AFE BABALOLA AGAINST WASSCE SUSPENSION

Legal luminary and the founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola, said on Tuesday that cancellation of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination by the Nigerian authorities…

OKONJO-IWEALA IS OUR APPROVED CANDIDATE FOR WTO LEADERSHIP~REPS

The House of Representatives has endorsed the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.…

774,000 JOBS: BUHARI HAS GIVEN ME A GO AHEAD ON RECRUITMENT~ KAYEMO

The Minister of State Labour, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has secured the approval of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to begin the recruitment of 774, 000 youths under the…

UGAMATV CELEBRATES OGUERINWA AS HE MARKS BIRTHDAY

The member, House of Representatives, representing Ezeagu and Udi Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Dennis Amadi Oguerinwa, marks his birthday, on Tuesday, 14th day of July, 2020. Here’s, a birthday message…

SUPREME COURT DISMISSES ALAIBE’S SUIT AGAINST DIRI

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Timi Alaibe, challenging the emergence of…

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…