President Donald Trump has said he is “not joking” about seeking a third term in office, a move prohibited by the U.S. Constitution’s 22nd Amendment. Mr Trump, in an interview with NBC on Sunday, said there was a method to achieve it. “A lot of people want me to do it,” Mr Trump told NBC’s…
The senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the South West Development Commission. The bill passed third reading on the floor of the senate on Thursday after Kaka Lawan, chair of the committee on special duties, presented a report. Lawan said the bill, if signed into law by the president, would address infrastructural deficits…
UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s proposal to extend the waiting period for British citizenship to 15 years has sparked widespread outrage among Nigerians, who have denounced the policy as excessive and unjust. As part of her first major policy move as Tory leader, Badenoch aims to tighten immigration regulations by increasing the minimum period before…
Thirty-two aggrieved investors have dragged a former Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, and four others before the Lagos State High Court, in Ikeja, seeking a full account of funds and assets managed under the Alpha Trust Investment Club. The suit, marked ID/11520GC/MW/24 and pending before Justice A.M. Lawal, alleged that the total…
A major in the British Army (name withheld) and his accomplices have been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in connection with the smuggling into the country of over 50 AK 47 rifles, six pump-action shotguns and over 3,000 rounds of ammunition, The Nation has learnt. It was gathered that the…
A member of the National Youth Service Corps serving in Ibadan, Oyo State, Rofiat Lawal, has been kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified abductors along the Benin-Ore Expressway. According to a Facebook post by a user, Agbakwara, on Wednesday that Lawal was returning from Benin, Edo State to report to her place of primary assignment on Tuesday when…
_Ibadan North FC and the matter of legislative competency; BAO of beautification with Legislative experience_ ….. Lukman Adetayo Legislative Arm of Government has been one of the most powerful organs of the Three Arms we have in Nigeria’s Democratic System of Government. Laws of every nation are made by the Lawmakers who are usually elected…
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has called for the case-file of the minors that were arraigned for participating in the EndBadGovernance protest. The AGF, in a statement he made available to newsmen Friday night, ordered the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to transfer the case-file to his…
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has ordered the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, to appear before it on July 10. The committee said that it might be compelled to issue an arrest warrant if Ojulari failed to appear on the said date, News Agency…
The Federal Government has launched a data protection training programme for over one million Nigerian youth. The initiative which aims to equip young Nigerians with essential skills to navigate the digital landscape securely, in the face of rising identity theft, is being implemented by the Federal Ministry of Youth Development (FMYD) in collaboration with the…