Labour unions, on Wednesday, lambasted the Federal Government for slashing the supplementary budgetary allocation for wage awards to federal civil servants by N100bn, warning that this was not the agreement they had with the government. Data obtaine...
Read More »The Senate has resolved to probe all tax waivers by the Federal Government from 2015 to date, just as it sought cancellation of those not directly linked to non-governmental or non-profit organisations. The Senate also ordered the deregistration of ...
Read More »The Economic Community of West African States Court in Abuja will on December 7, 2023, deliver its ruling on interim measures in a case between the State of Niger and seven others, and the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS and two ...
Read More »The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has urged men of the Nigerian Army and Nigeria Police in the state to peacefully resolve their differences following an attack allegedly carried out by soldiers on the state police command’s headq...
Read More »The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced that the commencement of negotiation of the new national minimum wage in 2024 would be based on the prevailing cost of living in the cou...
Read More »President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and their aides are to spend the sum of N15.961 billion on international and local travels in 2024. The figure according to Vanguard is contained in the 2024 Appropriation Bill,&n...
Read More »The Vice President, Kashim Shettima has pledged support to the new peace initiative in the south east region of the country. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu made this known when he led a dele...
Read More »A coalition of over 10,000 indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and civil society groups descended on the National Assembly on Wednesday, clamouring for the resignation of Nyesom Wike, the current FCT Minister. The protest, according to ...
Read More »The Chairman of the Senate Appropriation Committee, Senator Adeola Olamilekan, has demanded that the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, appears before the committee within 24 hours. &nbs...
Read More »A new political coalition has been created by seven opposition political parties in the country. The group tagged the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties was formed in Abuja at a meeting attended by leaders of the political parties at the Natio...
Read More »Vice President Kashim Shettima vowed that the Federal Government is determined to fully probe the accidental bombing by the Nigerian Army in Tudun Biri village, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and thereafter punish anyone found culpable ...
Read More »Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has been ordered by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to show cause why he has delayed or refused to swear in eight Judges-designate of the Edo State High Court. The National Judicial Council had si...
Read More »President Bola Tinubu expressed his condolences to King Salman of Saudi Arabia and the Royal House of Saudi on the passing of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Bandar Al Saud. According to Punch News, Prince Talal, along with another pilot, died in a j...
Read More »Vice President Kashim Shettima has pointed out that Agricultural revolution is a solution for the country’s instability and poverty.Shettima made the remarks during a presentation at the Al-Hikmah University’s 13th convocation lec...
Read More »The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has called on all relevant stakeholders in West Africa in order to explore all areas of collaboration to maximize productivity. Tuggar, represented by the Director, Econom...
Read More » The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to further hike Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) when next its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets. The Director of Communications,&...
Read More »Sitting member of the House of Representatives, Babajimi Benson, has declared that the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria Act, 2023 recently signed into law by President Bola Tinubu will end Nigeria’s perennial importation ...
Read More »The newly formed Coalition of concerned parties has hit a roadblock as party leaders deny participating in the merger. On Thursday, 7th December, 2023, it was reported that seven opposition political parties came together to form what is...
Read More »Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-political group, is appealing the Federal Government for release of Nnamdi Kanu as a Christmas gesture for the South-East. The Vice-President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, emphasi...
Read More »The ruling political party in Rivers state PDP, yesterday took a massive hit as 27 members defected to opposition party APC. The 27 legislators, loyal to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, arrived the Assembly Complex as e...
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