Group Repudiates Early Child Marriage
Civil society group, Nigerian Feminist Forum (NFF) has expressed concerns over the resolution of the Senate to alter Section 29(a) of the Constitution, which stipulates that a woman shall not…
Okorocha Sacks Cabinet
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…
Fashola Carpets Federal Government over Poor Employment Drive
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…
Suspend Industrial Action, Minister Appeals to ASUU
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…
FG Redeploys Perm Sec over Health Workers’ Protest
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)…
Recovered Assets: Lamorde Set to Appear Before House of Representatives
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,…
ICC to Nigeria: Respect Rome Statute Obligations
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…
Education Rights Group Rejects Omole as LAUTECH Pro-Chancellor
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…
PDP Suspends Planned Mini-Convention
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)…
Rivers Crisis Dangerous for Constitutional Democracy – Tinubu
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…