No fixed date yet for resumption of suspended Lagos mass transit train services – NRC boss
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says there is no date yet for the resumption of its suspended mass transit train services in Lagos. It, however, said that the project was…
2020 Budget: Senate approves N140.3bn for NCC
The Senate has approved the sum of N140, 383,591,000 for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the 2020 fiscal year. In a statement by the Special Assistant on Press to…
NASS N37bn renovation project: The outcry by Nigerians is not relevant – Sen. Sabi
The Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Sabi Abdullahi has said that the renovation of the National Assembly complex is long overdue, 20 years after it was built in 1999. Speaking…
Senate demands thorough probe into murder of OAU Professor
The Senate has asked the Nigeria Police to carry out a thorough investigation into the murder of Professor Jerome Elusiyan of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile Ife, Osun…
Lagos Ports: Senators divided over Messrs OMLS operations
Apapa Port, Lagos Nigerian Senate has halted the suspension of Messrs OMLS Limited operations at the Safe Anchorage Area (SAA) of the Lagos ports, saying that the Nigeria Navy…
Imo traditional rulers publicly denounce FGM practice
Traditional rulers in Orlu Local Government area of Imo on Wednesday came out in their numbers to publicly denounce Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and threatened to sanction practitioners of the…
Insurgency: Boko Haram militants kill 14 Chadian civilians in overnight raid
Boko Haram fighters Boko Haram militants killed 14 Chadian civilians and wounded five others in an overnight attack on a fishermens’ camp in the northeastern part of Lake Chad,…
Reps urge DPR to ban illegal operations of cooking gas outlets
The House of Representatives has urged the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to ban operators of illegal cooking gas outlets in the country. This followed a unanimous adoption of a…
Senate confirms Nami as FIRS Chairman, 13 others as board members
New FIRS boss, Mohammed Nami The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Muhammad Nami as the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and 13 others as board…
Alleged P&ID scam: Court grants EFCC’s request to extradite Briton
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s request to extradite the Briton, Adam Quinn, over his alleged complicity in the 9.6 billion…