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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja “to order the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) to perform their statutory functions to review downward the remuneration and allowances of President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, 36 governors and members of the National Assembly.” (The …

•Earlier date wasn’t sacrosanct, says Akpanudoedehe •Tinubu, other presidential hopefuls now in suspense The much-awaited congresses of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), earlier scheduled to commence July 10, may not hold, as the leadership of the party has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding the immediate postponement of the exercise In the letter dated July 6, …

The police in Kaduna State say the Emir of Kajuru, Alhassan Adamu, and 10 others have been kidnapped by suspected bandits in the early hours of Sunday in Kajuru town, headquarters of Kajuru Local Government area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muhammad Jalige disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Sunday. …

The House of Representatives is considering making a president or governor lose their seat if they defect from the political party on whose platform they were elected to another. Presently, the constitution only prescribes such for National Assembly and state House of Assembly members. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party from Taraba State, Rimamnde Kwewum, has now sponsored a …

Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani has described the early Sunday morning abduction of the Emir of Kajuru, Adamu Kajuru and 10 others as a joke taken too far. He expressed this in a statement signed by his SA Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Dahiru Danfulani, made available to journalists in Kaduna, saying “the …

•Nation divided as battle for 2023 presidency rages Amid raging controversy over the zoning of the 2023 presidency, no fewer than six northern governors are backing the South for the nation’s top office. They spoke about their preference for power to move from the North in the next elections. The incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, from the North, is due to …

Great Benin King, Oba Ewuare II has resoundingly maintained that looted Benin Artifacts are not the property of Edo state government or any private corporate entity that is not a creation of the Benin Kingdom and that they must be returned to the Benin Royal Palace, their original place of abode. The Benin Monarch made the declaration today during his …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost Nigeria Bureau Chief The recent capture and incarceration of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB), a group fighting to secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria, by the Federal Government of Nigeria, is nothing but a catalyst that will lead to the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra. This …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reassured that the government will sustain collaboration with the military, the Nigeria Police Force, members of the Edo State Community Vigilante Security Network and other security outfits in the state to tackle insecurity on the Benin-Auchi Expressway. The governor gave the assurance when he received Student Union Government (SUG) leadership of the Ambrose …

The Edo State Government has called for increased citizens’ participation in governance and decision making, urging for the support of all Edo people in the realization of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s Making Edo Great Again (MEGA) Agenda. Chief of Staff to the Governor, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha, gave the charge when he received the executives and members of the Immaculate …