33 trillion. Out of the figure passed, N6,557,597,611,797 is for debt service; N8,329,370,195,637 is for recurrent (non-debt) […]

The Imo state police command has arrested one Chinwendu Nwagwu, a suspected killer of Ahmed Gulak, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The suspect was paraded during a press briefing in Owerri, Imo state capital, on Wednesday. The police said the suspect is an army deserter who hails from Amaohuru […]

The senate on Wednesday went into a rowdy session after some senators kicked against a request by President Muhammadu Buhari to approve N23.7 trillion already spent by the federal government without approval by the national assembly. The rowdiness began after Solomon Olamilekan, chairman of the finance committee, presented a report on the president’s […]