UNITY SCHOOLS: NECO reschedules Common Entrance Examination

The National Examinations Council, NECO, has rescheduled the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE, into federal unity colleges to Saturday, June 5, 2021. The examination body, in a statement Wednesday,…

Trump Organization faces criminal probe in New York state

The Trump Organization is being investigated in a “criminal capacity”, the New York state attorney general’s office said Tuesday, as prosecutors advance their probe into former president Donald Trump’s business…

BREAKING: Senate suspends plenary for constitution review

The Senate on Wednesday suspended plenary for one week to enable its members to participate in the zonal public hearing across the country. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan,…

Reps to expand fire service operations

The House of Representatives is considering an expansion of the scope of operations of the fire service to include accidents and emergency situations in the transport sector and at construction…

Suspend illegal taxes on businesses, Reps tell FCT councils

The House of Representatives has declared illegal, levies being imposed on businesses by area councils in the Federal Capital Territory, ordering the task forces to suspend their activities.  A member of…

Reps allege FG losing billions to airports, seaports concession

The Federal Government is losing over $90.5m annually to alleged shoddy agreements between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and concessionaires on both the local and international wings of the…

Ethnic cleansing looms in S-East, Igbo elders raise alarm

The forum further claimed that the alleged deployment of core Northern officers to man Eastern military commands was part of the ploy towards actualising ethnic cleansing of Ndigbo and concealing…

Kaduna has hired 50 truckloads of thugs to attack protesting workers -NLC

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, has said Kaduna State Government under the leadership of Governor Nasir El-Rufai has hired 50 truckloads of thugs to attack protesting…

Buhari seeks debt relief for African countries

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday in Paris, France, called on European countries and global financial institutions to consider debt relief for African countries. He said this…

FG to cultivate 3,000-hectares farm estate, engage youths

The Federal Government on Tuesday announced its readiness to assist farmers, mostly youths, to cultivate 3,000 hectares of land in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. It said the…