The Senate has rejected a bill seeking to establish the National Road Transport Council in Nigeria. The bill sought to establish an agency that will be saddled with the responsibility of regulating the road transport and the transportation profession in…
The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has described the National Assembly, particularly the Senate, as an enabler of executive recklessness. On Wednesday, the Senate removed Senator Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South, from his position…
The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, says the commission is poised to address corruption and corrupt practices in the health sector. Aliyu said this on Thursday in Abuja, at a…
The new N70,000 minimum wage adopted by the Federal Government after consultation with the Organised Labour on Thursday will be reviewed after three years. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, said this while addressing State House correspondents.…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, has dismissed claims that members of the Armed Forces provide security for illegal miners in the country. Dismissing the claims at a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on…
The Senate has passed for second reading a bill that seeks to provide a comprehensive legal framework for the regulation and supervision of all manner of insurance businesses in Nigeria. The Nigeria Insurance Industry Reform Bill, 2024 sponsored by the…
By Matthew Denis There was rowdy session as stakeholders at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting in Abuja have protested the new minimum admission age of 18 years, causing a disruption to the minister’s address. The…
By Matthew Denis No fewer than three candidates scored 367 during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and by that emerged as the highest scorers for the examination. This was revealed at the ongoing 2024 policy meeting by the Joint…
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday sold dollars to eligible Bureau De Change operators at the rate of N1450 This was disclosed in a statement signed by the acting director of the Trade and Exchange Department at the CBN,…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero on Thursday gave reasons why the Organized Labour accepted the proposal of N70,000 minimum wage from the President, Bola Tinubu. Ajaero, who spoke to State House reporters after the meeting with…
