National Assembly shifts PIB deliberations to 2021 – FG

Deliberations on the Petroleum Industry Bill by the National Assembly has been shifted to the first quarter of next year, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has…

Reps to criminalise delay in pension payment

The House of Representatives is seeking to criminalise delay in the payment of pension to retirees. It is also proposing raising the amount due for withdrawal from their retirement savings…

Insecurity: Police commissioner urges fleeing Rivers residents to return

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, has called on residents of Ndele and other communities in the Emouha Local Government Area, who fled in the wake of kidnapping…

Naira gains, exchanges for N457/$

The naira gained slightly, as it exchanged to the dollar at N457/$ at the parallel market on Tuesday. It had earlier exchanged at N465/$ a week earlier. The President, Association…

Ondo: ADP candidate won’t step down, says chairman

The National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party, Yabagi Sani, has dismissed speculations that the party has withdrawn from the Ondo State governorship race scheduled for Saturday, October 10. Sani…

FHA seeks Act’s amendment for housing delivery

The Federal Housing Authority as appealed for the amendment of certain aspects of the Act establishing the FHA to enhance efficiency. This is just as the Speaker of the House…

Adamawa records 350 rape cases in five months

Adamawa State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Lami Ahmed, has said the state recorded over 350 cases of rape and sexual assault between May and October 2020. The…

My goal now is to win World Cup —Messi

Superstar footballer Lionel Messi will take a break from his Barcelona soap opera as he bids to fire Argentina to the World Cup in Qatar and what will probably be…

Publish N106bn contracts probe report, Okorocha tells Uzodimma

A former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has challenged the Justice Benjamin Iheaka panel probing contracts awarded during his tenure to the tune of N106bn to publish its…

Woman in court for defrauding firm of N384,000

The Ekiti State Police Command on Tuesday arraigned a 25-year-old woman, Adenike Olofin, before an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for an alleged fraud of N384,000. The police prosecutor, Caleb…