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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced to the State House of Assembly his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007) which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors and their deputies, Newsextra24 reports. He made this known during his …

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday warned political office holders and policymakers against paying lip service to youth unemployment. He challenged his colleagues in positions of authorities to factor youth employment and empowerment into the 2021 budget so as to escape another round of #EndSARS protests. Lawan …

The Nigerian Communications Commission says the trial of the fifth generation mobile network shows that there is no health hazard associated with the use of the technology. The commission in a draft consultation document on Deployment of Fifth Generation Mobile Technology in Nigeria published on Monday stated that the trial …

The Nigerian government has allowed Dangote Cement to resume exports across its land borders, raising hopes that Africa’s most populous nation may be opening up trade with neighbors after a year-long blockade. President Muhammadu Buhari‘s administration gave its authorization for Africa’s biggest producer to export cement to Niger and Togo …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the state will continue to be home to people of the Igbo Ethnic Nationality. Governor Wike gave the assurance during a meeting with South-East Governors, the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo and the Igbo community in the state at Government House, Port …

Immortalises victims, donates 18-seater bus at Requiem Mass …Visits accident scene Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Monday, joined the Catholic faithful and families of the deceased pupils of Presentation Nursery and Primary School, Awgu, and other victims who lost their lives in a recent fatal road accident in …

The fresh crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a new dimension as Gov­ernor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State who is the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party is set to step down from the saddle, Buni was appointed the chair­man of the caretaker committee in …

Say Kano, Rivers, Kaduna, others not disadvantaged anymore • Stakeholders call for end to policy • ‘Policy attacks excellence, celebrates mediocrity” • Bayero lecturers defend policy, blame northern leaders Academics, among other Nigerians, have called for urgent review or scrapping of the nation’s quota policy in varsity admissions to promote …

Fashola inaugurates Rivers flyover, commends Wike’s urban renewal scheme Fashola inaugurates Rivers flyover, commends Wike’s urban renewal scheme The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), at the weekend inaugurated 969. 4 metres’ long Rebisi Dual Carriage Flyover Bridge in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Fashola commended “the massive …

ENDSARS: OSUN JUDICIAL PANEL BEGINS SITTING THURSDAY The Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to look into cases of alleged police brutality, human rights violations and extra-judicial killings by the operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the State of Osun will on Thursday, …