By Anayo Okoli Umuahia – ABIA state House of Assembly has passed into law a bill, establishing Abia state House of Assembly Service Commission, which will guarantee some level of autonomy to the workers of the state House of Assembly. However, the passage of the bill was not without complaints by some people, especially civil […]

Kaduna – The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing said, yesterday, that the Kaduna River bridge was safe for motorists. Speaking in Kaduna, the Federal Controller of Works, Mr Mobolaji Fowler, said the 30-year-old bridge would be safe for motorists for the next 20 years. Fowler made the clarification following speculations that the bridge was […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, queried, yesterday, the jurisdiction of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to hear the suit filed by former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr. Erastus Akingbola.

Gombe – The Gombe State Ministry of Health said, yesterday, that it has concluded the process of transforming Gombe State Action Committee on HIV and AIDS (GOMSACA) to a full-fledged agency. Dr Mohammad Umar, the Commissioner for Health, said in Gombe that a draft bill had been sent to the state Governor and House of […]

26 members of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly have threatened to decamp from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party should the National haedquarters of the party continue with moves to reduce Governor Akpabio’s political powers by harmonizing the hierarchy of the state party executives, just as factions within the party is deepening.