President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to, as a matter of urgency, wade into the crisis presently rocking the Judiciary. Lawan gave the directive on Wednesday, moments before the chamber adjourned plenary. He said, “We may recall that there were some issues coming out…
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, has allayed the fears being expressed by Lagosians concerning the disagreement between the National and State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Omotoso, who spoke yesterday on Television Continental (TVC) programme, “This Morning”, reassured residents and visitors of their safety. According…
If urgent steps are not taken very fast by the government, a major industrial unrest might tear the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, apart. At the moment, the agency is battling with a looming crisis over alleged illegal recruitment (secondment) of senior staff, including General Managers from other organisations to NHIS, in flagrant violation of…
One of the top telecommunication companies in Nigeria, Globacom, has concluded plans to drop P-Square on its ambassadorial list, TheCable Lifestyle reports. It was reported that the company is taking this decision because of the controversies that trailed the music duo some months ago over family issues. TheCable Lifestyle further disclosed that Glo was fed…
The once peaceful atmosphere enjoyed at the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, seems to have been corrupted as the association is battling with a crisis that might tear it apart without sympathy. At the recently concluded annual state chapter election conducted by the doctors’ body in Nigeria, two factions emerged and…
Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Victor Edoror, has been sacked, Aproko247 has been reliably informed. Our source in Edo State disclosed to us that the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Festus Ebea, was also impeached. It was learnt that both members of the hollowed chamber were impeached on Tuesday. It is however…
Warren Buffet is regarded as the most successful investor of all times and one of his many quotes is no matter how great the talent, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. That Guinness Nigeria has been around for a while is stating the…
Top Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia, otherwise known as 2Face, has expressed frustration over the way some Nigerians have made jokes out of the marriage crisis rocking his close family friends, Tiwa Savage and Tunji Balogun, also known as Tee Billz. 2Baba, as the multi-award winning hip-hop musician loves to be addressed now, cautioned Nigerians against…
Federal Government has intervened in the crisis rocking the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, met with aggrieved members and factions of the union in Abuja on Thursday and sued for peace. At the end of the meeting, all parties agreed to work together as one…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has eventually been sealed by the Nigeria Police following crisis rocking the hollowed chamber. Security operatives stormed the Assembly complex on Wednesday and sealed it off pending when the leadership tussle is resolved. Last week, the National Assembly took over proceedings of the Assembly, though said it was for…