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BY JAME AKINOLA Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to present  the proposed N19.76 trillion 2023 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly in the first week of October. Gbajabiamila stated this, yesterday, in Abuja, while inspecting ongoing renovation on theContinue Reading

•NANS takes protest to Ibadan, threatens to shut down Nigeria •ILO speaks on role in resolving impasse ADOLPHUS DURU The Federal Government, Tuesday, described as illegal a protest staged by members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday which resulted in a gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.Continue Reading

BY EFE MODESTUS Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday expressed his view on the call for the resignation of Senator Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman of the party. Atiku, who led other leaders of the party to Ibadan on an interactive session withContinue Reading

BY ADOLPHUS DURU The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has reserved judgment on the appeal lodged by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to quash the terrorism and treasonable felony charge filed against him by the Federal Government. Presently standing trialContinue Reading

BY ADOLPHUS DURU “More Nigerians are poorer and more miserable today than in 2015,” said Mr Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming general elections. He accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government of worsening the nation’s economy since it tookContinue Reading

BY EFE MODESTUS Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has disclosed that it losses 470,000 bpd amounting to $700 million monthly due to oil theft coupled with security challenges militating against  oil production in some terminals. This is even as it has disclosed that it has assembled an array of security measure,Continue Reading

BY MARTINS DURU The Federal Government has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (AUU) to the National Industrial Court over the union’s ongoing strike which is in its seventh month. In a statement on Sunday, the Head of Press and Public Relations at the Ministry of Labour and Employment,Continue Reading

BY GODWIN OBI The convoy of the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial Zone, Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah, has been attacked at Enugwukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.  According to eyewitnesses, the convoy was ambushed by heavily armed men who opened fire on his convoy from all directions. SomeContinue Reading