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IPPIS : Why CBN,NNPC,FIRS are not on our platform

IPPIS : Why CBN,NNPC,FIRS are not on our platform

The Integrated Personnel Payroll Integrated System says the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Federal Inland Revenue Service and a few other agencies are not on their …

Villagers flee as bandits kill 13 and abduct village head in Niger state

Villagers flee as bandits kill 13 and abduct village head in Niger state

Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Monday, November 2 attacked Kukoki community in Kagara local government area of Niger state.         According to an eyewitness, the attack on members of th…

Edo House Of Assembly ‘Sacks’ 12 Lawmakers-Elect

Edo House Of Assembly ‘Sacks’ 12 Lawmakers-Elect

The political crisis in the Edo state has degenerated further with the state House of Assembly declaring vacant the seats of 12 lawmakers-elect yet to be inaugurated.      &n…

List of senators, ministers asked by court to refund pensions they collected as ex-governors

List of senators, ministers asked by court to refund pensions they collected as ex-governors

Nigeria has a revenue generation problem, this is what the federal government has consistently repeated, especially when trying to convince the citizens about the need to pay more taxes. Apart from i…

Onyema's Indictment: Northern Youths To March To US Embassy In Nigeria

Onyema's Indictment: Northern Youths To March To US Embassy In Nigeria

NORTHERN youths have revealed plans to mobilize its members across the Northern States for the peaceful rally at the US embassy over the alleged US$20million indictment of Chairman and Chief Executiv…

Reps direct banks to turn causal workers into permanent staffs

Reps direct banks to turn causal workers into permanent staffs

Casualisation of staff is one of the practices in many Nigerian private-owned companies which have been repeatedly condemned by Nigerians. Commendably, this has gotten the attention of the Nigerian l…

NAFDAC Officials Raid Facility Where Ladies Peel Their Skin (Video)

NAFDAC Officials Raid Facility Where Ladies Peel Their Skin (Video)

Some officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control have raided the skin care outlet in which a lady was spotted 'peeling' her skin in a water filled with a "greenish c…

Amnesty International declares hate speech, social media bills dangerous

Amnesty International declares hate speech, social media bills dangerous

The hate speech and social media bills before the Senate is a prospective danger to Nigerians, the Amnesty International (AI) has declared expressing its rejection for the pieces of legislations. AI …

Herdsmen Destroy Rice Farm In Ondo

Herdsmen Destroy Rice Farm In Ondo

Hoodlums suspected to be herdsmen have allegedly destroyed a rice plantation in Asolo village, a suburb of Uso in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The farm, owned by a group of rice farmers, …

 List Of The 524 Roads And Bridges Currently Under Construction In Nigeria

List Of The 524 Roads And Bridges Currently Under Construction In Nigeria

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, recently revealed that the Buhari administration is currently undertaking 524 road and bridge construction projects across the country.Fashol…

Minister Keyamo stirs another controversy with comment on those he calls ‘Twitter senators’

Minister Keyamo stirs another controversy with comment on those he calls ‘Twitter senators’

The minister of state for Niger Delta ministry, Festus Keyamo, on Wednesday, December 4, stirred fresh controversy on social media when he spoke about those he called 'Twitter senators'.   …

 Sanwo-Olu Flags Off Victoria Island-Oniru 1.8KM Road Network

Sanwo-Olu Flags Off Victoria Island-Oniru 1.8KM Road Network

It was jubilation galore as residents of the Victoria Island-Oniru axis came out on Wednesday to witness the official flag off of the Victoria Island-Oniru axis road upgrading project by Lagos State …

Police arrest 319 suspects, recover 6 AK 47 rifles in Adamawa

Police arrest 319 suspects, recover 6 AK 47 rifles in Adamawa

The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, Mr Audu Madaki, has said that a total of 319 suspected criminals were arrested and six AK 47 rifles recovered from the suspects within the last five months.&nbs…

Residents Flee Home Town Of Ifeanyi Ejiofor In Oraifite After Policemen’s Death

Residents Flee Home Town Of Ifeanyi Ejiofor In Oraifite After Policemen’s Death

A siege allegedly laid to Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government of Anambra State by a combined team of soldiers and policemen forced residents to flee the community yesterday.        The desertion of…

Reps Raise 2020 Budget To N10.6 Trillion From N10.33 Trillion

Reps Raise 2020 Budget To N10.6 Trillion From N10.33 Trillion

According to reports, The House of Representatives has raised the 2020 Appropriation Bill from N10.33 trillion to about N10.6 trillion. The new figure has been proposed by the House Committee on Fina…

Jigawa Governor signs minimum wage into law, effective from December 2019

Jigawa Governor signs minimum wage into law, effective from December 2019

Jigawa state Governor Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has signed the new minimum wage into law. The Governor signed the law at the Government House in Dutse after receivIng the final report of the ne…

Abuja : Archbishop Onaiyekan exits, Kaigama takes over

Abuja : Archbishop Onaiyekan exits, Kaigama takes over

John Cardinal Onaiyekan, on Tuesday formally bowed out as the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja and handed over to his successor, Ignatius Kaigama. Onaiyekan, who handed over at a press conference in Abuj…

Kogi Govt: Why we asked for polling unit results of political appointees

Kogi Govt: Why we asked for polling unit results of political appointees

The Kogi State Government has cleared the air on the memo circulating requesting political office holders to state the election results of their polling units.        &n…

Minister inaugurates Nigeria People’s Disability Parliament

Minister inaugurates Nigeria People’s Disability Parliament

As the world celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has inaugurated the Nigeria…

Breaking: Senate president Lawan swears in Smart Adeyemi as replacement for defeated Dino Melaye

Breaking: Senate president Lawan swears in Smart Adeyemi as replacement for defeated Dino Melaye

Days after defeating Dino Melaye in the recently held senatorial rerun in Kogi West district, Smart Adeyemi has been sworn in to office to take the seat of the latter.       …