The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised Nigerians to be ready to make political parties and their candidates do the right thing in order to have free, fair, transparent
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has stated that it would be difficult for state governments to pay the proposed minimum wage without a review of the revenue sharing formula. Umahi
The House of Representatives has begun investigations into the alleged violation of the Electoral Act by political parties in the primaries to choose candidates for the 2019 general election. Abubakar
Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has revealed that the federal government bears a cost of about N3.5 million monthly on feeding the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim
A bill has been sent to the National Assembly for the renaming of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) as Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS). This is in a bid to give
The Prince of Wales’ proposed visit to Jos, Plateau State was cancelled following a security warning. Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, having arrived in Abuja on Tuesday,
85-year-old President Paul Biya was sworn in on Tuesday in Cameroon for a seventh term after disputed elections which have divided the country. Biya pledged to uphold the “integrity (and)
The Independent National Electoral Commission has revealed it has cleared the voter register off over 300,000 irregular registrations. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, revealed this while receiving the ECOWAS
President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed N30,000 demands of the organised labour as the new national minimum wage. He spoke after he received the report of the Tripartite Committee on the
Relief will soon come the way of the people Ogoni whose land has been devastated by oil spill over the years as the Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril,
The organised labour has suspended the planned nationwide industrial action initially scheduled to commence today over the inability of the government to approve the proposed new minimum wage. The President
US ambassador to Nigeria, William Symington, said over the weekend that the youth are Nigeria’s most valuable resource, not crude oil. Symington made the remark on Sunday, while speaking to
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has announced a nationwide indefinite industrial action. ASUU accused the Federal Government of not responding to their demands and not implementing the Memorandum of
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally received an attestation and confirmation of result from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC). President Buhari’s school result had been a subject of controversy lately
African-American singer, Akon has revealed that he is seriously considering running for President against Donald Trump in 2020. The singer, who is of Senegalese descent, said in an interview with