The Court of Appeal has ordered the immediate reinstatement of Joseph Ayuba Kwada to his seat as member representing Michika Constituency in the Adamawa State House of Assembly. The court, sitting in Yola on Thursday, ordered that Joseph Kwada, who was sacked by the Adamawa House of Assembly on 27th April 2022, on grounds of defection from the party under …

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, said that despite the several episodes of unconstitutional regime change across Africa in the past three years, democracy remains the best option for any nation-state. “Democracy is still the best option”, President Buhari said when he received two outgoing Ambassadors in farewell audiences at State House, Abuja. They included the Angolan and Emirati Ambassadors to …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday extended the deadline for the ongoing recruitment application by one week. The online application portal, which opened on Sunday, 12th March and was initially scheduled to close on Saturday, 8th April, will now close on Monday, 17th April, due to the extension. NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has pledged its commitment to working with an international nongovernmental organisation to create jobs through the artificial insemination of livestock. Receiving the Country Representative/Director of Kasha International Agricultural Organisation (KIADO), Ms. Hilda Josef at NDDC headquarters, the commission’s Executive Director for Projects, Mr. Charles Ogunmola expressed NDDC’s desire to boost youth employment and livestock …

Rampaging commercial motorcycle (popularly known as okada) riders who killed a yet-to-identified policeman in the Cele-Ijesha area of Lagos on Wednesday also injured a Divisional Police Officer (DPO).  According to witnesses, who spoke to The PUNCH, the okada riders were said to be protesting against the enforcement of the ban on their operations in the area when the incident happened. The DPO was …

The relentless extortion of travellers by immigration and other security officials at major airports the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja among others have been recently been condemned by many Nigerians on a popular radio programme. Participants at an anti-corruption radio programme in Abuja heaped the blame on systemic corruption, faulty recruitment, and poor remuneration of …

The Senate on Wednesday indicted 37 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government for various financial infractions. The alleged offences are contained in the 2016 report of the Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF) which was adopted by the Senate. The resolution of the Red Chamber followed its consideration of the report of the Senate Public Accounts Committee …

Kaduna State government has reinstated 1,266 teachers sacked 10 months ago following some circumstances that did not allow them to scale through a competency test. A statement by Public Relations Officer of of the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), Hauwa Mohammed stated that “having examined and verified their complaints, the government approved the ‘ reinstatement of 392 teachers who wrote and …

The Chrisland School management has been granted leave by Magistrate Olabisi Fajana to have access to the toxicology samples of tests conducted to enable an independent forensic pathologist’s assessment and evaluation. The order was issued by the Corona inquest on Tuesday, at the Samuel Ilori Court House, Ikeja District Court, Ogba. The magistrate affirmed that the application for an independent …

Three persons were killed by suspected armed herdsmen on Tuesday afternoon in Umogidi village in the Enetekpa Adoka district of Otukpo Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. The attack on the Umogidi community came to less than 24 houses after a monarch and his subjects were killed by the marauders in Ugbobi village in Apa LGA in what locals …