Tempers flared at the Nigerian Senate on Thursday morning, January 16, at the 2025 budget defence of the Nigeria Police Force.   The presentation degenerated into rowdiness and rancour when two lawmakers raised concerns that the IGP’s presentation did not align with the documents they had received.  The committee chairman’s attempt to allow the IGP…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has accepted the ruling that nullified the Rivers State congresses held last year. On Monday, Justice Stephen Jumbo of the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt nullified the ward and local government congresses held in the state in August 2024. The congresses were conducted by a…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected the move to increase Value Added Tax (VAT).  The forum made this known in a communiqué released after its meeting in Abuja on Thursday, Jan. 16.  The governors expressed support for the ongoing legislative process of the Tax Reform Bills currently before the National Assembly. However they opposed…
Police operatives in Delta have arrested two suspected armed robbers and recovered ammunition and other exhibits in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Bright Edafe, disclosed this to journalists on Thursday in Warri. Edafe said the suspects were caught on January 3 by the command’s operatives attached to the Ekpan Division in…
A Nigerian polygamist, John-Paul Ugwu, has said that a man who has a good wife shouldn’t let her suffer but rather marry more women to help her.  “The highest blessing you can receive from God after money and good health is a good woman. When you marry a good wife, do not let her…
Over 50 migrants trying to reach Spain by boat from West Africa have drowned. A migrant rights group, Walking Borders, said on Thursday. Moroccan authorities on Wednesday rescued 36 people from a boat that had departed from Mauritania on January 2, the group based in Madrid and Navarra said. The boat had carried 86 migrants,…
