Police Arrest 2 Bandits’ Informants In Katsina, Recover Rustled animals
THE Police Command in Katsina State, says it has succeeded in arresting two suspects for aiding and abetting banditry and...
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Organised Labour Rejects Senate President’s Accusations Of Economic Sabotage
ORGANIZED Labour has strongly refuted accusations by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who recently described the widespread strike as an act of economic sabotage. In a vehement response, labour leaders argue that the true saboteurs are those misappropriating national resources. During…
I Spend N400m On Orphanages Annually,” – Davido
THE President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, received Afrobeat star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, during a courtesy visit. Welcoming his guest on Monday, Akpabio expressed his delight at the visit and showered encomiums on the Afrobeat star for…
Senate President, Akpabio Visits Governor Eno In Awka Ibom (Photos)
PRESIDENT of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has paid a courtesy call on the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno. The former Governor of the state visited Eno on Friday at the Executive Council Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Uyo,…
Akpabio Got N90bn In 2024 Budget Padding, Claims BudgIT
More facts have emerged on the Budget Padding controversy rocking the National Assembly with reports that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio allocated N90bn to his constituency. BudgIT, a non- governmental organisation claimed that Akpabio padded the budget of the Ministry…
Refer Budget Padding Allegations To EFCC, ICPC; Reinstate Whistleblower Ningi, SERAP Tells Akpabio
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to “urgently refer the allegations that lawmakers padded the 2024 budget by irregularly inserting projects worth N3.7 trillion to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and…
Gololo Cautions Mischief Makers, By Sanusi Muhammad
DISTURBED by persistent calls from his home-based supporters and other party chieftains related to a story on the ongoing war of wits between suspended Sen. Abdul Ahmed Ningi and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on social media platforms credited to…
Northern Govs, Other Stakeholders Mount Pressure On Tinubu To Remove Akpabio As Senate President Amid N3.7Trillion Budget Padding Scandal –Sources
NORTHERN governors and some other stakeholders are pressurising President Bola Tinubu to ensure the removal of Senate President Godswill Akpabio or face dire political consequences, SaharaReporters has learnt. SaharaReporters also gathered that the suspension of Ningi was heating the political…
Akpabio’s Foot In His Mouth, By Ikechukwu Amaechi
AFTER my February 22, 2024 column on Godswill Akpabio’s holier-than-thou sermon on Godwin Emefiele, the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, who is being projected by officials of the President Bola Tinubu administration as the poster…
BREAKING: Senate Suspends Ningi Over Budget Padding Claims
•Tinubu and Ningi THE Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio today suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget. Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a…
Don’t Involve In Political Struggle – Senator Akpabio Advises Rivers Governor Fubara At Wigwe’s Funeral
NIGERIA’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has told the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, to quit his political career if he thinks it is not worthwhile. Akpabio mentioned this while speaking at the funeral of the former CEO of Access…
Disturbing Video Shows Police Officer Stamping On Man’s Head At Manchester Airport In UK
THE officer, armed with a Taser, is seen kicking and stamping on the man's head twice, while fellow officers urge...
Man Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing N1.7m From church
A 69-year-old  man, Charles Aremu, was on Thursday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ court in Ibadan for allegedly stealing...
NDLEA Secures Conviction of 22 Drug Dealers in Kano
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command, secured the conviction of 22 drug dealers in the state...