Nigerian Senate has rebuked the country’s Minister of Power, Maman Sale for what the Parliament Committee on Power described as ‘official misconduct’, for citing about 20 rural electrification projects in his Lau Council Area of Taraba State. However, it was not clear if the Senator will expunge the projects or redistribute it among the...
Read MoreBy GFDNews Correspondent President Mohammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his administration is committed to creating an environment in which all citizens and foreigners are guaranteed freedom and returns on investments. The president spoke while launching the Armed Force remembrance day emblem in Abuja and called on businesses to provide support for the members of...
Read MoreThe delegation of the Southwest caucus in the Senate has described the destruction unleashed on Lagos by hoodlums in the aftermath of the shooting of #endsars protesters as “orchestrated tragedy” that must be thoroughly investigated. The delegation led by Ajayi Boroffice on a visit to the Lagos Governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu at the State House...
Read MoreOludare Mayowa Former Lagos State Governor and chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Party (APC), Bola Tinubu has asked the state to close down the Lekki Toll Plaza or better still deploy revenue from toll collections to compensate victims of #endsars attack. In a back page column on the Monday edition of Thisday, Tinubu,...
Read MoreBy GFDNews Correspondents President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday appealed for “peace” as the government struggled to halt looting across the country, triggered by the riots by hoodlums who hijacked the peaceful protest against police brutality aftermath soldiers shooting the unarmed #endsars protesters at Lekki Toll Plaza on Tuesday night. Public criticism had attended the...
Read MoreBy GFDNews Correspondent The proposed Police reforms initiated by both the Federal and State Governments through the investigation of brutality and prosecution of erring police officers would bring an end to impunity in the country, said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo, who spoke to the delegation of the United States (US) said the reform...
Read MoreBy GFDNews Correspondent Apparently, in response to the widespread violent disruption in some parts of the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the 15 senatorial and state bye-elections slated for October 31 in 11 states. In a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye,...
Read MoreThe Nigerian Senate on Tuesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately address the nation on the raging #ENDSARS protests embarked on by youth to protest Police brutality in the country. A former Kebbi State governor Adamu Aliero also called on President Buhari to adopt the use of force if dialogue fails. Seconding Tuesday’s...
Read MoreBy GFDNews Correpondent The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has vowed not to sign off the 2021 budget, if it failed to make provision for compensation for the victims of police brutality and address the demand of the Universities lecturers currently on strike. Gbajabiamila, who was addressing his colleagues at the...
Read MoreBarely 20 days to the November 9, end of the tenure of the Chairman of the Nigerian electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, there is no clue from the government on who will succeed him in office. Yakubu, a professor was confirmed by Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber as the chairman...
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