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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said no level of intimidation or attacks will make the State succumb to the secessionist agenda of those “bent on plunging Nigeria into another unwarranted crisis”. Wike, who presided over an emergency meeting of the Security Council at the Government House, Port Harcourt on…

The Service Chiefs arecurrently briefing the Senate on the security situation in the country. This comes after the upper chamber had earlier invited them to a briefing on Thursday. Present at the meeting is the Acting Inspector General of Police, the Chief of Defense Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will on Thursday commission four school projects in Yaba, Somolu, and Surulere axis of the state. This according to the government is part of Sanwo-Olu’s THEMES agenda and it will help to positively influence and reshape the present educational system in the state. The projects…

The Federal Executive Council has approved 6.2 billion naira to execute various power projects across the country. The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, disclosed this on Wednesday when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.…

President Buhari has expressed happiness with the release of 29 Abducted Kaduna Forestry Students on Wednesday. A statement by the Presidency also appealed with the kidnappers to effect the release of the abducted students of Greenfield University also in Kaduna and other Nigerians being held in captivity. The president, in…

The House of Representatives has asked that the Federal Government suspend the planned 2021 census due to insecurity situation in the country. The House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila advised the Federal Government to suspend the exercise till the country is safe enough for it. A series of tweets on the official…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has handed suspensions to three local government Council Chairmen over alleged disregard for the guidelines governing their activities. The House said it took this decision due to the Council Chairmen’s resolve to continue to stubbornly flout the state’s local government guidelines. The affected chairmen…

There are strong indications that the federal government may cut workers’ salaries as part of efforts to reduce the high cost of governance. The hint was dropped yesterday by the minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed, when she the government was working towards reducing the high cost of governance. She spoke…

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, on Tuesday, gave the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr Danladi Umar, two weeks to respond to a petition levelled against him over alleged assault of one Mr Clement Sagwak, a security guard. Sagwak had petitioned the Senate,…

The House of Representatives yesterday passed for second reading, a bill seeking to increase the number of the Court of Appeal justices from 90 to 150. The bill, sponsored by Onofiok Luke was titled ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the Court of Appeal Act, Cap. C36, Laws of…