Politics
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT SUSPECT NAMED BY FBI
The man suspected of shooting at former US President Donald Trump has been named by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks. He was 20 years old and from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, they said in a statement. Trump was shot at during a rally in Pennsylvania, with Secret Service agents swarming the former president after a…
REPS ASK FG TO INSTALL SOLAR POWER IN HOSPITALS, VARSITIES
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to save lives by providing alternative power to teaching hospitals, medical centres and universities in the country, owing to the epileptic power supply across the country. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion on urgent public importance moved by the member representing…
BREAKING: TINUBU CREATES MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has created the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development. No minister has been announced yet for the new ministry. The President announced the creation of the ministry on Tuesday, July 9, at the State House, while inaugurating the Renewed Hope livestock Reform Implementation Committee. Present at the Inauguration were the Vice President, …
COURT TO DECIDE GANDUJE’S FATE AS APC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN ON SEPTEMBER 18
A Federal High Court in Abuja has set September 18 to deliver its judgment on a suit seeking to remove Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The plaintiffs, a group of aggrieved party members from the North Central APC Forum, argue that Ganduje’s appointment as chairman is illegal and…
NEW UNITED KINGDOM PRIME MINISTER MAKES 10 CABINET APPOINTMENTS
Newly-elected UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has announced his first set of cabinet appointments, the BBC reported on Friday. This comes after his centre-left Labour Party achieved a landslide victory in the general election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. Starmer, who is the first Labour Prime Minister since Gordon Brown in 2010, was invited…
SUNAK ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR HISTORIC TORY DEFEAT
Rishi Sunak has said he accepts responsibility for the Conservative Party’s historic general election defeat. Sir Keir Starmer has led the Labour Party to a landslide victory and will take over from Mr Sunak as the UK’s prime minister. Mr Sunak told supporters: “The British people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight, there is much…
BRITAIN WAKES UP TO NEW GOVERNMENT AS LABOUR PARTY WINS ELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE
Britain woke Friday to the scene of a political earthquake. The opposition Labour Party, after 14 years in the political wilderness, has handed a brutal defeat to the ruling Conservatives. Party leader Keir Starmer is now certain to become prime minister in the coming hours, replacing his Conservative Party counterpart, Rishi Sunak, who has presided over one of the worst electoral…
SSANU, NASU THREATENS TO BEGIN STRIKE THURSDAY OVER WITHHELD 4 MONTHS SALARIES
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has said that it will embark on a nationwide industrial action tomorrow, Thursday, July 4, along with sister union, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities Associated Institutions if the four months salaries withheld by government were not paid to members. In a communique issued at the end…
PROBE STAGNATION IN CIVIL SERVANTS PROMOTION: LAWMAKERS TELL FG
The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to investigate the reported stagnation of promotion in civil service between 2013 and 2023, in a move aimed at ensuring efficient and effective public service delivery. The House took the decision sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by the member representing Ijumu/Kabba-Bunu Federal Constituency,…
REPS MEMBER ACCUSES DEPUTY SPEAKER OF DISCRIMINATION, STAGE WALKOUT
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency, Rivers State, Cyril Hart, on Tuesday during plenary, walked out of the green chamber after accusing the Deputy Speaker of discriminating against new members during parliamentary debates. Hart, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, made the allegation a few minutes after the lawmaker…