By Ikenna Osuoha The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu has called for support for the Seat Reservation In Parliament Bill. This is contained in a statement issued by the Deputy Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary Chief Levinus Nwabughiogu, in Abuja on Friday. Kalu said that the legislation is designed to alter the […]
By Naomi Sharang Sen. Godswill Akpabio has commended the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Senate matters, Sen. Basheer Lado, on ensuring that there are no leakages of private communication between the presidency and the senate. Akpabio, who is President of the senate, stated this on Thursday in the office of the special adviser, […]
By Nana Musa The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has set June 1, as deadline for employers to fully adopt a new pension remittance process. The PenCom announced the launch of the pension contribution remittance system, a platform designed to optimise the process of remitting pension contributions into employees’ Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs) on Thursday. According […]
by Olukayode Babalola Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has called on media practitioners to stop criminalising migration popularly known as ‘Japa’. Dabiri-Erewa, made the call in her address at the sixth International Conference on Development and Communication in Africa held in Keffi local government area of […]
Tariff hike: Court delivers judgment in MultiChoice suit against FCCPC May 8 Judgment By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, March 27, 2025 (NAN) The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, fixed May 8 for judgment in a suit filed by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited against the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). MultiChoice is seeking to […]
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has in a milti- wave airstrikes eliminated scores of suspected terrorists at Warawara, near Wajiroko, and Chinene in the Mandara Mountains area of Borno. This is contained in a statement by the Deputy Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, […]
Police forces across Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain raided residential and commercial properties early Thursday morning in a coordinated operation, targeting organised drug crime. A total of 32 properties were searched and 11 arrest warrants executed. The office for the prosecution of organised crime in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and […]
The Donald Trump administration plans to cut funding for GAVI, a global health organisation with the goal of increasing vaccine access in developing countries, local media reported. The decision was included in a 281-page spreadsheet that the United States Agency for International Development sent to Congress, the report said. The spreadsheet listed international aid programs […]
By Constance Athekame The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday said that it received 4,180 complaints in the fourth quarter of 2024 through the Customer Complaints Unit (CCU). The commission announced this in its 2024 Fourth Quarter Report published on its website in Abuja. According to NERC, out of the 4,180 complaints received, 1,231 […]
By Desmond Ejibas The Police Command in Rivers has arrested four suspects for allegedly murdering two children for ritual purposes. The victims, Chizaram Onuche and Chidinma Onuche, both seven years old, were brutally killed, and their body parts dismembered for money rituals. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, spokesperson for the command, disclosed this in a statement […]