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President Bola Tinubu has finally sent the list of 28 Nigerians as ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation of their appointments. This was made known by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who read out the president’s letter to that effect addressed to him at the start of...

The Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Ejikeme Mmesoma, Rt. Hon. Soli Sada, has commended the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, for the technological innovations deployed by the board for the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Sada, who gave...

An FCT High Court sitting in Maitama has struck out an application secretly filed by the Department of State Services to secure an order to detain the suspended former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CB , Mr. Godwin Emefiele for a further 14 days based on what they...

Nigerien soldiers have announced taking over power from President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been in detention since the early hours of Wednesday. The soldiers announced the coup in televised broadcast in the early hours of Thursday. In the broadcast, 10 senior officers led by Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane said the...

The National Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said its strike scheduled to commence in seven days is aimed at liberating Nigerians from the shackles of government policies which have caused citizens pain. This followed an earlier seven-day ultimatum by the NLC to President Bola Tinubu’s administration to reverse “all anti-poor”...

The Arewa Professional Group (APG), comprising various professionals from all walks of life as well as elder statesmen and women of substance of Northern extraction have called on the leadership of the House of Representatives, the Senate of the Federal Republic and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to put an end...

A British court has ordered an ex-lawyer of former Delta State Governor, James Ibori to pay £28 million for helping to hide funds gained illegally. Bhadresh Gohil, an Indian lawyer, was convicted in 2010 of 13 counts of money laundering and other offences linked to his role in helping Ibori...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Tuesday night declared an indefinite strike. The President of NARD, Dr Emeka Orji, who disclosed this to our correspondent said the strike will begin Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 12am. Orji said, the decision was made during its July National Executive Council meeting...

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by the Academic staff union of Nigeria (ASUU) challenging the registration of Congress of Nigerian University Academics, CONUA and Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA, as trade unions by the federal government. The President of the court,...

The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has suspended the Rector of the Osun State Polytechnic, Dr Tajudeen Odetayo, in the light of corruption allegations levelled against him. According to a July 11, 2023 memo by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Muritala Jimoh, addressed to the Acting Registrar of...