STAFF of the National Assembly are set for war with the Management as they have vowed to shut down the entire complex, thereby paralyzing both legislative and administrative activities over unpaid salaries and allowances.

As at end of November 2018, international oil price had crashed below the 2019 Federal Budget oil price benchmark of $60 per barrel, after about seven weeks of free fall. Oil price had peaked at $86 per barrel early October.

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa on Sunday congratulated the Super Falcons of Nigeria on their victory over the Banyana Banyana of South Africa in the final match of the 11th Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON), Ghana 2018.

NiIGERIA’s fiscal year has remained between January-December, since Independence in 1960, and, indeed, senior citizens may recall the ritual of budget speeches, by the Prime Minister or later President, on New Year’s Eve or shortly before December 31, while the nitty-gritty or specific details of each year’s budget would be revealed, usually, soon after, by the respective Finance Minister, who would capture changes in tariffs, taxes and other government economic policies that would be adopted for each year.

Akure—A 19-year-old student of a polytechnic in Ondo State, Ajibade Rahaam, was weekend shot dead by suspected members of a group over supremacy battle in the institution.

NNEWI—FOLLOWING the release by the police of all 43 traders of Nkwo Nnewi Market, including members of the Agbo-Edo   Nnewi Motor Spare Parts Dealers Association in Nnewi, Anambra State, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, otherwise known as Intetsociety, has  called for investigations into allegations of extortion of N1.2 million from four of the traders.

THE Presidency and the Federal Ministry of Finance are yet to sign the African Trade Insurance, ATI, treaty thus delaying the country’s membership of the regional body.

ABUJA—WITH less than three months to the 2019 polls, indications have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari may still not append his signature to the Electoral Bill, which the National Assembly has since transmitted to him for assent.

The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of two hundred and thirty nine senior Police Officers.

Senator, representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola has promised to sponsor a bill in the Senate for the implementation of new Media Salary Scale,  protection, as well as adequate welfare for journalists in Nigeria if reelected in the 2019 general poll.