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Some lawmakers walked out of the chamber during Wednesday's proceedings after the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, shut down a motion on insecurity. The Minority senate leader, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Philip…
The Nigerian Labour Congress on Wednesday moved its protest to the National Assembly, Abuja to call for an end to the ongoing ASUU strike. The protesters marched from Unity Fountain in the federal capital territory…
Human Rights Lawyer Inibehe Effiong has been sentenced to a month in prison by the Akwa Ibom state Chief Judge, Ekaette Obot. Effiong made this known in a series of posts he shared via his Twitter page on Wednesday.…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enrol in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. Prof. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman of the University of…
A taxi driver, Agoola Alabi who had been on the run for ten month for assaulting a Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC officer on Sept. 28, 2021 was caught by the Nigeria Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) The Lagos State…
A bank cash officer and an armed robber were killed on Tuesday in a bullion van attack, in Abia State. The incident occurred at about 1:13 pm at Ntigha junction along the Port Harcourt – Enugu Highway in Isiala Ngwa…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its affiliate unions on Wednesday in Abuja continued their solidarity protest in support of the five-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The NLC…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the late hour of Tuesday received another batch of 175 stranded Nigerians from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. A total of 34 children, 141…
The Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed Mohammed Bello as Chairman of, the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC. Bello’s confirmation was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Committee on…
The President, Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to confirm Olukayode Ariwoola, the most senior justice of the supreme court, as the confirmed Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Recall that President Buhari had last…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Tuesday to Friday as work-free days for public servants in the state to allow those who are yet to register/collect their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) to do so…
An accident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, involving a Mazda bus and a truck on the Iperu bridge, Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Four people were killed, and six others were injured in the accident. The…
The President, Muhammad Buhari has condoled with the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, over the loss of her son, Prince Paeke Dongban. The president’s condolence message to Justice…
The Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) on Monday said it had discovered a new malaria vector called Anopheles stephensi in northern Nigeria. The Director General of the agency, Professor Babatunde Salako, who…
The Edo State Ministry of Health has revealed that eight persons had so far tested positive for monkeypox in the state. This was disclosed by Prof. Akoria Obehi, the state’s Commissioner for Health, on Monday.…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has begun the two-day rally it had planned to hold in protest of the ongoing ASUU strike and other problems plaguing the nation. In solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, says he looks forward to witnessing the miracle of his winning the 2023 election. He was reacting to a statement by the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP)…
The London Court has granted Beatrice, wife of a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, bail. She was granted bail on Monday. Ike Ekweremadu on the other hand was denied bail. Recall that Ike Ekweremadu and his…
The President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Dauda Biu, as the Acting Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), following the retirement of Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi said this when…
The federal government has ordered the closure of all Federal Government College (FGCs), Kwali in Abuja due to fears of insecurity. It was gathered that the decision was a result of rising insecurity and threat to the…
