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..plan comes after Lagos said it’s ending the practice Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has said he will initiate measure to repeal the law that awards pension to all former governors and their deputies who have served in the state.   Abdulrazaq disclosed this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, […]

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos State, in a brave move on Tuesday announced his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies.   He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court, pushing the number of Justices of the court from 12 to record 20. The CJN presided as the eight of them, in turn, took their oath of office and oath of allegiance to the Nigerian Constitution. After […]

….as Adeboye calls for investigation   Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast in handling the ongoing protests against police brutality, before it is too late.   The former president spoke in a statement he issued Wednesday against the background of the shooting of the unarmed protesters on Tuesday by […]

National Broadcasting Commission, regulator of the industry in Nigeria, says its official twitter handle of (NBC) has been hacked and allegedly taken over by decentralized international ‘hacktivist’ group known as “Anonymous”.   After the take-over, the group announced its name and plan: “We #Anonymous are out to expose government’s secrets & dirty files.   The […]

Nigeria’s candidate for World Trade Organization’s director-general, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged one of the final two candidates for the post, along with another woman.   Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee, were chosen by WTO members as the final two candidates to move to the final round of the selection, according to  […]

The House of Representatives has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to review all currently frozen accounts in Nigeria within 48 hours.   The House also asked the regulator to remove the freeze order on accounts unconstitutionally frozen, after one week.   The resolution followed the passage of a motion brought under urgent national importance […]

Nigerians have been barred from participating in the United States Diversity visa (DV) lottery in 2022 because over 50,000 Nigerians have immigrated to the US in the last five years. A statement published by the US State Department on its website yesterday, stated categorically that Nigerians are not eligible for the 2022 visa lottery which […]

A Thursday early morning gas explosion in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, has left eight persons dead, and razed many houses, government emergency department has confirmed.   The explosion started about 5.45am in Baruwa community, in the Alimosho Local Government of the State.   Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, said casualties were still […]

  A twenty-four-hour curfew imposed by governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State late Tuesday has failed to douse the tension and rage of the ongoing #EndSARS protest in the state. The governor on Wednesday extended the curfew to 72 hours.   Rather, the commercial city has been engulfed by fire and fury, as angry youths […]

Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election will hold on February 18, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed.   Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Commission (INEC), announced this on Thursday.   Yakubu announced this in a goodwill message at the inauguration of the special ad hoc committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution, […]

The Federal Executive Council, FEC on Wednesday, approved N654 million for the deployment of hybrid spectrum monitoring system targeting illegal frequencies in the southern part of the country especially, the South East, Vanguard reported.   This is coming on the heels of the growing agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for an independent […]