BREAKING: Tribunal Asked To Stop Buhari’s Inauguration.

How can a state as poor as Abia have a monthly pension liability of N830m? – Abia govt Abia State government has blamed the civil service system for the huge wage bill and pension arrears bedeviling the state and questioned why should  have a pension liability of N830m. Ikpeazu Commissioner for Financ e, Mr. Obinna Oriaku, who disclosed this in …

  The governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom, on Monday lamented the level of insecurity in the state, blaming it on a notorious criminal, Terwase Akwaza, popularly known as Gana. According to Ortom, Gana, who he said was trained by terrorist Boko Haram, has made three local government areas in the state unsafe and is responsible for the kidnappings happening between …

  …says he owes no apologies to anyone ABUJA – GOVERNOR Nasir el-Rufai Monday stated that he owed no apologies to anyone regarding his last week’s advice to Lagos residents to discountenance godfathers in their political dealings, because he did not know anyone of them. Governor el-Rufai who spoke to State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with President …

CBN Governor Emefiele meets Buhari amidst leaked audio scandal The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting occurs amidst a leaked audio scandal wherein the bank chief was heard discussing with his colleagues about a business deal gone bad. It is not clear …

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it remitted N 5 billion to the Federal Government purse after the conduct of its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination . This is contained in the board’ s weekly bulletin , signed by the JAMB’ s Head of Media and Information , Dr Fabian Benjamin , on Monday in Lagos State . …

  Labour workers held a protest on Monday in Abuja against the Minister of Labour , Dr Chris Ngige, following his refusal to inaugurate Frank Kokori as the Chairman of the National Social Insurance Trust Fund. The Presidency had said Mr . Austin Enejamo – Isire was the authentic chairman of the Board of Directors, NSITF , and would be …

A three-man panel of the House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, and headed by Justice Cornelius Akintoye, has struck out the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress( APC) candidate for Umuahia South constituency, Mrs. Phina Kanu, against the declaration of Barrister Jerry Uzosike, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate, as winner of the March 9 House of …

  President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration for a second term on May 29, will be a low-key affair, as a number of the events slated for the inauguration will now be held during the first observance of June 12 as the National Democracy Day, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has announced. Lai told State House reporters that …

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government will no longer do business with those indebted to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Osinbajo said those who are indebted to the government — via AMCON — are direct enemies of both the government and the people of Nigeria. The VP said the debtors have made it impossible for the corporation …