BREAKING NEWS!! Saraki moves to reduce NASS allowances, inaugurates committee

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has moved to reduce the allowances of National Assembly members by constituting a committee to draw a roadmap for the review of their allowances.

In a statement issued today, he said: “In response to the recent outcry from Nigerians against perceived huge allowances being paid to federal legislators, the Senate yesterday began moves to reduce

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Oyegun should resign immediately, says APC Watchdog

The All Progressives Congress Leadership Watchdog (ALW) has called for the immediate resignation of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the national chairman of the APC.

In a press statement issued by Johnson Yusuf, national coordinator of ALW, it stated that the inability of Oyegun to manage a progressive party such as the APC was the reason why the body is calling for his resignation.

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Jega, 6 INEC commissioners bow out Tuesday

Following the expiration of his five-year tenure, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, is set to vacate office Tuesday.


A statement issued by the Public Affairs Department of INEC said that Jega, who hails from Kebbi State, is to bow out of office with six National Commissioners who were appointed the same day with him by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010.

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Oshodi-Apapa traffic gridlock: Ambode assesses situation, sets up task force

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday visited major traffic points in Apapa area of the state to get a first hand experience of the gridlock which has defied solutions in recent times, just as he appealed to the Federal Government to mobilise the contractor awarded the construction of Apapa road networks to immediately return to site.

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Buhari’s ADC formally writes to withdraw DSS personnel from villa

Contrary to denial by the Presidency that operatives of the Department of State Services were not ordered out of the villa, Chat212 can authoritatively reveal that the Aide-de-Camp, ADC, to the President

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Soldiers, policemen engaged themselves in a fierce shoot-out over uniform

Hell was let loose yesterday in Aba, Abia State, as soldiers and a team of mobile policeman engaged themselves in a fierce shoot-out over alleged assault on a policeman in the city.
Vanguard gathered that soldiers of the Forward Operation Base of the 144 Battalion, stationed at Ngwa High School, Aba, had confronted a MOPOL officer, who was riding on a motorcycle, on why he wore a camouflage, which they claimed did not belong to the police.

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