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The Senate on Wednesday passed a Bill prohibiting discrimination between first degree and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders for the purposes of employment and promotion, into law. The decision followed the consideration and adoption of a report on the Bill presented by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, …

The crisis engulfing the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has taken a new turn with the suspension of the party’s state chairman, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi. PDP’s Publicity Secretary, Chris Osa Nehikhare, said in a press release made available to Newsextra24 on Wednesday in Benin City, the state capital, …

We were told they are UNKNOWN GUNMEN. But the moment the President vowed to deal with these ‘unknown’ elements, they have suddenly become known as INNOCENT CITIZENS in a part of the country! It is a case of ‘Cunning man die, Wayo man bury am’! A huge conspiracy blown wide …

ELECTION 2021: Anambra PDP, Godwin Maduka, Bianca Ojukwu And Lessons From APGA The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Anambra State must learn from history. The party will walk on the wrong side of history, if it goes ahead to field a governorship candidate who lacks the wherwithal, capacity and ability …

Ahead of the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which is likely to hold later this month or early July, there is a jostle by intending presidential aspirants for the control of the party’s structure at the national level in view of the 2023 general elections. To …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, warned people behind security problems in the country, saying he would soon be hard on them. Buhari also said secessionists were too young to know loss of lives and other tragedies that attended the Nigerian civil war of 1967 to 1970. …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has restated the need for Special Economic Status for the State owing to its role in the nation and the burdens it bears. Speaking today at the South West Zonal Public Hearing of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Review of …

Stakeholders of Awgu Local Government Area of #Enugu State have lauded Governor Ifeanyi #Ugwuanyi’s performance for the past six years, describing it as phenomenal. They made the declaration during an enlarged stakeholders’ meeting held at the Local Government, where they passed a vote of confidence in Ugwuanyi. The leaders declared …

Following the sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the declaration of the Sovereign State of Biafra, South East Governors’ Forum Chairman, Dave Umahi, has said May 30 would be set aside as a day to remember millions of Igbo that lost …

The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, says he has not taken a decision or fixed a date for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Newsmen had, on Tuesday, quoting a source close to the governor, reported plans by the governor to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on …