The Conference of Islamic Organisations, CIO has rejected the gender parity bill currently in the National Assembly describing it as offensive and anti-Islam.

The House of Representatives has directed the Standard Organization of Nigeria, SON to maintain status quo on the court order mandating it to lift ban on D.K Golden products, pending when the committee will hear the matter.

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State to adopt measures that would restore peace and tranquility in southern part of the state.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has kicked against the membership of Nigeria in the General Assembly of the International Islamic Liquidity Corporation, IILM, contending that such was a violation of the 1999 Constitution.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, asked Ndigbo and their governors to take their destiny in their hands by developing the South-East geographical zone instead of waiting for the government.

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State, yesterday, presented N110,168,983,942 appropria-tion bill for 2017 to the state House of Assembly.

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has deployed 36,000 personnel, comprising regular and special marshals, across the country to ensure smooth traffic during the Christmas and New year celebrations.

A Lagos based lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has petitioned the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mahmud Malami, SAN, to avail him with information in respect of the recent rejection of the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu, as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In the letter to the Senate President, Adegboruwa is demanding for an official clarification of the position of the Senate, on the request of the President, for the confirmation of Magu as EFCC Chairman.

By Godwin Oritse The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has threatened legal action against some firms, including INTELS Nigeria Ltd that collected money on behalf of the agency but failed to remit it through the Federal Government’s Treasury Single Account, TSA. Disclosing this in Lagos last week, Managing Director of the NPA, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on Nigerians not to despair in the current economic downturn, saying that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was addressing the challenges.