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The house of representatives special ad hoc committee on the review of the 1999 constitution has recommended immunity for presiding officers of the national assembly and judicial officers. The recommendation was contained in a report laid before the house on Wednesday by Idris Wase, chairman of the committee. Wase is the deputy […]

Ahead of its national convention billed for March 26, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally set the ball rolling by zoning party positions. Speaking with reporters on Tuesday after President Muhammadu Buhari held a meeting with APC governors, Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna governor, said the northern zone would have the positions the southern […]

Former US President Donald Trump has praised Vladimir Putin for deploying Russian troops into Ukraine. Amid the escalating tension between Ukraine and Russia, on Tuesday, Putin ordered troops into separatist-held parts of eastern Ukraine in what he called a “peacekeeping mission”. The order came hours after he signed decrees recognising the independence […]

The Zamfara state house of assembly has confirmed Muhammad Hassan Nasiha, an All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, as the new deputy governor. Earlier on Wednesday, the state lawmakers impeached Mahdi Aliyu Gusau, the former deputy governor who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The impeachment came shortly after the […]

The Zamfara house of assembly has impeached Mahdi Aliyu Gusau, deputy governor of the state. The state lawmakers impeached the deputy governor during a plenary session on Wednesday. Earlier, the house had received the report of the seven-member committee set up by Kulu Aliyu, chief judge of the state, to investigate the […]

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered an interim forfeiture of 10 properties linked to Abdulaziz Yari, former Zamfara governor. Obiora Egwuatu, the presiding judge, gave the order on Wednesday, following an ex-parte motion moved by Osuobeni Akponimisingha, a lawyer to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). […]

Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, is currently in the upper legislative chamber. The First Lady walked into the red chamber alongside Pauline Tallen, minister of women affairs, at 12:00 pm on Wednesday. Senate President Ahmad Lawan said: “Let me on behalf of all of us welcome to the chamber the […]

Goddy Jedy Agba, minister of state for power, says power failure is a thing of the past in the country. But Nigeria is still experiencing major power supply cuts. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, Agba said by the end of the year, 85 percent of the citizens […]

Wale Okediran, former member of the house of representatives, says Bola Ige, former attorney-general of the federation, was a respected mentor who did not portray himself as a political godfather. Ige, who was the attorney-general of the federation under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was killed on December 23, 2001. […]

Thirty-seven directors in the federal civil service have failed a promotion examination for the position of permanent secretary. According to the Punch, 37 out of 74 directors who sat for the examination failed. The other 37 candidates passed the examination and have been invited for an “ICT proficiency test” on Thursday in […]