Nigeria’s Supreme Court has ordered the 36 State Governors to file their respective defence to a suit instituted against them by the Federal Government. The Federal Government is seeking for full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country. The court also ordered the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, to file…
Mrs. Nonye Soludo, the wife of Anambra State Governor, has been conferred with a new honour as the National Patroness of the Nigerian Hunter and Forest Security Services (NHFSS). The honour was conferred on Wednesday when a national delegation of the association visited her in Awka, the State capital, making her the only First Lady…
A senior lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Prof Mike Ozekhome, has described Nigeria’s return to the old national anthem as a welcome development. According to him, the change of the national anthem was long overdue. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Ozekhome said he was elated by Nigeria’s return to the old…
Nigerian singer and entertainer Charly Boy has urged Nigerians not to take Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, seriously. According to him, Soyinka, who turns 90 in a few days, might be suffering from brain deterioration due to ageing. He claimed this could be the reason for his rhetorics and actions in recent times. The 73-year-old singer…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi has called for the scrapping of state electoral commissions. He stated this in Abuja on Monday at a national dialogue organised by the House of Representatives. The AGF said, “Many have proposed that there is need for scrapping the state electoral commission….
The Federal Government has proposed to pay N54,000 as minimum wage, as the Tripartite Committee on the New Minimum Wage returned to the negotiation table after the Organised Labour pulled out of the negotiations last week. At the reconvened meeting this week, the Federal Government made a fresh proposal to pay N54,000 as against the…
The Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage will reconvene on Tuesday, May 23 to further negotiate a reasonable new minimum wage for workers, after the organised labour walked out of the negotiation on May 15. An invitation letter sent to the labour leaders by the chairman of the committee, Bukar Goni, states that the other members…
Speakers of the 36 Houses of Assembly in Nigeria on Thursday expressed support for the National Assembly’s ongoing efforts to alter the 1999 constitution to create state policing in the country. The Speakers made their resolution known at the end of their meeting in Abuja. The Senate and House of Representatives are currently working to…
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped an Anambra-based priest of the Catholic community, Rev. Fr. Basil Chukwuemeka Gbuzuo. Rev. Fr. Gbuzuo, a catholic priest of the Onitsha Archdiocese and the Spiritual Director of Mountain of Solution Catholic Adoration Ministry (MOSCAM) was reportedly kidnapped on Wednesday, May 15 2024. This is coming barely one month after he…
President Bola Tinubu says his government is committed to enhancing the welfare of senior citizens and older persons in Nigeria. President Tinubu was speaking at a two-day conference held in Abuja to the unveil the geriatric care sector in Nigeria. The conference powered by the National Senior Citizens Centre, NSCC, is aimed at setting up…
