archiveOctober 2023

  The Nigerian Police Force says it is aware of the security situation at the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex, adding that it has launched a comprehensive investigation to uncover the circumstances. The police disclosed this in a post on its Facebook page on Monday, assuring that it would...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Abbas Tajudeen, on Monday, stressed the need for Nigeria to have a regulatory framework in place for emerging technologies. Speaker Abbas noted that though new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics have immense benefits, there is a need to check...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N5.9 billion for the construction of access roads for the light rail system in Abuja. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, made this known on Monday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the weekly FEC meeting presided...

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has decried the ‘disturbing’ lack of interest in joining Nigeria Police Force recruitment by Igbo youths. The President-General of the group, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who expressed disappointment in the nonchalant attitude shown by Igbo youths towards joining the police and other security agencies,...

Ten years after the partial privatisation of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) the Federal Government, on Monday, admitted that the exercise had failed to meet its objectives. The government described as shameful the current generation, transmission and distribution level of just over 4,000 Megawatts. Speaking in Abuja at the...

  Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, on Monday, said the apology tendered by the embattled deputy governor of the State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, would not hinder the ongoing impeachment process against deputy governor. Oladiji who stated this while speaking in Akure, said the...

The Ekiti State Government has directed hospitals and medical facilities in the state to save the lives of gunshot victims by treating them even without police report. A statement made available to journalists in Ado-Ekiti by the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani, explained that the directive...

  Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter, have joined other workers of state Houses of Assembly nationwide to embark on an indefinite strike to press home their demand for the implementation of financial autonomy for the state legislatures. The Chairman of the Ogun Chapter,  Ojediran...

The Federal Government on Monday approved a N2.18 trillion supplementary budget for the 2023 fiscal year to cover additional spending in defence, works as well as welfare packages such as wage awards and conditional cash transfers agreed with the Organised Labour. Unveiling the details to State House correspondents at the...

  A foremost lawyer and pioneer Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead. The family, in a statement by Eni Nwabueze, said the Senior Advocate of Nigeria passed on Sunday at the age of 94. He said burial arrangements would be announced in due course. “With...