Senate wants Ngige out as Chairman, Board of NDE

THE Senate has begun moves to remove the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige as the Chairman, Board of the National Directorate of Employment, NDE. Against this backdrop,…

2023: HOUSE DEPUTY MINORITY LEADER FIRES BACK ON WHY IPOB, MULTIPLE ASPIRANTS SHOULDN’T COUNT AGAINST IGBO PRESIDENCY.

THE Deputy Minority leader, House of representatives, Rt. Hon. Toby Okechukwu, has stated that Nigerians will jointly elect an Igbo president, when they see the need. Speaking on THISDAYLIVE, an…

Enugu NLC, TUC kick against bill to decentralise National Minimum Wage

The organised labour in Enugu State has kicked against the bill at the National Assembly seeking to decentralise the National Minimum Wage in the country. The union, comprising Nigerian Labour…

REPS DEPUTY MINORITY LEADER MOTIONS FOR THE REOPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WINGS OF ENUGU AIRPORT, OTHERS

The Deputy Minority leader, house of representatives, Rt. Hon. Toby Okechukwu has motioned the reopening of the international wings of the Aminu Kano international airport Kano, Akanu Ibiam international airport…

Osinbajo wades into Imo APC crisis, meets Okorocha

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, held a closed-door meeting with the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in a bid…

FEC okays additional N500m for 18.7km Delta road

THE 37th virtual Federal Executive Council presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday approved additional N500m as variation for the completion of an 18.7km Bulu-Oriagbene…

Majority leader carpets Senate for dumping Reps bills

The Senate and the House of Representatives are on a collision course over concurrence with bills. At the plenary on Wednesday, the Majority Leader of the House, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, had…

Reps panel tweaks NCDC power to order compulsory vaccination

A committee of the House of Representatives set up to consider the amendment of the Quarantine Act has deleted 447 provisions including a section of the bill that empowered the…

Senate asks FG to repatriate Ogun refugees from Benin

THE Senate on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to direct relevant government agencies to bring back the people of Yewa in Ogun State who had escaped to the Republic of…

OPC tags Fani-Kayode lying merchant, misinformation expert

The Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress in Oyo State, Mr Rotimi Olumo, has described a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, as a ‘lie merchant and an expert in…