WASSCE: REPS ENJOIN BUHARI TO REOPEN SCHOOLS PARTIALLY
The House of Representatives has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to order a partial reopening of schools to allow pupils sit for the 2020 West African…
KIDNAPPERS TO GET A 10-YEAR JAIL TERM~ SENATE
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill which prescribes life jail, as against the current 10 years maximum sentence, for kidnappers. The bill contains amendments to the criminal code which…
OBASEKI IN A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH BUHARI
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Monday held a virtual meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The governor made this known after the meeting and likened…
VIRTUAL COURT SITTINGS ARE CONSTITUTIONAL~ SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that virtual court sittings are not unconstitutional. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour held that virtual court sittings…
REPS QUERY NDDC MD OVER N90.4BN EXTRA-BUDGETARY SPENDING, 150 ABANDONED PROJECTS
Reps query NDDC MD over N90.4bn extra-budgetary spending, 150 abandoned projects The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, yesterday, rebuked the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development…
Ekiti APC splinters into factions as leaders fight dirty
Intra-party crises among prominent members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State are threatening the survival of the party and its chances in future elections, ABIODUN NEJO writes…
NHRC BEGS WORKERS TO FORGO THE STRIKE OVER MINIMUM WAGE
The National Human Rights Commission has advised the staff union of the commission to jettison the proposed industrial action scheduled to commence on Thursday over the unpaid new minimum wage…
NIGERIA NEEDS CONSTANT POWER SUPPLY TO GROW~MAN
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said the Nigerian economy cannot grow if industries continue to rely on electricity generators for power supply. The Chairman, Rivers/Bayelsa States Branch of MAN,…
THE SECOND WEEK RUNNING, MAGU APPEARS BEFORE PANEL STILL
The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, on Monday appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami-led presidential panel for the second week running. Magu has…
MAGU’S DRAMA HAS AVENGED NNAMDI KANU~IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday, said its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been saying that the present administration cannot salvage Nigeria, has been vindicated with the…















