APGA crisis: NWC members to boycott planned NEC meeting
By Enyim Enyim & Chinonso Alozie Owerri—The protracted crisis in the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, heightened, yesterday, when the Acting National Chairman of the party, Ozo Nwabueze Okafor, and members of the National Working Committee, NWC, loyal to him disassociated themselves from tomorrow’s planned NEC meeting convened by the National Secretary, Labaran Maku, at […]
Dogara applauds S-Court judgment on sack of elected council chairmen
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, yesterday, applauded the Supreme Court’s judgement which held that the sack of elected local government chairmen and councillors by state governments and appointment of caretaker administrators was illegal.
Ajaokuta Steel to operate at full capacity by 2017— FG
THE Federal Government yesterday assured that Ajaokuta Steel Company would operate at full capacity in the second quarter of 2017.
Education, agric top Niger’s 2017 N108bn budget
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has presented a budget proposal of N108 billion for the 2017 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly with education taking the lion share.
Boko Haram: 150,000 refugees’ve returned home— Buhari
About 150, 000 Nigerian refugees who fled the country due to Boko Haram insurgency have returned home, President Muhammadu Buhari, said yesterday.
Resident doctors give FG 21-day ultimatum over entitlements
The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, yesterday gave a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to pay their entitlements or face a major crisis in the health sector.
