Kwara State Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq said on Tuesday that his administration’s decision to announce hijab-wearing in grant-aided mission schools was based on consultations, meetings, brainstorming and dispassionate weighing of policy options. He said: “We took that decision in good faith and in the interest of all. “I swore to anContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the commitment of his administration to the welfare of workers in Nigeria is evident in several Federal Government policies. This, he said, includes the legislation of the minimum wage, tax exemption for minimum wage earners and the preservation of public service jobs in spiteContinue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated it has not taken any decision on zoning ahead of the 2023 general elections. It said it was yet to consider recommendations of a committee chaired by Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed on zoning. The committee had urged the PDP to base its considerationContinue Reading
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says it is still too early to talk about the 2023 general election, considering the country’s security challenges. On Saturday, the convoy of Ortom was attacked by gunmen, while on a visit to his farm. The incident was said to have occurred at TyoContinue Reading
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) at the weekend disagreed with the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over her call for Nigeria to promote liberal trade policies by opening her borders for free flow of goods and services.Continue Reading
Nigerian government has directed airlines to resume in-flight refreshment on domestic flight with immediate effect. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, gave the directive during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday. In-flight refreshments were suspended owing to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.Continue Reading
IN a bid to address the cumbersome process of voter registration at the various centres in Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, has said part of the registration exercise will be done online while biometric data capturing would take place at designated centres. TheContinue Reading
A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, says it is surprising that almost 48 hours after gunmen attacked Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, the two umbrella bodies of herdsmen in the country –the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore –Continue Reading
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and Chairman of South East Governors’ Forum weekend, said the South East benefitted more from the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, federal government than from Peoples Democratic Party’s sixteen years of governance. Speaking to Vanguard in Lagos through his Commissioner for Information and StateContinue Reading
Last Friday, two prison warders were killed when gunmen attacked a vehicle of the correctional service conveying some inmates to court. In a statement on Monday, Francis Ekezie, spokesperson of the NCoS command in Anambra, said the 46-year-old inmate was forcefully released after his gang members killed the prison officials. Nwankwo isContinue Reading
