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National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has counseled the Governor-elect of Edo state, Senator Monday Okpebholo to hit the ground running rather than waiting his time probing his predecessor, Gov. Godwin Obaseki. Ganduje gave the advice on Thursday when Senator Okpebholo formally paid the National Working Committee NWC a […]

A bill for an Act to make provision for retirement age of health workers in Nigeria and for related matters has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill sponsored by Wale Hammed (APC-Lagos State) seeks to increase the retirement age of health workers from 60 to 65 years and service years 40 […]

The Oyo State House of Assembly has suspended the Chairman of Oyo East Local Government, Olusola Oluokun, over a viral video that sparked controversy. The Chairman was suspended on Thursday after the presentation of a matter of urgent public importance titled “Urgent Call for Full Investigation into the indecent attitude of the Chairman, Oyo East […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Thursday it was investigating some bank executives for various offences. The commission also said that it has submitted its preliminary report on the investigation of the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, to President Bola Tinubu. According to the anti-graft agency, about five bank executives are […]

The Nigeria Association of Law Teachers has advocated more slots on the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The award of the rank of SAN is a privileged award conferred on legal practitioners who have excelled in advocacy and in exceptional cases. The demand was the unanimous agreement of the association at the 2024 Annual […]

The Concerned Citizens For Transparent Governance in Owerri, Imo State, has asked anti-corruption agencies to probe the Agege Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State for alleged corruption The “whistleblower” made the allegations in an October 14, 2024, petition signed by one Obafemi Adeyemi and received by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and […]

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says power supply has been successfully restored to seven northern states through its 330kV Ugwuaji-Apir transmission line one. In a statement on Wednesday, Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s general manager of public affairs, confirmed that power was restored at 4:56 pm after repairs on the vandalised section of the line were […]

Governors and traditional rulers rose from a meeting at the Presidential Villa, on Wednesday, with a joint committee to study the aggregate inputs on the constitutional role for traditional rulers. Addressing journalists after the meeting, Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun said the agenda of the meeting included the issue of the constitutional role for traditional […]

A Former Secretary to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr John Ogah on Wednesday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how said the embattled former governor used his niece’s account to receive funds. Ogah, said this in the continuation of his evidence in chief on Wednesday while being led in evidence by the Economic and […]

The Lagos State Police Command has announced that it has initiated legal proceedings against the organizers of an event titled ‘Global Property Conference’, which is scheduled to take place on November 9, 2024, at the Land Mark Event Centre on Victoria Island, Lagos. According to a statement released by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP […]

Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, on Wednesday said landlords are contributing to the rising inflation. Speaking as a panelist at the ongoing 2024 Annual Directors’ Conference with the theme, “Good Governance as a catalyst for Economic Recovery, Growth and Development” organised by the Chartered Institute of Directors of Nigeria (CIoD), […]

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, former President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says current Nigerian workers are poorer than those who worked for country in the past. Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo State, also decried the present N70,000 minimum wage, arguing that the celebrated wage when converted to dollars, is equivalent to $42. The former labour […]