*** Retains Closed ballot system of Electing Senate President, Deputy  By Henry Umoru  The Senate has amended the Senate Standing Rules 2015, and approved a simple majority for the election of presiding officers.  In the amendment carried out yesterday, the Senate also retained a closed ballot system of electing  the President of the Senate and the […]

By James Ogunnaike The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disclosed that most of its members had turned to farmers and taxi drivers to make ends meet. The Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Lagos Zone, Adelaja Odukoya made the disclosure on Tuesday while addressing journalists at the end of the zonal meeting of the union […]

By Bashir Bello Chairman, Gwarzo Local Governnent council in Kano State, Engr. Bashir Abdullahi Kutama has expressed dismay and heartbreaking for people of the north that despite predominance of top security heads the region is in insecurity quagmire. A statement by Council’s Zonal Information Officer, Rabiu Khalil, said the Chairman lamented the growing insecurity and banditry in northern […]

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government was committed to ensuring the full liquidation of outstanding arrears due to the ex-worker of the remaining three defunct agencies. Ahmed said this at the official finalisation payment of inherited unfunded liabilities to pensioners of defunct agencies, organised […]

…says IPPIS is a dangerous introduction to public universities system By Ike Uchechukwu Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has described the 22 months of unpaid salaries to a large section of its members as psychological duress which has subjected the leadership and members to undue Pressure. They further stated that the Integrated Personnel and […]

Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Government has dismissed reports of a court judgment invalidating its rights to conduct marriages through its registries, saying under the law, the formation of marriages is under the Exclusive List. Permanent Secretary and Principal Registrar of Marriages in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, disclosed this in a […]

National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured his teeming supporters and other Nigerians across the country that he will not turn down their clamour for him to be the next President of the country.

The federal government collected the sum of N7 trillion through the Treasury Single Account between January and November, this year.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed yesterday sharply disagreed with the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) over the Commission’s role in revenue collection for the Federation with the Minister insisting that the Commission has no constitutional mandate to collect revenue for the Federation.

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has described the 22 months unpaid salaries of its members as psychological duress which has subjected the leadership and members  to undue Pressure.

NIGERIA needs an urgent strategy to grow its capacity in the gas sub-sector to spur industrial development across all parts of the country.

The National Security Adviser, NSA, Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), on Tuesday, named some groups supporting terrorist organisations in the Sahel region.

The Federal Government, Tuesday, welcomed the removal of Nigeria from the list of countries banned from operating flights to Britain as a result of the outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 virus in those countries.

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin The Nigerian journalists have been urged to be alive to their responsibilities by being gate keepers of Information and ensure that the public get factual account of events at all times . Chairman of Sobi FM Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Comrade Dare Akogun said this in his opening […]

THE Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, in partnership with GCL (SPV) and Metro Capital Advisory Group Tuesday flagged off the Gwagwa District Infrastructure Development Project with a Site Handover Ceremony.