The Senate held its plenary briefly on Tuesday and then adjourned.
After about 10 minutes’ plenary, the lawmakers adjourned their sitting to Wednesday. This was done in honour of a deceased senator, Ignatius Longjan.
Mr Longjan died at a Turkish hospital in Abuja on Sunday, after a brief illness.
Until his death,...
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, February 21, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of $4,719,054, (Four Million, Seven Hundred and Ninety-one Thousand Dollars, Fifty-four Cents) and N830,875,611 (Eight Hundred and Thirty Million, Eight Hundred and Seventy-five Thousand, Six Hundred and Eleven...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed shock over the death of Hon. Adetoun Adediran.
Adediran, a political associate of the Speaker, was the first elected female Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA 1999-2003); was one time All Progressives Congress (APC)...
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has urged the new Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri to run an all-inclusive government.
Secondus spoke in Abuja on Friday while receiving Diri and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo at the party’s campaign headquarters, Legacy House shortly...
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has called for the establishment of a Nigerian Air Force base to complement the security architecture of the state.
Abiodun also made a case for the establishment of a Nigerian Air Force school in the state to raise morally sound children for the nation.
The...
VP on condolence visit to family of late head of the Interim National Government in Lagos
The late head of Nigeria's Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan was very consequential as a leader in the private sector who impacted economic policy in Nigeria, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,...
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has reiterated that no tertiary institution will admit candidates outside the Central Admission Process System (CAPS) of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The minister stated this in his address at the commissioning of JAMB’s New General Services Department building on Monday...
Launches national action plan on violence against children
Hints at creation of child protection and development agency
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched the National Action Plan on Ending Violence Against Children in Nigeria, with a call for stiff enforcement of the Child Rights Act and other child protection...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to exercise some patience as the growing food production in the country, especially expansion in rice farming, will eventually bring down prices of food, making it more affordable for all.
The President, who spoke at the official commissioning ceremony of Central Bank...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Bashir Jamoh as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.
Jamoh replaces Dakuku Peterside who was appointed in 2016 to head the maritime agency.
A source at the Ministry of Transportation, Abuja also confirmed the development in a telephone interview...
