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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, ...

The Federal Government has disclosed that plans were underway for the reclamation of 1,260 abandoned mining sites nationwide. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, dropped the hint at a media briefing in Abuja to herald the 2019 Mining ...

The Akwa Ibom State Government has sought residents and commuters understanding and patience given the current inconveniences they are facing following diversion of traffic from Olusegun Obasanjo Way and Abak Road. State Commissioner for Works, Ephraim Inyangeyen, made the appeal ...

The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) and the Centre for International and Strategy Studies (CISS) have written the National Assembly on the activities of some international non-govermental organisations (NGOs) in the North East and seeking a through investigation of their ...

The Senate has begun moves to amend the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) Act following the consideration of a bill in that respect. Titled Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2019, the piece of legislation passed ...

The spate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is posing a serious threat to import and export trade worth $286 billion in West Africa, stakeholders have disclosed. Speaking at the ongoing Global Maritime Security Conference organised by the Nigerian ...