The faceoff between the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress following the defection of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, from the latter to the former continues with Femi Fani-Kayode lambasting ex-Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole. Both parties have been engaged in a war of words since Saraki’s defected alongside his loyalist. On Thursday […]
The PDP lawmakers that were reportedly barricaded from entering into the National Assembly complex earlier this morning have now gained access to the chambers, according to fresh reports. After standing outside the chambers for close to two hours, reports reaching benconews.com has it that some policemen came through to their rescue and helpfully assisted them […]
A human rights advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has sued the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the 108 other senators, over their alleged monthly earnings of N13.5m as running cost. In the suit, which it filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP is seeking an order compelling the senators to refund […]
FORMER Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday declared his intention to contest the position of the President. Atiku made this declaration when he led some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party to the Government House in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. This is as the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said Nigerians must take up […]
Dapchi village in Yobe State has been filled with excitement since some abducted pupils at the Government Girls Science and Technical College in the village regained their freedom. They were released in the early hours of Wednesday. One hundred and ten pupils were abducted from the school on February 19, 2018, by Boko Haram insurgents, […]
The Federal Government has confirmed the release of 76 pupils of Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State. Boko Haram sect abducted 110 pupils of the school on February 19. Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the process for the release of the remaining girls is […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his administration’s response to the February 19 abduction of 110 pupils of Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, was better than the response of the last administration to a similar abduction in Chibok, Borno State. He said while the Federal Government under his watch swung into […]
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of 58-year-old man, Franklin Adeyanju, in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s five-year-old daughter. Chief Magistrate, Taiwo Akanni, did not take the accused plea, but ordered his remand and adjourned the case until April 30, for mention. The accused, a politician, who resides at 24, […]
Pandemonium broke out on Tuesday at the Ogun State Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, as suspected thugs flogged politicians who had converged on the court’s premises. The attackers, who were armed with canes and other weapons, descended on some notable party chieftains. Those flogged include supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, including a […]