THE 10th Senate led by Godswill Akpabio has commenced debate on the Tax Reform Bills forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu in October 2024. The lawmakers before the debate had earlier gone into about an hour closed-door session. The Senate…
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has congratulated Alhassan Yahaya on his election as National President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Yahaya, in a congratulatory message issued to newsmen on Thursday in Gombe, expressed joy over Yahya’s ‘resounding victory’…
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has sympathised with the management and staff of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) over Wednesday’s fire incident at Radio Nigeria Broadcasting House, Ikoyi. The fire incident happened on Wednesday evening and…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, accompanied by Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, First Lady, arrived in Paris on Wednesday evening for a three-day State Visit to fortify Nigeria-France relations. Touching down at Orly Airport around 5.10 p.m., Tinubu was welcomed with full military honours…
THE Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Adm. MG Oamen, has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Tincan Island Port Strategic Command of collaboration in combating illicit drug trafficking. This is according to a statement by…
THE United Kingdom on Wednesday said a new Visa Application Centre (VAC) has been opened in Ikeja, through its new commercial partner, VFS Global. The British Deputy High Commission, which made this known in a statement, said it was the…
THE Republic of Germany organised a seven-day basic training course for operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Abuja. Mrs Annett Gunther, the German Ambassador to Nigeria, speaking at the opening session…
Alhassan Yahaya, the National Deputy President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has emerged as the new National President of the union. He won the election with 436 votes, defeating Dele Atunbi, the outgoing National Treasurer, who secured…
FORMER Nigeria’s Head of state and elder statesman, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has explained why he championed the creation of 12 states in Nigeria while he was in office as head of state. Gowon said that the rationale was aimed…
FORMER Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Alhaji Idi Farouk, has described Dangote Oil Refinery as Nigeria’s pride that must be guided against any sabotage. Farouk, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja…
