The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has released a list of 98 lawyers who have been shortlisted for the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The list includes some of the country’s most prominent lawyers,…
Ijeoma Akunyili has been elected as an alumni board member of the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in the United States. Alongside eight others from diverse backgrounds and countries, Ijeoma Akunyili was chosen to serve a four-year term…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged FCT minister, Nyesom Wike to disregard criticisms from Senator Ireti Kingibe and concentrate on delivering key infrastructure projects. Akpabio made the comment at the commissioning of the Kugbo…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SAANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have threatened to embark on nationwide from Thursday, July 4, over federal government’s failure…
Hajiya Zainab Garba, the wife of Niger State Deputy Governor Comrade Yakubu Garba, has passed away. She died on Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness at a government hospital in Minna, the state capital. Niger State Governor, Mohammed…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has declared a state of emergency on challenges affecting crude oil production in the country. Group chief executive officer of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, made the declaration on Tuesday…
The Labour Party has announced the establishment of the Labour Party Electoral Reform Committee, tasked with conducting a comprehensive review of the electoral process to ensure free and fair elections. The committee has been given a three…
The immediate past Director-General and CEO of the National Inland Water Ways Authority (NIWA), George Moghalu, has formally declared his intention to contest the 2025 governorship election in Anambra state.Moghalu who made known his…
There was a mild drama on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday following a disagreement between Rivers lawmaker, Cyril Hart, and deputy speaker Benjamin Kalu. Hart had accused Kalu of discriminating against new lawmakers by…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Hajiya Salamatu Ladi Ahmed as the Executive Secretary of the Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board (FGSHLB). The announcement was made by Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, the Head of the…
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger has announced that each of the 1,600 corps members posted to the state will receive a bonus of N200,000 from Niger Farms, amounting to a total of N320 million. Governor Bago also stated that the state…
A bill seeking to create a new state, Etiti State, from the existing five Southeast states has been introduced on the floor of the House of Representatives and passed for first reading.This comes weeks after the introduction of another…
Prominent Yoruba traditional ruler, the Alake of Egba Land, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare July 13 a national day dedicated to celebrating the contributions of Noble Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, to…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made appointments to the board of the Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL).The appointments were announced in a statement by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngalale on Tuesday.The appointments are “in…
The National Identify Management Commission (repeal and enactment) Bill 2024 has scaled second reading at the Senate. The bill seeks to allow all persons, including foreigners residents in Nigeria, the right to obtain and use National…
The Imo State House of Assembly has suspended four of its lawmakers who are accused of plotting to impeach the Speaker, Chike Olemgbe. The suspended lawmakers include Samuel Otuibe representing Ahiazu-Mbaise constituency, Henry Agbasonu…
The Sokoto State government has declared that the Sultan of Sokoto has no constitutional authority to appoint anyone, according to the 1999 Constitution as amended. This was stated by the Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Nasiru Binji, at…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the average retail price paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) increased to N937 per litre in Jigawa State. According to the report ‘Premium Motor Spirit Price Watch (May…
Dapo Abiodun, Ogun state governor, has lamented that Nigerian governors are being subjected to unfair criticisms by citizens. The governor made the statement during an interview with Channels Television while answering a question on the…
President Bola Tinubu has approved a new withholding tax policy, replacing the outdated one approved in the 1977 regime.Taiwo Ayodele, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, announced the development on…
The Nigerian Army has declared that the country has receded into a state of war, following the recent bombings in Borno State that left scores dead and injured.In a statement, Major General Edward Buba, Director Defence Media Operations,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will soon make public the report on the conduct of the 2023 General Election, as well as the report of the review committee that analyzed the election’s conduct…
Rear Admiral Alison Amaechina Madueke, ex-husband of embattled former minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has petitioned the court for an injunction to stop her from using his name. Madueke is praying the court to stop his ex…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has provided an update on the recent series of suicide bombings that rocked Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) in Borno State on Saturday, 29 June 2024. The attacks, which involved multiple Person Borne…
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has dismissed reports that an explosion occurred at Zungeru power on Monday, July 1. In a statement issued by his special adviser, strategic communication and media relations, Bolaji Tunji, the minister…
A four-storey building attached to the Westbrook Hotel in the Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory collapsed on Monday night, trapping many people inside. The Westbrook Hotel is reportedly owned by a former governor from a state in…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has vowed to appeal the dismissal of his fundamental rights suit against the Federal Government by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday.POLITICS NIGERIA…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has condemned the recent suicide bombings in Gwoza, Borno State, which resulted in the loss of about 31 lives and left many injured.The Police Boss in a statement expressed his heartfelt…
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that the Nigerian government has withdrawn its interest in the proposed Nigeria Air project. This development comes two months after the Federal Government indefinitely suspended the project.The…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu, says the flood disaster that hit some state recently affected over 4000 Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines at the commission’s office.…