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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over “the failure to probe the allegations that $2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues and budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing and unaccounted for between 2016 and 2019.” In...

Given the Presidential order to rid the nation’s oil sector of economic saboteurs, vandals, criminals, oil thieves, and other nefarious activities inimical to the growth of the sector, the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has read the Riot Act to Commandants of...

PRESS RELEASE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, CFR, from office with immediate effect. This is sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy. Mr Emefiele has been directed to immediately hand...

Armed security personnel on Friday stormed the residence of the immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mattawalle. They stormed the premises located in the former governor’s hometown of Maradun and evacuated several vehicles. A resident of Maradun who pleaded anonymity said that the security agents who were in large...

President Bola Tinubu said that he has asked the traditional rulers and their representatives from across the country to support his administration. He made the call during a meeting held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja on Friday. Tinubu disclosed this in a post on his Twitter page on...

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, met with traditional rulers and their representatives from across the country at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. This is coming after the president met with members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, an assembly of the 36 State Governors, at the Presidential Villa on...

The Lecturers of the Ondo state owned, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Friday commenced strike over non-payment of their 13 month salary arrears. Under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), the lecturers said that they won’t be part of the first semester examination of the institution which...

National Youth Service Corps has re-echoed its strong determination to prevent unqualified graduates from enlistment into National Service. It decried the continuous decline of quality graduates from unaccredited institutions, manipulation of data to allow part-time graduates enrol for service and other unwholesome practices by some Corps Producing Institutions within and...

In exercising the powers vested in him under the 1999 Constitution as amended, President Bola Tinubu, Thursday at the State House assented to a fresh amendment of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria within eleventh day in office as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The President...

Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has organised a workshop to build teachers capacity on Strengthening of Mathematics and Science Education, SMASE, and jolly phonics program for teachers across the country. Speaking at the workshop, the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, explained that SMASE and Jolly Phonics have been...