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The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has urged the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, to tell President Bola Tinubu about the high level of hunger and starvation in the country. “Although we have several means of communicating to the government on our needs and requests, but your way and...

The House of representatives yesterday  mandated its committees on Special Duties, National Planning and Economic Development and Inter-Governmental Affairs to look into state spending and utilisation of the increased allocation from Federal Account allocation Committee (FAAC) and report back  to the house in four weeks for further legislative action. The...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Abuja to immediately halt the recruitment process in the Court  until there is compliance with the Federal Character principle and quota system. The House also referred the matter to the Committees on FCT Judiciary and...

For its strides in Infrastructure, ICT, Student Welfare and other key areas, the Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo State, has received commendation from the CSOs Budget Implementation Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, CBIAMEC. The committee gave the commendation on Tuesday in Abuja while briefing journalists at the Nigerian Union of Journalists,...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday stepped down a bill seeking to change the minimum requirement for the office of President, Vice, National Assembly members and other political office from first school leaving certificate to degree or its equivalent. The House decision followed the passage of a bill moved by...

…How we intend to shut off opposition Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has flagged off the second phase of the conditional cash transfer of seven thousand naira monthly to widows, orphans and elderly persons, as part of the state’s social investment programme, geared towards meeting the needs of the...

Gunmen have killed the 2023 House of Representatives candidate from Anambra State, Jude Oguejiofor. Oguejiofor hailed from Orsumoghu in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra but lived in Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Government Area. Oguejiofor, a lawyer, contested for the Ihiala Federal Constituency House of Representatives seat in the...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has tendered its evidence from the forensic investigation conducted on the phones of Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, who is currently facing trial over an alleged sexual misconduct. At the resumed hearing...

The senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial district, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, through her initiative, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Foundation (NAUF) has launched a scholarship programme, to mitigate the suffering faced by indigent students in Kogi Central. This was contained in a statement personally signed by her on Monday and made available to the National...