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Lawmakers in the Senate have again passed the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, four years after President MUHAMMADU BUHARI rejected the proposed legislation. They also approved another bill seeking legal backing for the establishment of a council for hunters across the country. This followed the consideration of two reports on the bills by the Committee on Interior durin...

The Supreme Court has affirmed a six-year jail sentence for a former Director of the Police Pension Fund, JOHN YAKUBU. The court upheld the jail term originally handed out by the Court of Appeal back in 2018 over a pension scam alleged to have been conducted by the defendant. The court also sustained the decision of the Court of Appeal ordering JOHN YAKUBU to refund the sum of 22....

The new Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator ABDULLAHI ADAMU, has resigned from his position as the senator representing Nasarawa West in the 9th Assembly. His resignation was contained in a letter sent to the upper chamber and read by Senate President AHMAD LAWAN during today’s legislative proceedings. ADAMU explained that his resignation follows his new ...

The minister of Labour and Employment, CHRIS NGIGE has expressed displeasure with the attitude of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) after reaching an agreement with the Federal Government.The minister said this in a statement after a meeting with members of the government’s team on the 2009 Agreement Renegotiation Committee, led by its Chairman, Prof. NIMI BRIGGS.NGIGE who revealed tha...

The Federal Government has recovered 53.5 billion naira out of the 5.2 trillion-naira debt owed by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, ZAINAB AHMED, made this known at the launch of Project Lighthouse Debt Analytics and Reporting Platform in Abuja.ZAINAB AHMED added that her ministry was leveraging multilayer data mining to recover huge debts owed to the Fede...

A former Minister of Education, OBY EZEKWESILI, has advocated the need for Nigerians and religious groups to take the issues of violence Against Women more seriously. OBY EZEKWESILI made the call in a post on her Twitter handle, while reacting to the death of gospel singer, OSINACHI NWACHUKWU, who passed away last Friday at the age of 42. She described gender-based violence as an ...

Vice-President YEMI OSINBAJO has officially declared his intention to run for President in the 2023 general elections. The Vice-President in his declaration speech said he was committed to continuing the programes and policies of the President MUHAMMADU BUHARI-led administration. He added that in his 7 years as Vice-President, he was able to understand the fears and aspirations of...

Nigerian football stakeholders have asked the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) AMAJU  PINNICK, to resign immediately from his office. Reports say that the latest call by the football stakeholders association for the NFF boss’ resignation may not be unconnected with the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The foo...

The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA, has condemned the Polish government for detaining Nigerians and other African students who had fled war-torn Ukraine. DABIRI-EREWA said this in Abuja at the commencement of a two-day Psychosocial Trauma Clinic for Ukraine returnees organized by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons, NIDCOM.&nbs...

The Federal Government has assured families of those held hostage in the Kaduna-bound train that efforts are on to ensure the safe rescue of those kidnapped by the terrorists.  The Minister of Transportation, ROTIMI AMAECHI, who was represented by the Minister of State for Transportation, GBEMISOLA SARAKI, gave this assurance at the 2022 Ministerial press briefing in Abuja.ROTIMI AMAECHI furth...