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The House of Representatives Committee set up to resolve the crisis in the Bauchi State House of Assembly has concluded its investigation and vowed to ensure that justice is done on the complaints from across the state. Headed by Musa ...

Citing the frequent change of commissioners of police, the Rivers government is to launch fresh comprehensive security architecture to enhance security in the state. Governor Nyesom Wike dropped the hint while receiving the new Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura, at ...

The House of Representatives yesterday gave Governor Godwin Obaseki one week to issue a fresh proclamation for the reconstitution of the Edo State House of Assembly in deference to Section 105 (3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). It asked ...

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have advocated the repeal of drug laws in Nigeria, which according to them, do not take into cognisance the health and human rights of people who use drugs. They stated this at a stakeholders’ roundtable on ...

Immediate past Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has canvassed public and private participation in funding infrastructure in the country. Speaking at the launch of ‘Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking: Principles and Practice from Nigeria’, a book ...

Local government workers in Kogi State have issued a five-day ultimatum beginning from Monday, July 15 to Friday, July 19, 2019 to directors and treasurers of councils in the state to comply with their demands. They are seeking compliance with ...

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has declared July 30 every year as public holiday for planting trees in a ceremony tagged: The Green Carnival. Consequently, all schools, homes, ministries, government agencies and departments, banks, hospitals and all business premises ...

Military operation code named Operation Whirl Strike (OPWS) said it has repressed Benue State’s most wanted notorious militia, Terwase Akwaza (aka Gana) and dismantled all illegal checkpoints manned by his men. Force Commander of OPWS Major General Adeyemi Yekini disclosed ...

The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli, Libya to issue emergency travel documents to stranded Nigerians to enable them return home. This was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Chukwuma Umeoji (APGA-Anambra) at ...

Disturbed by the falling standards of education, the Senate has resolved to make computer literacy compulsory for teachers and pupils in private and public schools nationwide. The resolution, which followed a motion sponsored by Akon Etim Eyakenyi (Akwa Ibom South), ...