THE Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated the Inter-Ministerial Committee on African Global Festival Nigeria (AGLOFEST) to promote unity among African nations and create employment opportunities for Nigerians. Performing the inauguration in Abuja, Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of…
IMMEDIATE-past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning,Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, had been nominated to receive the ‘Midwest Achiever’s Award for Legacy of Transformative Leadership and Outstanding Performance’. It was via a press statement, issued by Hon. Orobosa…
THE Enugu State House of Assembly has passed for a second reading a bill to amend the 2004 Landlord and Tenant Law. The bill scaled the second reading on Tuesday in Enugu during the plenary at the Assembly Complex.…
THE House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend its directive increasing ATM withdrawal charges. This resolution was taken as a result of a motion on urgent national importance moved by Rep. Marcus Onobun…
THE Senate has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct bye-elections for the vacant Senate seats in Edo Central and Anambra South. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, made the announcement during Tuesday’s plenary while officially…
NO fewer than 150 prisoners have been transferred from Okere Correctional Facility Centre in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State facility to various prisons in northern Nigeria, SaharaReporters has learnt. The development comes amid an investigation into…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged students across the country to imbibe the virtues of transparency, accountability and integrity and shun all forms of corruption, economic and financial crimes.…
SOME Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday said that tackling the menace of illegal mining required strong political will to hold perpetrators accountable. The stakeholders said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday…
LAGOS based lawyer and veteran journalist, Osa Director has dragged MTN to court. In suit No. FHC at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, Osa vide an originating summons is seeking the court to dissolve the board of MTN…
THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reaffirmed its commitment to empowering Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) as key drivers of regional economic growth and development. ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Mrs Massandjé Toure-Litse,…
