The Centre for Accountability and Probity (CAP) has commended Rt. Hon. Abubakar Bichi, Chairman of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, for his unwavering commitment to transparency and accountability in the budgetary process. Princess Ajibola Naomi, CAP’s Coordinating President, highlighted Bichi’s meticulous approach to handling the recent supplementary budget. “Bichi’s innovative approach to the budgetary […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu submitted the ₦70,000 Minimum Wage bill to the House of Representatives for review and passage into law. The bill aims to formalise the ₦70,000 minimum wage recently agreed upon by organised labour, the private sector, and the federal government after extensive negotiations. In a letter read on Tuesday, July 23, by […]

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) branch, has suspended a five-day warning strike over the non-payment of salaries owed to some members. Dr Ashiru Mikail, Vice-President of the association, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Zaria that the strike was suspended on Monday evening. […]

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said no police barrack had been sold in Lagos State. Adejobi, in a statement to clarify the true situation on Tuesday in Lagos, noted that the police authority was carrying out comprehensive renovation of some police barracks in the state.He said the clarification became necessary to […]

Dangote made these revelations over the weekend during a meeting with the louse of Representatives, leadership led by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu. Dangote emphasised that the Dangote Refinery products are far better quality than the imported ones. “The bad fuel imported into the country has damaged many cars. I still stand by what […]

To find solutions to issues of oil theft in the Niger Delta and other security threats and boost intelligence sharing to enhance production, the Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa, yesterday read the riot act to heads of security operations in the region, including commanders of Operation Delta Safe and Operation Udoka General Musa […]

LAGOS — The Information and Communications Technology, ICT, the sector has shown great stability in recent years, holding off bad economic conditions, to contribute handsomely to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP. However, the sector, buoyed by the huge contribution of the telecommunications sub-sector is beginning to show weak signals which industry operators are not comfortable […]

The President, Nigerian Academy of Letters, Professor Sola Akinriade has warned that fake research output is dangerous to national development, saying the practice must be effectively tackled. He also stressed the need for the Federal Government to appoint credible individuals, who understood the demands of the academics, into the governing council of the various institutions in […]

IBADAN—THOUSANDS of students of the University of Ibadan, UI, Oyo State, yesterday, staged a protest against a hike in school fees and a power outage at the school. As early as 8 a.m., the angry students moved in large numbers to all the entrances of the institution and blocked them. Both academic and non-academic staff […]

The Customs Area Controller, CAC Tin Can Island Port, TCIP Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, has revealed that the Time Release Study, TRS, would be ready and unveiled to the international trade community in September this year. The World Customs Organisation, WCO assisted TRS was launched in TCIP in February 2024 […]