Police appoint six DIGs, promote 344 officers
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIG). This was contained in a statement signed by the Head, Press and Public…
Minimum wage: Trade Union wants April implementation
The Trade Union Side (TUS), of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), has said the new minimum wage implementation should start from the date it was signed into…
Court orders forfeiture of Saraki’s properties to Federal Government
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, October 21, 2019, ordered the interim forfeiture of two properties located at Ikoyi area of Lagos State belonging to the immediate past…
Court reviews Sowore`s bail condtions
The Federal High Court, Abuja has reduced the previous bail condition of Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore. The court had granted Sowore a N100m bail among other conditions for his…
We did not shut out media from legislative business – Lawan
The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, on Monday, said it was share misrepresentation of fact to say that newsmen were not allowed to cover the budget defence sessions…
Kogi West Senatorial election rerun on November 16
The fresh Kogi West Senatorial election involving Sen Dino Melaye of the PDP and Sen Smart Adeyemi of the APC will hold on Nov. 16, according to the Independent National…
Buhari departs Nigeria for Russia
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday afternoon departed Abuja for Sochi, Russia, ahead of the Russia-Africa Summit. “In Russia, he will meet with President Putin, and also attend an African Business Forum,…
Right Groups seek probe of Senate over alleged job racketeering
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) have urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and…
EFCC arraigns two Britons over $9.6bn P&ID Scam
The anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Monday arraigned two British nationals, James Richard Nolan and Adam Quinn (at large), before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal…
House Reps uncover N4bn ghost projects in Transportation Ministry
The National Assembly Joint Committees on Marine Transport have uncovered non-existing projects to the tune of over N4 billion appropriated for by the National Inland Waterways Agency (NIWA) between 2017…