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The Kwara State House of Assembly has approved the dissolution of three statutory commissions inaugurated in May this year by the immediate past administration. Specifically, the affected commissions are Kwara State House of Assembly Service Commission, Kwara State Civil Service ...

Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has commended Belema Oil Producing Limited for heeding Federal Government’s directive for Nigerian and multinational oil and gas companies to relocate their operational headquarters to the Niger Delta. In a letter addressed to the company, ...

Former representative of Kaduna Central in the Eighth Senate, Shehu Sani, has advised the Igbo to consult Northern Elders Forum scribe, Professor Ango Abdulahi, Tanko Yakasai and other northern elites to realize their quest for the nation’s presidency in 2023. ...

The Federal Government is to institute a monitoring and evaluation framework to track the performance of every ministry with a view to ensuring delivery on the administration’s programmes. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, dropped the ...

Delta State government has reiterated its commitment to the completion of all road projects as scheduled. This came on the heel of complaints from across the state over the deplorable condition of the projects. Commissioner for Works, Chief James Augoye, ...

The planned closure of Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu State, by the Federal Government to give way for contractors to fix the runway, is not going down well with stakeholders from the South East. For some time now, the runway ...

Lagos State House of Assembly has rejected three of the 38 nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his cabinet. Those rejected are Ms. Adekemi Ajayi-Bembe, Obafemi George and Lanre Sanusi. The confirmation followed the presentation, debates and adoption of ...

Governor Emeka Ihedioha has set up an eight-man panel, chaired by Justice B. C. Iheka, to investigate the contracts awarded by the administrations of Chiefs Achike Udenwa, Ikedi Ohakim and Rochas Okorocha in Imo State. A statement issued in Owerri ...

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has deplored President Muhammadu Buhari’s continued deployment of the armed forces to allegedly emasculate the civil rights of Nigerians. The group stated this yesterday in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel ...

The Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RUST), Port Harcourt, as the unions declined to join the warning strike yesterday. NASU chairman, Bari Jonah, said the decision was predicated on the fact that the executive did not receive any ...