archiveDecember 16, 2019

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said the Ninth National Assembly will do things differently to break the jinx with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) next year. The upper chamber, according to Lawan, will as a matter of urgency prioritize the consideration of the Petroleum Industry...

  The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has emerged the best performing Ministerial Servicom Unit (MSU) in the team “C” category for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for the year 2019. The Corporation’s Nodal Officer, Mrs.Fidelia Ngozi Chiefe, also scooped two awards as the overall best performing Nodal Officer (Parastatals)...

The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has approved the redeployment and posting of the recently promoted senior officers to different positions. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the redeployment was to reinvigorate the system for professional...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday sign the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N10.59 trillion into law.  The Appropriation Bill was transmitted to the President for his assent last week. President Buhari had on October 8 presented the budget estimate to the joint session of the National Assembly. The Senate President,...

A Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered that a Nigerian musician, Adeyemi Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley should be arrested and arraigned over alleged car theft. The chief magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered that the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Sgt. Sunday Idoko, handling the case must...

  Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, declared that Nigerians will determine the fate of the controversial hate speech bill. This position follows the unceasing attack on the proposed bill Lawan also insisted that the 9th Senate and indeed the National Assembly should be judged by its actions and...