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A fresh crisis appears to be brewing in the Plateau state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress as the factional Chairman of the party, Honorable Ishaya Itse says he remains the authentic Chairman of the Party. Mr. Itse who spoke the weekend says it was important for some members of the APC in Plateau to […]

The nominations are the first for the 30-year-old, who is considered one of Africa’s biggest acts alongside Wizkid and Burna Boy, both of whom are Grammy winners.   In the nominations announced on Friday, Davido was recognised in the category of Best Global Album for his latest album, “Timeless” as well as Best African Performance […]

After months of campaigns and preparations by the various stakeholders, voters in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states will today elect their new governors. In the three states, the Independent National Electoral Commission had revealed that 5,169,692 voters collected their permanent voter cards out of the 5,409,438 registered voters in the three states.   Meanwhile, in […]

The National Industrial Court (NIC) has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) as well as their affiliates from embarking on any form of strike or industrial action.   The two major labour unions were on Friday evening ordered to stop their nationwide strike action scheduled to commence on November […]

  To state legislative matters, members of the Plateau State House of Assembly have passed the 2024 appropriation budget from N295 billion to N314 billion.   The budget was passed after the MDAs defended their proposals for 2024 and report submitted by the Chairman on budget Appropriation bill, Hon Danjuma Azi to the House during […]

Over one million Bayelsa State residents who have collected their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, will on Saturday go to the ballot to choose the next governor of the state. The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professore Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this in Yenagoa at a stakeholders meeting. He notes that the Commission […]

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, is saying that bills supporting women’s rights and inclusion that failed to scale through in the 9th Assembly would not be rejected again in the 10th National Assembly. Kalu made the promise during the 40th anniversary of NEWS Engineering Limited and the launch of the […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities have described the plan by the Federal Government to automatically deduct 40 per cent from the Internally Generated Revenue of universities in the country as an attack on the university system. The Federal Government, in a letter dated October 17, […]

President Bola Tinubu would next month confer the 2023 Integrity and Public Servant of the Year Award on the Director General of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman. The awardee has dedicated the award to leadership and staff of the National Assembly, their counterparts in NILDS and the media.  Presentation […]