The Management of the National Assembly has denied paying a holiday largesse to Senators contrary to the disclosure by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during a Senate plenary. The parliament bureaucracy said the N2million it paid to each Senator was a statutory running cost of their offices, which was captured …

The Ondo state government has warned community chiefs against parading themselves as traditional rulers in their area without adhering to the due process of selection, approval, installation, and presentation of instruments of office by the state government. The government also warned traditional rulers against extending their influence and authority beyond …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Abbas Tajudeen on Tuesday called for more trade and technological relationships between Nigeria and the Republic of South Korea. He particularly called for more investment by the Asian country in Nigeria’s energy and mining sectors.   Speaker Abbas made the call when …

Hope for an increase in crude oil production has been rekindled as Nigeria’s crude oil production is expected to rise by at least 350,000 barrels per day. This is as a result of the decision of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to resume operations at the Forcados Terminal. …

Prof. Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Cross River State, has reacted to allegations of sexual harassment made against him by some female students. According to Professor Ndifon, he is being attacked with the claim because he won the faculty election. Speaking to Cross Rivers …

Kwara state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three notorious suppliers of illicit drug substances in different locations of the state. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday on efforts aimed at reducing the supply of hard drugs, the state commander of the NDLEA, Mohammed …

Malam Umar Namadi Danmodi, the Governor of Jigawa State, has expressed his deep concern over the recent recruitment exercise conducted by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), in which the state was allegedly denied its fair share of positions. A press statement posted on the Facebook timeline of …

Former governor of Rivers State and a Minister designate, Nyesom Wike, visited the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Gnaduje, in Abuja, on Tuesday.   Wike, who worked against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 election, has repeatedly denied …

The Federal Government Tuesday applied to withdraw the “illegal possession of firearms” case it filed against the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice Mohammed Bakodo Abubakar told Justice …

President Bola Tinubu has barred all ex-Niger Delta militant leaders from visiting him in the presidential villa, Abuja, according to reports. It is reported that requests for courtesy visits by notable militant leaders and ethnic militias from the oil-rich region to Tinubu in the villa have lately been disapproved by …