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He was right to deny knowledge of proposed law, says Dokpesi Stakeholders have brainstormed on the Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019, otherwise known as the Social Media Bill, discussing its advantages and disadvantages. Minister of Information and ...

Eminent Nigerians have expressed sadness over the meddling of the executive in the judicial arm of government, calling for the amendment of law to insulate it from involvement in political litigations. They lamented that the country’s judicial system had been a ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stressed the need for distillers and blenders of alcohol in the country to control the distribution of drinks to address the public health concerns resulting from under-aged drinking and ...

Hope of some stakeholders who expected the border to be re-opened as the first phase of the Ex Swifts exercise expired today have been dashed, as the Federal Government insists that there is no timeline to closure of the land ...

Cross River State government said it has donated 100 hectares of land and N800 million to Cameroonian refugees taking refuge in the state. The House of Assembly Speaker, Eteng Williams, disclosed this yesterday during the Humanitarian Development Nexus meeting between ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), in collaboration with National Orientation Agency (NOA), has called on Nigerians to participate in the fight against corruption in the country. During a town hall meeting in Ikeja, Lagos, one of the facilitators, ...

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has sworn in Chief Kesta Ogualili, Alhaji Yusuf Alao and 24 others as his special advisers. Ogualili from Dunukofia Council of Anambra State and Alao from Ogbomosho Council of Oyo have lived in Borno ...

Abia State government has agreed with labour to pay N30,100 as minimum wage in the state. The agreement was signed by the Head of Service, Sir Onyii Wamah; Commissioner of Finance, Dr. Aham Uko; and Chief of Staff to the ...

Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has said that the only way to resolve the contemporary real estate crises in the country is the intervention of government and the private sector. The real estate experts said that development ...

For the second time in two months, the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele to appear before it over an unpaid $53 million garnishee order in favour of Joe Agi (SAN) and ...