Okocha emerges substantive Rivers APC Chairman

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected Chief Tony Okocha, its former Caretaker Committee Chairman, as the substantive Chairman. Okocha was elected at the party’s Delegates’ Congress held on Saturday in Port Harcourt. He was elected alongside other State Working Committee members to run the affairs of the party for […]

Tinubu writes NASS to change FIRS name to National Revenue Service

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday forwarded four executive bills on tax reforms to the National Assembly for legislative process and approval, including the one seeking for renaming of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS to Nigeria Revenue Service, NRS. The name changing bill for FIRS as contained in the letter addressed to the Senate President, […]

Constitution Review: Senators Disagree Over Regional Government

Southern and Northern Senators have disagreed over the agitation for the return of Nigeria to the regional form of government. They expressed their views at the sidelines of the ongoing two-day retreat on on the amendments to the 1999 constitution organised by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review in collaboration with the Policy and Legal […]

DG NILDS to Stakeholders: Checkmate inflationary trend and hunger in Nigeria

  The Director General National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS National Assembly, Professor Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman has appealed to the Stakeholders in the Food and Nutrition Sub- sector to compliment government’s efforts to checkmate inflationary trend and hunger in the country. Professor Sulaiman made the appeal in his speech to declare open “The […]

Nigeria, others to benefit from 300million dollars World Bank-CTF-DGIS ROGEAP project

In order to further strengthen the electrification of public institutions within the African region, the World Bank, with co-financing from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and Directorate General of International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Government of the Netherlands is set to invest 300million dollars under the Regional Off Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP) in Nigeria […]

Wike approves construction of 40 houses for Judges

The Federal Government has approved the construction of 40 houses for judges in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike announced the approval for the construction of the houses following a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. […]

We’ll work for public good says Kwara LGs chairmen

Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Monday sworn-in the newly elected chairpersons and vice chairpersons of the 16 local government areas of the state, urging them to ‘be prudent with power and work with the people’ in the interest of all. Speaking shortly after the oath administration at the Government House Ilorin, the Governor congratulated […]