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Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said Tuesday that those accusing him of not inaugurating the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, because he was awarding contracts were ignorant of the Procurement Act. Ngige said neither him as a minister nor the Board has the right to award contracts. The Minister’s response is coming on the heels of the threat by the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to expel him or any other minister that failed to carry out his directive from the party. The bone of contention between the…

President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday that the defection of some All Progressives Congress, APC, members in the National Assembly to opposition parties political will not in any way harm his aspirations or that of the party. Buhari also said he harboured no grievances against the senators and members of the House of Representatives who have dumped the APC. He further stated that he was committed to the tenets of democracy and freedom of choices and that he was willing to work with members of the National Assembly for the good of the country, irrespective of their political affiliations. The President in…

The Federal Government has joined major technology companies: Google, Facebook, WhatsApps and others to deploy resources and technology to fight the advert of fake news. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, stated this at press conference and stakeholders meeting with online publishers/social media influencers on the national campaign against fake news in Lagos Tuesday. Mohammed said, “The war against fake news is a must-win. As a multi-ethnic, multi-religious nation, Nigeria cannot afford an unbridled spread of fake news. This phenomenon is exploiting our fault lines to aggravate the crises in the country. He noted “Let me repeat…

By Prince Inwek Ubong Events of the past few days have proven how right and prophetic the Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio was when he declared last December in that famous speech with stakeholders of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District that, “all is not well.” Of major concern to the stakeholders was the unwillingness of Governor Udom Emmanuel to open the Four-Point by Sheraton Hotel, Ikot Ekpene which had been fully built and furnished by his predecessor, Akpabio. And also is the uncompleted portion of the Uyo-Ikot Ekpene Road. According to media reports, the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic…

A total of 37 members of the House of Representatives have defected from Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Of this number, 32 joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while four joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). One later announced he was also leaving the APC but did not state his new party. Announcing their defection on Tuesday during plenary, the first 36 lawmakers cited division at all levels of the APC as the reason for their defection. Prominent among the defectors are Sani Rano, Barry Mpigi, Ali Madaki, Dickson Tackighir, Hassan Saleh, Danburam Nuhu, Mark Gbilah, Razak Atunwa, Ahmed…

The path of rapper 50 Cent and boxing champion Floyd Mayweather does not cross again as each of them is looking for the jugular of the other. What seemed like a normal online beef has probably plummeted their relationship after the rapper accused Mayweather of causing the death of his friends. 50 Cent shared two posts on Instagram of Mayweather pictured with his best friend Earl Hayes, and his wife, Stephanie Moseley who died back in 2014 after Hayes shot Stephanie and himself while face-timing Mayweather. The popuklar musician implied in one of the posts that Mayweather had slept with Stephanie which…

A popular Nigerian social media critic, Tuesday, took side with Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church also known as Winners Chapel Worldwide, for asking President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over the rampant killings of innocent people in the country. Oyedepo had, Sunday, in a YouTube video posted by the church’s official page at its headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over persistent Fulani militant herdsmen killings. Reno Omokri, a one-time to former President Goodluck Jonathan stated ‘’I dare Muhammadu Buhari to lay a hand on Bishop David Oyedepo for speaking the truth…

Fourteen Senators of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday defected from their party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while one defected to African Democratic Congress. This brings the number of APC Senators who have defected from the party to 15. The senators in a joint letter to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, made their intention known. The letter reads: Dear Senate President, After due consultation, with our constituents and stakeholders in our constituency, in proper recognition section 16 (1G) of the 1999 constitution, and for the fact of our party, The All Progressives Congress, we hereby inform the Senate…

Men of the Police Force have in the early hours of this morning besieged the residences of the President of the Senate and his deputy, Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu respectively. While men of the Nigerian Police took position around the Lake Chad, Maitama, Abuja residence of Saraki, the Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and policemen took position around the official residence of Senator Ekweremadu, in the Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja. The operatives took positions from the main gate up to the official residence of Senator Ekweremadu early this morning. No reason has been given…