Reports

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has dissolved his cabinet and sacked all his Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants in a major action that caught his appointees unawares. As Governor of the State, Okorocha had appointed a whole lot of aides that resulted in a lot of criticisms from Nigerians. But in […]

Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola has criticised the Federal Government for its hypocritical disposition to the solutions of unemployment in the country. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy had recently stressed that the level of unemployment in the country was giving the Presidency sleepless nights, saying that the government was doing […]

Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike. She made the plea on Tuesday while speaking with journalists after a Workshop on World Bank Initiated Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) Project in Abuja, same day the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the deployment of Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Mrs. Fatima Bamidele to the Ministry of Finance. A statement by the Director (Communications) in the OHCSF, Mr. Tope Ajakaiye, quoted the HOS, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji as directing that processes for handing and taking over should be completed […]

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde is expected to appear on Wednesday before the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes, which is conducting a public hearing to determine the status of assets seized or recovered by the EFCC since inception.  Though Lamorde was scheduled to appear […]

The Nigerian Government must endeavour to respect and fully comply with its Rome Statute obligations, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said. In a statement issued by the court on Tuesday, President, Assembly of States Parties to the ICC, Ms Tina Intelmann lamented that Nigeria refused to facilitate the arrest of Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir, […]

Education Rights Coalition (ERC), an education rights campaigning organization, has rejected the appointment of Professor Wale Omole as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). The tertiary institution is jointly owned and managed by the Oyo and Osun State governments. The group is accusing newly appointed Omole of sponsoring […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has temporarily suspended its mini-convention earlier slated for 31st August as well as the Southwest 24th August convention. According to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, the organising committee chaired by Professor Jerry Gana will suspend its work, owing to violations of the party’s constitution. “In view of […]

Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Bola Tinubu has condemned the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly, describing it as a danger to constitutional democracy and individual liberty. He also censured the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for its role in the capitulation of the Assembly, observing that the complicity of […]

Leader of the Boko Haram Islamist sect, Abubakar Shekau has disclaimed the ceasefire agreement the group was believed to have reached with Federal Government Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki had claimed on Tuesday that the government and the sect reached an agreement with Boko Haram to end years of killings. Imam Muhammadu Marwana, a member […]

As a step towards stemming the spate of security infractions occasioned by indiscriminate use of unregistered vehicles and the illegal use of unpainted taxis, the Lagos State Government has resolved to invoke relevant sections of the Road Traffic Law 2012 on offenders.  Henceforth, all such unregistered vehicles and unpainted taxis will be impounded and their […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday admitted Former Director of Pension Accounts, Office of the Head Civil Service of the Federation, Shaibu Teidi to bail on stringent condition to the tune of N500m with two sureties in the like sum. Justice Adeniyi Ademola granted the bail while ruling on a bail application filed […]