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After spending 143 days in detention, human rights activist and journalist, Steven Kefas, has filed an N500 million suit against Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu and four others over alleged infringement on his ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has insisted that only a few countries in the world can claim to have a low level of corruption, but that none is in Africa. Osinbajo spoke yesterday in Abuja at the launch of FLAG’IT App ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan visited President Muhammadu Buhari, his first visit to Aso Rock in Buhari’s second term. He arrived at the State House around 2.58 pm and met the President behind closed doors in his office around 3 pm. ...

The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has said the N1 trillion recovered by various government agencies was used to finance the 2017 and 2018 national budgets. The chairman, Prof. Itse Sagay, made the disclosure while fielding questions from newsmen ...

The Federal Government has approved the review of the National Broadcasting Code and extant related laws to increase fine from N500, 000 to N5, 000,000 for breaches relating to hate speech, inciting comments and indecency. In the new dispensation, willful ...

Organised labour and rights activists have urged the Lagos State government, other states of the federation and the Federal Government to provide safe, clean and affordable drinking water to Nigerians through the public sector. They specifically tasked the Governor Babajide ...

The House of Representatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to order the immediate repair of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. Adopting a motion under matters of urgent importance sponsored by Toby Okechukwu at the plenary presided by the Speaker, ...

UNILAG, UI move to tackle the menace, Kano Poly disowns teacher The Senate has revisited the sexual harassment bill sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and passed by the Eighth Senate. It specifies a five-year jail term for ...

The Senate has begun debate on the general principles of the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N10.33tr. Of the total amount, N556.7b is for statutory transfer, while debt servicing gets N2.7tr. Contributing, Gabriel Suswam (PDP: Benue) noted that the budget was ...

The parley between the Federal Government and organised labour in Abuja has raised a fresh hope for the implementation of the consequential adjustment component of the N30, 000 national minimum wages. Approved on April 18, 2019, by President Muhammadu Buhari, ...