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The member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency, Hon Terseer Ugbor, has filed a N1 billion defamatory suit against the Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia. Also joined as co-defendants in the suit marked MHC/422/2024 are the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Benue State, Mr. Tersoo Kula, and Isaac Uzaan, identified in the suit as […]

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says it is illegal for the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to fix petrol prices. In a statement on Thursday, Falana said the action by the petroleum company contravened the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Falana said though the NNPCL claimed the market has been deregulated and […]

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State on Thursday received Miss Universe Nigeria, Chidimma Onwe-Adetsina and subsequently appointed her a brand ambassador of the state. Receiving Onwe-Adetsina, an indigene of Amurri, Nkanu West LGA of the state, and her father, Mr. Okechukwu Onwe, at the Government House, Mbah said she had demonstrated that with determination, the […]

The federal government has rolled out a new curriculum for Basic Education and Senior Secondary Education in Nigeria, effective from this month. The government said that the new curriculum was designed to incorporate knowledge, skills, and values, especially with a special focus on skills, so that students on graduation would have skills that they could […]

Headquarters 81 Division of the Nigerian Army says it has taken into custody, a soldier accused of killing a policeman in Lagos. Recall how a soldier from Ojo Cantonment accosted for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State, on Wednesday. stabbed a policeman identified […]

As part of the celebration of this year’s Day of Girl-Child, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas on Thursday, honoured the girl-child in plenary by vacating his seat for a 16-year-old girl, Miss Isabel Anani, who conducted a special session commemorating the International Day of the Girl Child. This is the first […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu for allegedly being indifferent to the economic hardship currently affecting Nigerians. In a statement shared on his verified X account on Thursday, Atiku expressed concern over the government’s handling of the fuel subsidy removal. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the 2023 election […]

The Ondo State House of Assembly has rejected the 2024 supplementary budget submitted by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to the Assembly signaling a major rift between the legislative and executive arms of governments. The major crux of the dispute between the two arms of government was the absence of the Commissioner for Finance, Mrs Omowumi Isaac […]

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has identified early marriage, poverty, and other societal challenges as major impediments to girl-child education in the country. Chairman of NGF and Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, disclosed this at the First International Conference on Girl Child Education in Nigeria, held on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The NGF […]

The Federal High Court in Kano has refused a request to stop the upcoming Local Government Area (LGA) council elections scheduled for October 26, 2024. The application was brought forward by a faction of the ruling New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the state. The plaintiffs in the case, NNPP and Engr. Muhammad Babayo, sought […]

The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein, has released guidelines for the exclusion of third-party research grant funds of Federal Universities and Research Institutions from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday announced that these guidelines […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has accused several Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staff members of aiding in the theft of public funds through the federal government’s Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP). The allegations were made in a counter-affidavit responding to a lawsuit filed by Ansar Technology Nigeria Ltd, one of the anchors participating in […]