THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to immediately reverse the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. SERAP described it as “patently unlawful” and a violation of her right to freedom of expression. Natasha was…
IN one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence in Syria, over 1,000 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and loyalists of former President Bashar al-Assad. The violence, which erupted on Thursday, saw government-backed gunmen launching “revenge killings”…
THE Jigawa government has begun the training of 600 women in environmental sustainability to enhance their social and economic wellbeing. The beneficiaries would receive training through the Waste to Wealth Initiative being implemented in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s…
MEMBERS of staff of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) say they have been rendered idle following the Supreme Court judgment which nullified the commission’s establishment Act. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja,…
THE Cross River government has begun capacity-building and utilisation training for councilors, clerks, and deputy clerks of the 18 local government legislative houses in the state. The training, which started on Saturday in Ogoja, the northern senatorial district, is…
THE war of words between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) has intensified following her suspension from the Senate over allegations of misconduct. While Akpabio accused Akpoti-Uduaghan of making baseless allegations, the Kogi lawmaker fired back, insisting…
Barcelona’s LaLiga match against Osasuna was postponed on Saturday after one of the club’s first team doctors died. Barcelona announced this in a statement on Saturday. The club stated: “Barcelona is [sic] sorry to announce the sad news of…
FEDERAL Government ministries, departments, and agencies, along with the Presidency, have collectively spent at least ₦1.99 billion on foreign trips, training, and estacodes in France between May 2023 and September 2024. The expenditure data, sourced from GovSpend—a transparency platform…
Mrs Seromi Pauline Awa, the widow of Professor Eme Awa, former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), has passed away at the age of 86. Her passing was confirmed in a statement by one of her children, Uzoma…
THE Nigeria Tax Bill, titled “An Act to Repeal Certain Acts on Taxation and Consolidate the Legal Frameworks Relating to Taxation and Enact the Nigeria Tax Act to Provide for Taxation of Income, Transactions and Instruments, and for Related Matters,”…
