Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has urged the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, to stop creating unnecessary tension in the state. He made the call in a statement issued yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam ...

Imo State chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) have given Governor Rochas Okorocha seven days to pay workers and retirees salaries and pension arrears. This followed their angst ...

The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) from 2019 to 2021. The House during plenary presided by Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, endorsed a benchmark of 2.3m barrels of crude oil production ...

Rising insecurity in Nigeria was the subject matter of serious and debate at plenary yesterday. Consequently, Senate moved for special consideration in Zamfara State and to set aside N10 billion in the 2019 budget as intervention fund for tackling insecurity ...

After a thorough review of the 17 bills so far rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Senate yesterday resolved to override his veto on two critical bills. In a unanimous adoption of a report submitted by its Technical Committee on ...

The Federal Government has upgraded the existing 2×40 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA) in Bayelsa Transmission Substation with the installation of a 90MVA capacity transformer to boost electricity supply in the state. The project, situated in Gbarantoru area, was sanctioned in ...

The German Society for International Cooperation also known as Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) yesterday decried the unemployment rate in Nigeria. The agency said it would invest over £19.2 million (N9.03 billion) through its Skills Development for Youth Employment (SKYE) programme ...

The Kano State Police Command has ordered immediate suspension of mining activities in Sumaila council area of the state. Consequently, the force had deployed a special police unit to enforce compliance. The Commissioner of Police, Mohammad Wakili, said the directive ...

Standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the concluded gubernatorial polls in Kano, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has accused Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of “orchestrated electoral malpractice in the March 23 supplementary election in the state.” Abba, who was responding ...

The Supreme Court yesterday struck out an appeal challenging the dissolution of Kwara State executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. Chair of the dissolved exco, Ishola Balogun Fulani, on behalf of others ...