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The Nigerian Senate seems to be rushing an amendment to the Act establishing the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Code of Conduct Tribunal as the bill crossed a second reading just a day after its introduction. The amendment is happening at a time the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is facing trial at the Code […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the immediate redeployment of the Director General of the National Youth Service Commission (NYSC), Brigadier Johnson Olawunmi from the NYC to the Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, as acting commandant. In his place, the president approved the appointment Brigadier-General S.Z. Kazaure as the new NYSC Director […]

Curtis Eghosa Ugbo, the Senior Special Assistant on Media, Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s, has landed himself in trouble for allegedly publishing an article against the governor. This is as political campaigns begin to build up ahead of the governorship election in the state later this year. Ugbo, 47, was arraigned before an Oredo Magistrate Court […]

With the amendment process to the Lagos State Local Government Law by the Lagos State House of Assembly, the power to remove erring local council chairmen would now rest with the lawmaker. The House plans to also extend the tenure of council chairmen in the state from three years to four years so the chairmen […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday said the state government will formally sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with investors for the construction of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge before the end of May 2016. The Governor, who spoke at the First Quarter 2016 Town Hall Meeting, the third in the series, held […]

Thursday 14th April 2016, makes it two years since the Chibok girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents, causing international outrage against Boko Haram as well as the Federal Government. Protesters from all over the world are demanding greater government actions on the rescue of the girls and security of lives and property. The terrorists […]

The United States, Wednesday, released a detailed but damning report on Nigeria, reproving the government at all level of prejudice, cruelty, and inflicting pain on poor Nigerians. The report which was made public by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the  United States Department accused the Nigerian Army, Police and DSS of […]

The Leader of the Shi’ites Islamic movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has dragged the Nigerian Army and the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to court over illegal detention and violation of fundamental rights for which he is claiming N3bn as general and aggravated damages. One of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria’s […]

No fewer than 18 out of the 4,034 Batch A, 2015, Corps members who served in Oyo State would repeat their service year due to evasion of service continuously for three months.  Stephen Bankole, NYSC Director of Information in Oyo State, made the disclosure on Thursday in Ibadan in an interview with journalist.  He said […]

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has written to the Chinese Government seeking the stoppage of the $2 billion loan being sought by the Federal Government of Nigeria. President Buhari’s visit to China this week was to discuss the development of the country’s infrastructure, including a $2 billion loan for railway projects. But Fayose said […]

The 36 states of Nigeria as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja are heavily indebted to banks to the tune of N12.9 trillion and this is just for the 2015 fiscal period. The revelation was made Wednesday night by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the huge fund may have been borrowed to […]

Global human rights group, Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday called on the federal government to ensure the investigation and prosecution of army officials involved in the killing and secret burial of 347 Shi’ite Muslims in Kaduna late last year. The bloody clash which left more 300 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise […]