President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has unveiled what he calls Nigeria’s Agenda 2050. President BUHARI has also inaugurated a National Steering Committee to bring the agenda to reality. The committee is jointly chaired by renowned banker ATEDO PETERSIDE and the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, ZAINAB AHMED. The job of the committee is to come up with…
Retired officials of the Lagos State Government are now to enjoy thirty-three percent increment in their pensions. The pension raise comes under the Defined Benefits Scheme of the state government, and the implementation is backdated to January this year. Following the approval by Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, all retirement bond certificates for June 2020 have been released to…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice TANKO MUHAMMAD, will tomorrow swear in eighty-five new judges for election petition tribunals. The tribunals are being inaugurated in preparation for the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. There would also be tribunals for legislative bye-elections in different parts of the country, which are scheduled to hold soon. The…
Angry members of the People’s Democratic Party from Niger State have staged a protest at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja. The protest was held just as members of PDP National Working Committee were meeting to discuss some pressing party issues. The Niger PDP protesters demanded the sacking of the party’s National Financial Secretary, ABDULLAHI MAIBASIRA. They…
The killing of a militia leader in Benue State has caused disagreement between the Nigerian Military and the Benue State Government. TERWASE AKWAZA, also known as GANA, was reportedly killed in Doma Local Government Area yesterday. Brigadier General MAUDE ALI GADZAMA of the Four Special Forces Command, said GANA was killed in a shootout with soldiers. However,…
The All Progressives Congress in Edo State continues to face criticism over its allegations against Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, MIKE IGINI. The Edo APC had alleged that IGINI was conniving with the PDP and Governor GODWIN OBASEKI to rig the governorship election on September 19, 2020, in favour of the rival party. The Northern Youth…