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The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to jettison its move to arm personnel of the Federal Fire Service. The government had announced its plan to present before the National Assembly a bill to repeal the Fire Service Act and grant firefighters the power to bear arms to protect the firefighters from mob attacks while carrying out their...

The Senate Committee on Basic Education says it will amend the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to limit the age of candidates writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to 16 years and above. The vice chairman of the committee, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, stated this during the committee’s oversight visit to JAMB on Wednesday. She said the committee had...

The Senate yesterday passed a bill seeking to establish the Electoral Offences Commission. This followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chaired by Senator Kabiru Gaya (APC, Kano). Gaya, in his presentation, said establishing the Electoral Offences Commission has become imperative in view of INEC’s inability to prosecute electoral offenders in accordance with...

The Board of Directors of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Group Plc has announced the appointment of Yemisi Edun as the Managing Director (MD) of  FCMB Limited This announcement is subsequent to the end of service of the bank’s former Managing Director, Adam Nuru. The Board had earlier reviewed media allegations made in late 2020 against the former MD and said...

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has met with the legal team of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the AGF, Dr. Umar Gwandu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in...

Uwaifo Ataga, a cousin to the late Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, says it is highly impossible for Chidimma Ojukwu, the estrange lover of the deceased, to have killed him alone. Ataga was found dead days after checking into an apartment with Chidinma in Lekki, Lagos. The suspect had fled the scene of the crime until she was arrested at...

The Senate has rejected Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Onochie was rejected following the consideration of the report of the Committee on INEC, chaired by Senator Kabiru Gaya, (APC, Kano). The Senate also stood down the approval of Professor Sani Mohammed Adam till further legislative action. The panel recommended Onochie’s disqualification on the grounds...

Olanrewaju Fasasi, Nigerian music star, better known as Sound Sultan, is dead.   In a statement issued on Sunday, the family said he died after undergoing treatment for throat cancer. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our multitalented veteran singer, rapper, songwriter Olanrewaju Fasasi aka Sound Sultan.” “He passed away at the age of 44 following a hard-fought...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its congresses from ward to national level, indefinitely. This was contained in a letter dated July 6, 2021, addressed to Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni and Senator John James Akpanudoedehe. “We refer...

The crisis in Kwara State’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has continued to deepen, as its Elders caucus has called for the immediate suspension of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over allegations of factionalisation of the party, and other anti-party actions. The caucus, which made the move on Thursday also called for Mohammed’s removal as a minister, saying “he...