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House of Representatives Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the planned Operation Positive Identification (OPI) by the military. The decision followed a motion of Urgent Public Importance moved by Minority Leader Ndudi Elumelu at plenary presided over by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila. OPI is an operation the military claims would enable Nigerians to provide documentary identification to separate citizens from ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent the list of nominees for Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Senate for consideration and approval. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter at plenary. The NDDC’s Board nominees include the Chairman, Dr. Pius Odubu (Edo); Managing Director, Bernard O. Okumagba (Delta); Executive Director Projects, Engr. Otobong Ndem (Akwa ...

The appointment of a substantive Vice Chancellor for University of Benin, UNIBEN is presently causing ripples at the institution as some concerned stakeholders have accused the management of allegedly working to impose an unpopular candidate on the school. It was reliably gathered that a Professor of Home Economics/Nutritional Education, Mrs. Lilian Imuetinyan Salami has emerged as the second female Vice Chancellor of ...

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) will partner  the Brekete Family  a reality radio and television programme, to create more awareness on its several products aimed at ensuring affordable houses for Nigerians, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa, says. Dangiwa spoke in Abuja  when Mr Ahmed Isah, President and Founder of Brekete Family, paid him a courtesy visit. He said the bank ...

The Federal Executive Council presided over by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday approved the name change for the Ministry of Communications. The decision was communicated in a post on Twitter by the personal assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad. He said, “The Federal Executive Council has approved the change of name for Ministry of Communications, now to ...

It was earlier reported that the federal government and organised labour met on Thursday night, 17th October, 2019 on the percentage increase of the consequential adjustment in workers’ salaries. Ending the meeting on Friday morning, October 18, 2019, the FG and labour agreed to a percent increase of 23.2 percent for workers on level seven and 20 percent for workers on ...

There is a crack in the ranks of labour union leaders as the date for their planned strike over the Federal Government implementation of the minimum wage looms. The president of United Labour Congress, ULC, Mr Joe Ajaero, said the group will not be part of an exercise designed to hoodwink Nigerian workers and masses into believing that their interests ...

Special Adviser on Media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has dispelled the viral claim that Buhari is getting a second wife, The Nation reports. Social media reports had claimed that  Buhari would get married on Friday to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq. Adesina stressed that the rumour was a deceptive ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked the Senator representing Kogi West, in Kogi State, Dino Melaye. The Court affirmed the judgment of the Kogi State National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal. It has, therefore, nullified the election of Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, is to conduct fresh elections ...

Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the former governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode, and four others who served under him as commissioners. The decision followed two preliminary reports presented by two different ad-hoc committees set up by the House to investigate the 820 buses purchased by Ambode and to appraise ...