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The Federal Government has concluded plans to execute contracts and agreements on flooding and erosion control entered into a national and international levels by the past administration. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, stated this at ...

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) has charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to recover N72.5 billion from corrupt officials of Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Chairman of the Committee, Kingsley Chinda, who ...

Headquarters of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Abuja came under heavy security of the Nigerian Police and Army, as workers boycotted planned picketing by the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The protest, which was to be led by President ...

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) yesterday picketed management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Enugu and Lagos states over alleged anti-labour policies and activities capable of derailing its smooth operations. Members of the union, led by ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has paid a poignant tribute to the heroine Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, during an event at the prestigious Georgetown University in Washington, United States. The teenager was kidnapped on February 19, 2018 alongside her schoolmates ...

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, shrugged off protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which recently alleged attacks on its members, to inaugurate the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) amid tight security by operatives ...

Nigerian Society for Microbiology (NSM) has offered to assist government to reduce the increasing rate of questionable deaths among Nigerians often caused by preventable diseases. Speaking at the society’s South West Zonal third annual symposium themed ‘Harnessing Microbiology Potentials for ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former Executive Chairman of the Benue State Primary Education Board, Augustine Laha Dzever, for alleged transfer of N140.9m to another account. Spokesman of the Commission, Rasheedat Okoduwa, ...

Deputy governor-elect of Imo State, Gerald Irona, had assured that the incoming government of Emeka Ihedioha would observe the Freedom of Information Act (FoI). Speaking at the weekend, while receiving members of the Imo Newspapers Publishers Association of Nigeria (NPAN), ...

Last week’s suspension of 27 chairmen of Imo State local government areas by the State House of Assembly has been declared illegal by the council bosses, who have promptly disregarded the order. It was learnt at weekend that the chairmen ...