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The National Assembly said it had commenced plans to remove the National Health Insurance Scheme and other agencies requiring emergency situations from the Treasury Single Account system of the Federal Government. The lawmakers attributed the decision to the impediments encountered in its implementation. The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Health, Hon. Chike Okafor, represented by the deputy chairman of …

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party assumed another dimension on Tuesday as the factional National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, rejected the leadership of its Board of Trustees. Sheriff also said that the solutions proferred by the BoT for the resolution of the crisis in the party fell short of the agreement he said his faction …

The Controller-General of Prisons, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has advised the officers of the Nigerian Prisons Service to adopt and implement the United Nations standard minimum rules in the treatment of prison inmates. This, he said, would curb the frequent incidents of jailbreaks in prisons across the country and also help to maintain law and order in the facilities. Ahmed said this …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has confirmed September 10, as the date for governorship election in Edo State. This was contained in a statement signed by chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and released in Benin, Edo State, on Monday. It said that the notice of confirmation is in accordance with Section 46 of the Electoral Act, 2010 …

The leadership of the new pro Biafra group, the Reformed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has named a new leader for the organization and listed eminent personalities who are expected to dialogue with the Nigerian government over the agitation for an independent state of Biafra. In a statement signed by its National Director of Publicity, Ikemba Biafra, RE-IPOB described the …

Federal Government’s reform of the criminal justice system barring the police from prosecuting criminal cases in the country, Lawyers in Lagos have given a groundswell of support and delight with the development. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, had on Aug. 25 stripped the police of power to prosecute criminal cases. The …

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission an email correspondence between him and a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih. Falae tendered the email as an evidence in the probe linking him to N100m election funds It was learnt …

The Niger Delta Avengers on Sunday said it was ready for negotiations with the Federal Government. The group said this in a statement on its website by its spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, titled, ‘The NDA is ready when Nigerian government is ready.’ It, however, rejected the nomination of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; a former Abia State governor, Mr. Orji Kalu; …

The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party has called an emergency meeting where the crisis rocking the party will be discussed. It was gathered that the meeting might be stormy and that far-reaching decisions might be taken on how to reposition the troubled party. The meeting, which holds in Abuja on Monday (today), is to be presided over …

Thousands of Lagos and Ogun residents have been displaced and property estimated at billions of naira destroyed after downpours on Saturday and Sunday left many streets and homes flooded. We learnt that many Christians could not hold their Sunday service as their churches were flooded. A heavy windstorm in Tundun Yan-Dogo village of Dange-Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto on …