There was drama yesterday in the House of Representatives when a commissioner of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Moses Anaughe, accused the commission’s Chairman Muheeba Dankaka of lying to a House committee to avoid probe. The ad hoc committee to probe personnel recruitment, employment racketeering and gross mismanagement of the …

The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, Tuesday said that a total of 1,618 civil servants with fake employment letters were uncovered by the government. She also noted that the government was working towards an upward review of the Duty Tour Allowances of civil servants. Speaking with …

The President of the National Industrial Court, Abuja, Justice Benedict Kanyip, has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) against the registration of the Congress Of University Academics (CONUA) and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as trade unions by the Federal …

Aggrieved Muslim youths in Maiduguri recently protested to demonstrate their displeasure with the famous singer, David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, who posted a video clip they termed offensive to Islam on his Twitter page. Many prominent Nigerian Muslims, including a former aide to ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, Senator Shehu …

Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, on Tuesday, said he had approved the payment of five billion naira promotion arrears to the state workers. He said the payment would be effected in three tranches, starting from August to end in October 2023.   The governor, who disclosed this while addressing workers …

PSG are unsurprisingly open to a sale at that price, with the offer including the potential for the striker to earn a €700m (£604m/$775m) salary for a year before he potentially moves to Real Madrid on a free transfer next summer. Mbappe had informed PSG he intended to see out …

The Borno State Police Command has arrested 10 persons for allegedly killing a police constable in Maiduguri. The suspects have been identified as Usman Audu, male, 20; Hauwa Usman, female, 20; Aisha Musa, female, 19; Abba Bala, male, 20; Sunday Garba, male 21; David Paul, male, 35; Mohammed Abubakar, male, …

Some Nigerians have knocked the Federal Government and the Department of State Services (DSS) for rearresting the suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Goodwin Emefiele after the court granted him bail. The growing outrage following the violent clash between the officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) and …

Speaker Tajudeen Abbas said on Tuesday the list of chairmen and members of the House Standing committees will be announced on Thursday. The Speaker spoke while receiving the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Annett Günther in his office, appealing to the German government to assist in advancing and sustaining democracy in …

There are high expectations as Taraba State governor Dr Agbu Kefas inaugurated his team of commissioners he described as technocrats. The governor’s team of 22 commissioners is dominated by youths, only seven out of the cabinet members were found to be close to the age of 50 years, even as …