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. 18
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…
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…
Without cottage industries, Jigawa to build 95 mosques, opens tender
Without noticeable presence of cottage industries and industrialisation, the Jigawa State Government has opened tender for the construction of 90 Friday congregational and five daily prayer mosques, across the 30…
$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…
Court orders remand of BPE DG in correctional facility for disobeying S/Court order
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Alex Okoh, be remanded in a correctional facility for a…
10 years after, FG to revive Argungu Festival
The National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) says it will revive the Argungu Fishing Festival which had been abandoned for over a decade. Olusegun Runsewe made the promise on…