President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday night held a meeting with the APC senators-elect on the election of leaders of the 10th National Assembly at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to the Akpabio/Jibrin Media Team, the meeting was held to garner support for Sen. Godswill Akpabio, who has been chosen as the party’s choice as […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) to begin the process of providing palliatives to cushion the harsh effects of petrol subsidy removal. Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, said this while briefing correspondents after leading some major oil marketers on a courtesy visit to the president at the Presidential Villa, […]
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signed into law the bill on uniform retirement age for judicial officers. The bill was passed by the outgoing Ninth National Assembly, but not assented to by former President Muhamadu Buhari. The bill was one of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Bills No. 20 of […]
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signed into law the bill on uniform retirement age for judicial officers. The bill was passed by the outgoing Ninth National Assembly, but not assented to by former President Muhamadu Buhari. The bill was one of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Bills No. 20 of […]
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved the reappointment of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, for another term of office. This was confirmed through a statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday by the Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Information, Mr. Waheed Adesina. In the same vein, the government […]
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has received Procurement Compliance Good Governance Award for his unprecedented achievement in Public Procurement Practice in the State. The Governor received the award at the 3rd Annual National Conference and Induction Awards Ceremony of the Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria (APPON), held at Raddison Blue Hotel, Ikeja, […]
Members of the “G5 Governors” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) visited the Presidential Villa on Thursday to hold a scheduled meeting with President Bola Tinubu. The group consists of Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde; former Governors Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia); Ifeanyi Ugwuwanyi (Enugu) and Samuel Ortom (Benue) . The group, led by Gov. […]
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to mandate authorities of secondary schools to include lessons on how to prevent sexual and gender-based violence in their curriculum for students. The bill was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Ibrahim Gobir, and titled “Mandatory Inclusion of Preventive Measures on Sexual and Gender Based Violence into the Curriculum […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Victor Opara, has faulted the group called Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDHR) for a publication in Vanguard Newspaper of 6th June, 2023 titled ‘CSO faults NDLEA’s drug war over release of Ukatu’. In a statement, Opara who is counsel to Mallinson Ukatu said the CDHR spokesperson, Adebayo […]
Femi Gbajabiamila, 9th Speaker of the House of Representatives, has bowed out of the lower chamber of the National Assembly. Gbajabiamila, who was first elected in 2003, won a sixth term but would not be inaugurated in the 10th assembly as he has been appointed Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu. Gbajabiamila, in his […]
