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The Federal Government has dismissed a video clip making the rounds that the Nigerian Embassy in Cotonou, Benin Republic had been attacked. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye, refuted the claim yesterday in a statement in ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written the chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Adamu Candido, imploring him to “urgently withdraw and revoke the bill/edict for the unconstitutional and illegal payment of life pensions to former ...

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has appealed to workers to shelve their planned nation-wide strike to protest against non-implementation of the new national minimum wage, saying such action would amount to an effort in futility. Fayemi, who is also chairman ...

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Akwa Ibom State chapter, has expressed disappointment over a statement credited to its Publicity Secretary, Reverend Aniebet Emmanuel that the council has a pending case of alleged financial misappropriation. It, therefore, cautioned its members against ...

The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has urged organised labour to shelve its planned October 16, 2019 nationwide strike over the non-implementation of minimum wage for grade levels seven to 17. Speaking when he visited the Minister of Labour and ...

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 ...