By Innocent Anaba, Henry Ojelu & Onozure Dania On Monday, state governors agreed to accede to the demand for judiciary autonomy being championed by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, who have locked and grounded activities in courts across the country for the 14th day running. The state governors, through Nigerian Governors’ Forum Chairman, […]

Prof. Sulaiman Bogoro, the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), has urged tertiary and research institutions in the Northeast to step up efforts at accessing the National Research Fund (NRF).  

Mr Yusuf Muazu, the Director Kaduna State Ministry for Environment says  the state has identified no fewer than 147 locations affected by erosion across the state. The director made this known on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. According to him, 18 critical sites have been designed as bill […]

By Davies Iheamnachor The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it will not create new polling units in the expansion of access to Polling Units exercise. The Head, Voter Education, and Publicity, INEC, Mark Usulor, in a statement for the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, said the exercise in the state was not […]

The Federal Government says African countries must urgently find solution to challenges arising from the death of Chadian President, Idriss Deby, who was killed while fighting the Chadian rebels on Monday.

–Welcomes report of town hall meeting on national security –As Govs affirms Nigeria’s unity By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE National Economic Council, NEC, Thursday affirmed that there was no printing of N60 billion or any other amount whatsoever to shore up allocation for the month of March as was insinuated recently by the Governor of Edo […]

The National Economic Council has affirmed that N60 billion or any other amount was not printed to shore up allocation for the month of March as wrongly insinuated in some quarters. After the initial allegation the of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, which has since been faulted by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the […]

House of Representatives, Thursday, rejected a bill seeking to reduce the workload on the Supreme Court by limiting certain cases to the court of appeals.

Piqued by the reports of a seized cargo ship that sailed from Nigeria with 7,200 refrigerated penises found in 36 boxes labelled as plantain that harboured at the Shanghai port called Red Market in China, the House of Representatives yesterday resolved to probe the circumstances of the development.

A bill for an Act to establish College of forestry, tourism in Idanre, and other matters related passed second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday in Abuja.

The National Economic Council (NEC) has dismissed claims that N60 billion was printed to augment the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for March.

Prince Clem Agba, Minister of State, Ministry of Budget and National Planning, on Thursday gave a breakdown of the COVID-19 expenditure in the country.

For the second time, Former President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, and current President Commonwealth Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, and the current World Medical Association’s, WMA, Chairman, Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery among others have been re-elected into the WMA Council for another two- year term.

ABUJA- THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has added additional measures aimed at protecting applicants that would register in  its ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, and Direct Entry, DE.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Minister of Defence, Major Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd) Thursday said Nigeria is currently bleeding. The Minister stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the presidential ministerial briefing organized by the Presidential Communication Team at the presidential villa, Abuja. He also said that the government was making a comprehensive compilation of […]