Tag: Resignation
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BREAKING: Intrigues in Edo as Council vice chairman resigns
Intrigues have continued to occasion the Edo State Governorship election as another political office holder in the State has resigned. The Vice Chairman of Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo, Mrs Maureen Ekharagbon, has resigned her position in the council. In a letter dated June 10, Ekharagbon said her resignation was on grounds…
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Obasa’s alleged fraud: PDP calls for resignation of Lagos speaker, condemns APC’s silence
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, to step aside and submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for investigation over alleged financial impropriety that also include the discovery of 64 accounts that linked to his Bank Verification Number (BVN).…
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Help, they are after my life, Obaseki’s ex-CoS cries out few hours after resignation
This might not be the best of time for Taiwo Akerele, the immediate past Chief of Staff to the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki who resigned his appointment on Friday and has since been with Ethan Uzamereon on Saturday night by the governor. According to reports, no fewer than 25 operatives of the Department of…
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Nigeria’s Health Minister under fire over comments on doctors, nurses hazard allowance
Nigeria’s Health Minister Osagie Ehanire is presently under fire over his comments on hazard allowance for doctors and health workers at the frontline of the Coronavirus outbreak in the country. The Minister, who spoke while meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday, said he was not aware if medical doctors…
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Insecurity: Lai Mohammed speaks on Buhari’s resignation
Nigerians expecting President Muhammadu Buhari to resign due to rising insecurity in the nation are joking, as the nation’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said emphatically on Thursday that the president will not resign. He admitted that the nation was currently going through security challenges, but noted that the challenges were being tackled…
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Resignation: APC group vows to expose NASS members plotting Buhari’s fall
The All Progressives Congress Progressive Youth Council has vowed to reveal the identities of its members in the National Assembly behind the call for President Muhammadu Buhari’s resignation. The group gave this warning at a press conference in Abuja on Monday on the nefarious activities of some APC members who are behind this inglorious call.…
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Call for Omo-Agege’s resignation, rape of Urhobo nation – UPU
The highest socio-cultural umbrella body of the Urhobo Nation, the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), has described the call for the Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, to resign, both as a Senator and Deputy President of the Senate, as a reprehensible grand scheme to further rape and…
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Ex-Taraba Speaker opens up on resignation saga, relationship with Gov Ishaku
Former Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Peter Abel Diah who resigned on Sunday night, has revealed he took the decision in the interest of the state. He spoke in a statement, in which he congratulated his successor, Joseph Albasu Alkinjoh and all the newly elected principal officers of the Assembly. He also…
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Server saga: INEC denies resignation of ICT Director
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted claims that its Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Mr Chidi Nwafor has resigned. The commission made the clarification in a notice on its official twitter handle @inecnigeria, on Saturday. It described the rumour as false, urging members of the public to disregard it. “The rumour…
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NJC applauds Buhari for accepting Onnoghen’s retirement
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for accepting the voluntary retirement of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. It gave the commendation at its emergency meeting yesterday, during which members deliberated on the President’s decision in relation to Justice Onnoghen’s exit from the Bench. President Buhari’s Senior Special…