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The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned the plan by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to review the remuneration of political officeholders. The move, TUC said, was a conspiracy that must not be allowed to ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Dr. Kingsley Obiora as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Prof. Adeola Akande as chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Both requests were contained in a ...

Against speculations, the Senate has expressed its intention not to sweep the allegations of forgery and perjury against its number two officer, Ovie Omo-Agege, but to investigate him. At a media briefing in the National Assembly, Senate spokesman, Godiya Akwashiki, ...

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has re-opened the Maiduguri/Damboa/Biu road in Borno State for motorists. The army closed the 187-kilometre road in November 2018 due to insecurity to lives and property. Opening the road yesterday, Buratai said ...

Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that the Federal Government is ready to construct the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri lail line. He said President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved the building of two new seaports in Bonny, Rivers State and ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed that it has commenced payment of the N30,000 new national minimum wage to civil servants of the FCT. Director, FCT Treasury Department, Ismaila Ishiaku, made this known at a media briefing in ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged public servants and government officials not to be afraid of audit if they have done the right thing and encouraged them to see audit as a means of improving their performance and not as a ...

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has pleaded with Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to reconsider reversing the creation of new emirates in the state. The first-class monarch and paramount ruler of Benin Kingdom made the ...

Bichi and Rano emirates in Kano State has raised fresh application challenging the interlocutory injunction filed by Kano Concerned Elders against the new emirate council laws. In their separate applications before Kano Chief Judge, Justice Nura Sagir, the communities sought ...

Cross River State Governor, Benedict Ayade, has distanced himself from the plight of Agba Jalingo, who has been held by security agencies for alleged treason. Ayade, who fielded questions from State House Correspondents after a closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari ...