Some senators have raised concerns that details of the Bill for an Act to amend the Finance Act, 2019 were not made available to them for their input as the upper legislative chamber passed it for second reading. Senate Minority ...

Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has extended an olive branch to his kinsman, Ndutimi Alaibe and other aggrieved contestants of last year’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primary, urging them to forget the past and join him in building a ...

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has berated President Mohammandu Buhari for inaugurating the advisory and monitoring committees for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) without a substantive board in place. It insisted that the committee’s inauguration was akin to building ...

House of Representatives Committee on Nigerian Navy has sought partnership with the Navy, sister agencies and other stakeholders to work towards enhancing and securing the maritime industry. Chairman of the committee, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting ...

Akwa Ibom State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Uwemedimo Nwoko, has demanded the resignation of the Commissioner of Police (CP), Imohimi Edgal for interfering with judicial process and violation of court order. He made this call in Uyo yesterday. ...

The Lagos State Government has said four children from the same family and their teacher who arrived the country from the United States of America (USA) have been quarantined for coronavirus. Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this at ...

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele has said the apex bank is committed to full intervention in the health sector following outbreak of Coronavirus in the country. He stated this yesterday at a consultative round table ...

The Ogun State Government has solicited the support of religious leaders to sensitise members of the public on coronavirus disease and preventive measures to adopt. Speaking at the one-day sensitisation programme organised by the state government at the Egba Central ...

As part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Lagos State Government has held a sensitisation rally for stakeholders at the Ifako-Ijaiye Local Council Development Area (LCDA). Participants were charged to not just wish away the disease, but ...

The Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda are threats to West Africa, where international efforts to counter terrorist groups are insufficient, Head of the United States (U.S.) Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Stephen Townsend, has said, citing Stars and Stripes reports. He stated this ...