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The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli, Libya to issue emergency travel documents to stranded Nigerians to enable them return home. This was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Chukwuma Umeoji (APGA-Anambra) at ...

Widows in Obudu council of Cross River State have cried out over the state government’s acquisition of over nine square kilometres of their ancestral land for international and cargo airport project. The widows, who protested recently in Obudu, expressed regret ...

The Federal Government has obtained a loan from the International Development Association (IDA) to improve the attractiveness of the nation’s mining industry. Moreover, it had finalised an agreement with a French firm, SOFRECO, to develop a programme for inclusion of ...

Disturbed by the falling standards of education, the Senate has resolved to make computer literacy compulsory for teachers and pupils in private and public schools nationwide. The resolution, which followed a motion sponsored by Akon Etim Eyakenyi (Akwa Ibom South), ...

Commercial activities were momentarily brought to a halt in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as a battalion of women stormed the National Assembly complex to protest against the activities of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (popularly known as Shiites). Organised ...

The inability of organised labour and the Federal Government to arrive at common consequential figures for the implementation of the N30,000 national minimum may result in a series of protests by workers. Government negotiation team’s ‘take it, or leave it’ ...

The Lagos State Police Command in collaboration with Central Bank of Nigeria raided markets within Ikeja and environ where Nigerian currency is illegally traded. The operation was carried out on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th July, 2019; the suspects were ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has debunked rumours that its leadership is enmeshed in crisis. There had been campaign of calumny against the CAN president, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, and attempts to criminalise his person and office. In a statement ...

House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the Ninth National Assembly will give special budgetary attention to the three senatorial districts of Zamfara State to resolve the issue of insecurity. The Speaker, who stated this during his visit ...

The House of Representatives committee set up to reconcile aggrieved members of the Bauchi House of Assembly has begun meeting with critical stakeholders in the state. The 12-man panel, headed by Musa Sarkin Adar, disclosed that the lower legislative chamber ...