President of the Eighth Senate, Mr Bukola Saraki, has asked National Assembly management to distribute his severance allowance to families of three victims of the insurgency in the North-East geopolitical zone being perpetrated by Boko Haram. He also said children of late senators in need of financial assistance should also benefit from the largesse. Saraki is entitled to N7.452m as published on website of Revenue Allocation and Fiscal Commission. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that management of National Assembly and National Assembly Service Commission would also arrange another special package for him as Chairman of the federal parliament. The amount…

Peoples Democratic Party, Osun State chapter, on Sunday berated the state government and ruling All Progressives Congress over planned 10-day official trip by chairmen of 68 local government areas and local council development authorities in the state to United Arab Emirates. The opposition party said raising fund for such a “jamboree at a time that the state is struggling to pay salary means APC and Osun State government are not concerned about the welfare of workers in particular and Osun people in general.” Findings by our correspondent revealed that preparation for the trip commenced during the administration of Mr Rauf…

Shops were closed and streets were empty across Sudan on Sunday, the first day of a general strike called for the start of the workweek by protest leaders demanding the resignation of the ruling military council. Sudanese Professionals Association urged people to stay home to protest the deadly crackdown last week when security forces violently dispersed the group’s main sit-in outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum. The protesters say more than 100 people have been killed since the crackdown began June 3, including at least four slain by security forces on Sunday. Protesters hope that their strike and…

Immediate past Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, will on June 14 face the Disciplinary Panel of Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee over a prejudicial statement made against the detained former National Security Adviser, Mr Sambo Dasuki. The Hearing Notice was signed by Mrs Patricia Orhomuru, Secretary, Disciplinary Committee Legal Practitioners’ Privilege Committee, with reference No: PET/LPPC/23/2018 and dated May 16, 2019. The notice read in part: “Take notice that the above matter is fixed for hearing by Disciplinary Committee of the Legal Practitioner Privileged Committee of the Office of Registrar Supreme Court of Nigeria…