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A crisis is brewing at the National Assembly, where legislators are outraged that principal lawmakers like Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas are looting at breakneck speed the N500 billion palliative funds earmarked to cushion the harsh impact of fuel subsidy removal on poor Nigerians, sources with knowledge of the matter told Peoples Gazette. The aggrieved lawmakers had …

The House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee probing the alleged job racketeering by Ministries, Departments and Agencies on Monday questioned the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede, over the recruitment of 300 staff in the agency without advert placements. The chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, had in his presentation decried the board’s refusal to make …

Some constituents from the four local government areas of Ogoni land say they had commenced a process to recall the four lawmakers representing the areas in the Rivers State House of Assembly. They named the four lawmakers as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Dumle Maol; Barile Nwakor, representing Khana Constituency 1; Aforji Igwe, representing Eleme; Bernard Ngba, representing Tai …

Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Thursday, alleged that the bombing on Sunday that claimed over 120 lives in Tudun Biri in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State was carried out on purpose by the Nigerian Army using a drone. On Sunday night, while the community in the state’s Igabi Local Government area celebrated Maulud, innocent citizens—including women …

The Federal Government on Wednesday issued a flood alert to 13 states in the Northern part of the country. In a statement issued through its National Flood Early Warning Systems (FEWS) Central Hub, the Ministry of Environment listed 50 communities across the North that would witness heavy rainfalls between September 13 and 17. The ministry also advised communities up to …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Tinubu appoints Lokpobiri, 8 others to content board governing council President Bola Tinubu has appointed nine persons to the Governing Council and Management team of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).Read more 2. Nwifuru presents 2024 budget estimate of N202.1bn to Ebonyi Assembly The Ebonyi State …

The Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, threw out the suit by the Niger Republic junta against the region’s Authority of Heads of State and Government. Ripples Nigeria reports that the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, led by Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, on August 8, imposed sanctions on …

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed 21 soldiers at Kundu, Wushishi local government area of Niger State. A resident of the community told journalists that the military personnel were killed in ambush attacks between Sunday night and early hours of Monday. He added that 13 personnel were killed on Sunday while eight, including an army captain, were felled …

These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. ‘He needs counseling and pity,’ APC tackles Babachir Lawal for claiming Obi won presidential election The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday night berated the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, on his remark on the February 25 election.Read more 2. Tinubu removes Owasanoye, …

A 17-year-old boy identified as Betwom Bitrus has committed suicide in Bogoro local government area of Bauchi State. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident to journalists on Wednesday night in Bauchi. He said the deceased went to a stream in the area to take his bath but did not return home. The spokesman said: …