Senate mourns as Senator Ben Uwajumogu dies at 51
Late Sen. Ben Uwajumogu The Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ben Uwajumogu is dead. Uwajumogu died on Wednesday morning in Abuja, the nation’s…
Angry youths in Ondo set church ablaze over alleged exhumed body of 12 months old
Sotitobire Praising Chapel Photo: Courtesy twitter Angry youths have burnt down a church in Akure, the Ondo State capital after the corpse of a 12 months old boy was…
Supreme Court affirms Sanwo-Olu’s election as Lagos governor
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. The unanimous judgment was delivered on Wednesday by Justice Paul Galinje. A seven-man panel of the…
Buhari swears in Ngige’s wife, 8 others as Permanent Secretaries
FEC meeting and swearing in of new permanent secretaries President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore-in nine new permanent secretaries to their ministries and also presided over the Federal Executive Council…
FIRS to begin nationwide tax enforcement exercise Dec. 18Â
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will commence a nationwide tax enforcement exercise from Dec. 18, 2019 with a view to prosecuting defaulters and recovering all outstanding…
Mobile phones top list of tech speeding up aid operations in 2019 – poll
Mobile technology had the biggest benefit of all technology on aid operations in 2019, according to an exclusive poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Wednesday, with drones and satellites…
Correctional Centre official bags 4-year jail term for job scam
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Gwagwalada, has sentenced an officer with the Kuje Correctional Centre, Ahmed Abdu, to a four-year jail term for engaging in employment…
$29.96bn loan request: Sen. Committee to submit report in two weeks
Senate President Ahmad Lawan The Committee on Local and Foreign Debts assigned to review the 2016 – 2018 External Borrowing Plan request sent by President Muhammadu Buhari is expected…
Osun State doctors threaten industrial action over murder of OAU Prof., urge IGP to apprehend, prosecute killers
Members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Osun State have threatened to go on strike in reaction to the murder of Professor Jerome Elusiyan of the Obafemi Awolowo University…
Senate to investigate alleged ill-treatment against Nigerian business owners in Ghana
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its Committees on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Investments to interface with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to investigate the status of Nigerian businesses in…