Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has explained that its planned nationwide protest slated for December 17 is a response to the country’s worsening insecurity and a call for urgent, coordinated action by all stakeholders. Speaking with journalists in Gombe on Saturday after a meeting with Governor Inuwa Yahaya on labour-related...
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Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has intensified Nigeria’s anti-corruption drive, confirming that former ministers, serving top government officials and other senior public office holders are currently under investigation. The Chairman of the Bureau, Dr. Abubakar Bello, disclosed this on Sunday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the American Business Council (ABC) have signed a pact aimed at improving trade facilitation and strengthening investor confidence. The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, received a delegation of the ABC on a courtesy visit to the Customs House, Maitama, Abuja, when both...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has firmly dismissed claims by former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, that his bail was revoked over his alleged attendance at a political gathering in Kebbi State, insisting that the commission remains strictly apolitical in all its...
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, today reiterated his administration’s commitment to return power to the people in the determination of critical issues in the party. Turaki also assured of the party’s readiness to secure victories in key South-West states. Speaking to Party...
Nigerians have been urged to embrace selfless service and rally with an “all hands on deck” spirit to rebuild trust, fortify national unity, and extend a lifeline to those reeling from the country’s economic and social challenges. Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Oliver Aba, stated this...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike on his birthday, December 13. President Tinubu in a statement issued on Saturday by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, celebrates with the Minister and former governor of Rivers State, giving thanks to God Almighty...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by the National Chairman, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, received strategic counsel today from former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR. During a consultative visit by the PDP NWC to the former President’s residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State,...
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has expanded its ongoing investigation into airline ticket pricing following mounting public complaints over what many passengers describe as exploitative and arbitrary fare increases on some domestic routes. The commission in a statement issued on Friday by the Director, Corporate Affairs, Ondaje...
President Bola Tinubu has firmly dismissed claims that Nigeria is experiencing either a Christian or Muslim genocide, insisting that the country’s security challenges are rooted in terrorism and criminality, not religious persecution. The President stated this on Friday while declaring open the 8th Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting...
Supreme Court has affirmed the death sentence handed down to Maryam Sanda, the daughter-in-law of a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), bringing to a close her long legal battle over the killing of her husband. In a split decision of four justices to one, a five-member...
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has flagged off the Aliko Dangote Foundation Education Scholarship Initiative, with a call for stakeholders to recommit to building a future where every Nigerian child can become the best version of themselves. This is just as the President of the Foundation, Alhaji Aliko...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, on an eight-count charge bordering on alleged corruption involving more than ₦2.2 billion during his tenure in office. Ngige, also a former governor of Anambra State, arrived at the Federal Capital Territory...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been thrown into deep mourning following the sudden passing of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency Senator Lawrence Oborawharievwo Ewhrudjakpo, who reportedly collapsed and died earlier today. According to the party, the news hit the National Working Committee, led by Kabiru Tanimu...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, said his administration is laying the foundation for a youthful digital workforce that will power Nigeria’s next chapter of growth and shared prosperity. President Tinubu spoke at the State House Conference Centre as he chaired the 3 million Technical Talent (3MTT)...
Office of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has pushed back strongly against what it describes as a wave of “false, misleading and baseless” allegations linking him to terrorism financing and claims that he maintains 46 bank accounts. In a statement issued on...
Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Police Affairs to investigate claims that President Bola Tinubu’s directive on the withdrawal of police escorts from VIPs is being enforced selectively. The decision came after Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central) took the floor during plenary, raising a point of order under...
Former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, was on Wednesday brought before an Abuja Federal Capital Territory High Court by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to answer to N2.5 billion fraud charges linked to her time in office. Oduah, who served from July 2011 until February...
House of Representatives has directed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, to appear before its Committee on Public Accounts following revelations of more than ₦5 trillion in unremitted operating surplus and ₦11 trillion in revenues linked to the Remita collection system. The decision came...
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested a suspected ammunition supplier believed to be working for bandit groups terrorising parts of Zamfara State. The suspect, 32-year-old Ahmed Abubakar, originally from Gusau but residing in Anguwan Dodo, Gwagwalada, was picked up by the Command’s Tactical Team...