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The House of Representative lawmaker representing Ona-Ara/Egbeda Federal Constituency of Oyo State, Honourable Akin Alabi has bagged the award as the Federal Legislator of the year. Honourable Alabi received the Award from the Nigerian Students Merit Awards 2020. While expressing his gratitude for the award, the lawmaker promised to perform …

Senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has appealed to the state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu to handover the State College of Education located in Arochukwu to the federal government, citing poor management. Kalu, a former governor of the state made this call on Friday shortly after conducting a …

LAGOS / ABUJA – The decision by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to dissolve all party structures at wards, states, local and zonal levels has not gone down well with party stakeholders. The resolution, Newsextra24 also gathered, was to weaken the influence of Asiwaju …

THE Northern Elders Forum on Tuesday declared that it would no longer tolerate further attacks on members of the northern community in the southern part of the country. The Chairman, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, made the declaration in Port Harcourt on Tuesday during a town hall meeting with members of …

STATEMENT by @NigeriaMFA on the designation of Nigeria as a Country of on Religious Freedom by the US Government @StateDept

The president circumvents rendering accounts for his handling of national security, especially his defiance to sack service chiefs. President Muhammadu Buhari has backed out of a meeting with members of the House of Representatives, Peoples Gazette can report based on emerging information from the presidency and parliament. The president was …

Against the backdrop of the N5 reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) announced by the Federal Government, fuel marketers have said it is not possible to sell the product at N162 per litre amid the current market realities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, …

The Senate on Tuesday, passed for second reading, a bill to allow banks recover loans from defaulters, place them on watchlist and eventually blacklist them without recourse to the borrowers. The bill sponsored by Senator Sani Musa, is seeking an Act to establish a unified scheme for a sound financial …

The Executive Secretary of Lagos State Law Reform Commission, Mrs. Ade Adeyemo has restated that it is an offense to use residential premises as morgues, embalmment centres or burial sites in order to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases in the State. Speaking on the activities, achievements and impact of …

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (@followlastma) has condemned an attack on its official, Mr. Kosoko Razak, by a suspected commercial driver of an unpainted Suzuki Minibus with registration number AAA 693 YC at Jakande in Lekki, Lagos State. In a statement issued today by the General Manager, LASTMA, Mr. …