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The Senate on Wednesday, July 3, blamed the recent suicide bombings in Gwoza town in Borno state on failure of intelligence on the part of security forces. Senate president, Godswill Akpabio disclosed this in his contribution to the debate on a motion on the incident sponsored by the chief whip of the Senate, Mohammed Ali Ndume, during plenary. Ndume in his lead …

Despite receiving these amounts, the situations in the states do not show that they have been spending enough funds on erosion and flood control, based on a review of budget performance documents. A review of data published by the National Bureau of Statistics has shown that between September 2023 and April 2024, Nigerian states received the sum of N34 billion …

WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the “noise” and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble to contain the political fallout from President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance. Even as Zients acknowledged that the days since the Atlanta matchup between Biden and Republican Donald …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered a plot by a shadowy group to recruit young Nigerians, including students, to participate in violent protests against the commission. According to a statement signed by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity for the EFCC, the group has been actively campaigning on social media to recruit impressionable young people to …

The Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe, speaks at length on the rift between her and the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, and the relevance of the road construction projects he executed in the last one year to the bulk of FCT people Ireti Kingibe is the senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, and currently one of the only …

Biden “acknowledged the tough past few days” in campaign all-staff call, source says With his White House and campaign in crisis mode, President Joe Biden doubled down on his commitment to staying in the race during an all-staff call with his campaign Wednesday afternoon.  Biden “acknowledged the tough past few days, and said unequivocally to his team he is running for …

Governor Alex Otti posted a message, which some people interpreted to mean that Mr Obasanjo joined in taking a decision to engage the Federal Government over Mr Kanu’s case. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied discussing the release of Nnamdi Kanu with South East governors in Enugu on Tuesday. This is contained in a statement by the Special Assistant on …

The Senate has gone into an executive session to discuss a matter of ‘privilege’ involving the Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe. Kingibe and the Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, have been engaging each other in a public row. Only on Monday, Wike had threatened that Kingibe would lose a bid to return to the …

…sets up 15-member investigative committee …complete prohibition on diesel importation best way to safeguard Nigerians, refinerie The Senate has begun probe into the continued importation of hazardous petroleum products and dumping of substandard diesel into Nigeria and the activities of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund, including payments made to transporters in the last 10 years. The Senate has therefore set up …

A fleeing robbery suspect, Amos Daniel, 36, who snatched his employer’s vehicle on the same day he was employed as a driver, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command after he had taken the car to his church for testimony of God’s miracles. The suspect confessed to having taken the car to his church to give testimony of …