PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday opened the 157 kilometre-Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Railway Line for full commercial operations. He described the project as another milestone to revitalise the rail infrastructure and improve socio-economic activities. The president called for stakeholder engagement on…
THE Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has resolved to suspend its over two-month-old nationwide strike, effective from Monday. The decision to call off the strike was taken at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of JUSUN, which held in…
SENATE President Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, said the 2020 budget of the Federal Government has implemented 100 percent. Lawan said the feat was made possible by the efforts of the 9th National Assembly that resulted in the normalization of the…
THE Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has faulted the position of the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, on President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to issue an executive order on legislative and judicial autonomy. The group said in a statement signed by…
THE major reason for the communal crisis in Edo State, particularly across the seven local government areas of Edo South is land grabbing. Despite the ban on Community Development Association (CAD), some youths who still hide under the aegis of…
THE Court of Appeal, Lagos Judicial Division, has condemned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s seizure of Chief Mike Ozekhome’s professional fees. The EFCC had obtained an interim ex parte order of forfeiture to freeze the money for 120 days,…
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives in an investigative hearing disagreed with the management of Addax Petroleum over the transfer of ownership of its assets to a Chinese company, SINOPEC, without the consent of the Ministry of Petroleum. Minister of…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the process to select five new permanent secretaries to replace the retired ones in Ekiti, Katsina, Nasarawa, Enugu, and the Lagos States. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan,…
THE Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption, RoLAC, today May 21, 2021 reiterated its interest in supporting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the areas of anti-corruption reform and capacity development for increased efficiency in the fight against corruption.…
A mild drama played out at the meeting between officials of the Kaduna State Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as the delegation from Kaduna initially refused to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached between the two parties.…
