Lawan swears in Jarigbe as Senator

Lawan swears in Jarigbe as Senator

By Henry Umoru – Abuja President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday sworn Agom Jarigbe as a replacement for Stephen Odey. Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been having a legal battle with Steven Odey on who is the true candidate of the party for Cross River North. Jarigbe took an oath […]
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Nigeria Immigration Service: From Kakawa in Lagos to Technology Building, Abuja

Nigeria Immigration Service: From Kakawa in Lagos to Technology Building, Abuja

By Amos Okpu It all began at number 27 Kakawa Street, off Broad Street in Lagos. In October 1962, two years after Nigeria’s Independence, pioneer Immigration Officers drawn from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) were enrolled into the then Immigration Department. It will interest many to know that what is now Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) […]

Senate demands quick implementation of PIA

Senate demands quick implementation of PIA

*Says insecurity remains FG’s biggest challenge that must be tackled By Henry Umoru The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday underscored the need for the implementation committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure timely execution of the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. Recall that the President assented to the bill on August 16, 2021. Lawan, […]

Rivers drags FG to Supreme Court over VAT revenue

Rivers drags FG to Supreme Court over VAT revenue

Rivers State Government, through its Attorney-General, has gone to the Supreme Court praying it set-aside the decision of the Court of Appeal that ordered it, River State to maintain status quo on the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, pending the determination of an appeal lodged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS.

Don calls for establishment of English language council in Nigeria for effective communication

Don calls for establishment of English language council in Nigeria for effective communication

The President, English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN), Professor Shola Babatunde, has described as ludicrous, calls on NECO and JAMB to stop making Credits in English Language and Mathematics as prerequisites for admission just as he canvassed for the establishment of the English Language Council in Nigeria as part of measures to promote and encourage effective communication in the language.