The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has officially taken delivery of a 753-unit housing estate formerly owned by the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Disclosing this in a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said that the property was handed over by the...
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An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday awarded N200,000 in costs and dismissed preliminary objections filed by Instagram celebrity, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), and his son, Folarin Falana (Falz), had filed a N1 billion defamation suit against VDM. Falana...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The South East Caucus in the House of Representatives has called for outright cancellation of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), requesting that a new date be fixed for a fresh UTME examination across the country. In a statement, Caucus leader, Igariwey Iduma Enwo...
Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, has said that lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development. Akpabio said this in an upcoming documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration, Mr Bayo Onanuga,...
Secretary, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nuhu Toro, has appealed to the Federal Government to pay all the unions’ entitlement yet to be paid since February. The unions are: Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN); Construction Workers Association; Kaduna zonal Council of PENGASSAN, among others. Toro...
Senate caucus of the Peoples’ Democratic Party(PDP), has assured its members that the party remains strong, contrary to insinuations that it is in shreds and at the verge of collapse. Minority Leader of the PDP in the Senate, Sen. Abba Moro gave the assurance at a news conference in...
A federal lawmaker from Ebonyi, Chief Chinedu Ogah, has declared that the usage of the Computer Based Technology (CBT) for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) would adversely affect science subjects. Ogah, who represents Ikwo/ Ezza South Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, made the declaration on Tuesday...
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Ebonyi has described the resit of the 2025 University Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as “inactive”. The group in collaboration with the Southeast Human Rights Civil Society Situation Room made the statement during a one-day match to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation...
Police Command in Katsina State has rescued five abducted passengers from bandits in Faskari Local Government of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abubakar Aliyu, told newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina that the passengers were abducted at Unguwar-Basau on Funtua-Gusau road. He said that: “On May...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Executive Committee has approved N2.6 billion for three waste management projects in the capital city. Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, Chief Felix Obuah, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, while briefing journalists after the committee’s meeting, chaired by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike. “In today’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, continuing his visit to communities affected by the recent surge in Boko Haram attacks, travelled to Wulgo town on Tuesday. Wulgo, located on the fringes of the Lake Chad, was recently attacked by armed insurgents, forcing troops of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dismantled a notorious seven-man gang involved in armed robbery and carjacking. The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.in Abuja . SP Adeh said the police operatives neutralised one of the suspects, but arrested...
The Chairman of the House Committee on Pensions, Hussaini Jalo, says plans are underway to amend the Pension Reform Act (PRA), which was last reviewed in 2014. Jalo made the statement at a stakeholders engagement session on the review of the PRA 2014, organised by the House of Representatives...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s phone calls with leaders of Russia and Ukraine deepened expectations that progress might soon be made on ending those countries’ more than three-year war. He said, though frustration at the slow pace of negotiations and the absence of any significant breakthrough kept hopes low. “It...
Lagos State Government has shut down five orphanages in the last one year for offences ranging from baby trafficking to violations of the State Child Rights Law of 2015. The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende, disclosed this in Ikeja on Tuesday during the 2025 Ministerial...
Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Dr Nnanna Kalu as a commissioner in the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) to represent the South-East geopolitical zone. The confirmation followed the presentation and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service, chaired by Sen. Cyril...
By UKA NWAFOR, Abakaliki – Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has announced an upward review of salaries of medical doctors in the General Hospitals of the State. Governor Nwifuru, who announced the increment of the salary from N150, 000 to N500, 000 equally charged the doctors to strive for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen education in communities recovering from insurgency, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has commissioned three newly built Government Junior Day Secondary Schools in Tungushe (Konduga LGA), Yerimari, and Wadiya (Jere LGA). The schools were delivered under...