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TWELVE years after it received the Stephen Oronsaye Report, the Federal Government, on Monday, approved the implementation of some of its recommendations to reduce the cost of governance.   Consequently, 29 government agencies will be merged even as eight parastatals will be subsumed into eight other agencies. More so, four …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its nationwide protests, which were held in different states of the federation earlier on Tuesday.   The Labour, in a communiqué at the end of its National Executive Council meeting, said the objectives of the protest were achieved on the first day of …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who conducted the ceremony charged the judges not to allow their ambition to cloud their sense of judgement.   Speaking further at the swearing-in held at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court, the CJN told the new justices to be …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted that it will go ahead with its plan to protest the “mounting hunger and insecurity” in the country on Tuesday and Wednesday.   Its President, Joe Ajaero, who said this in a statement on Sunday, accused the Federal Government of allegedly trying to …

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, will today commence the sale of seized bags of rice to the public at the rate of N10,000 per 25kg .     Disclosing this to newsmen in Lagos, Comptroller General of the NCS, Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, said the process for the sale of the …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of DCG Kemi Nanna Nandap to serve as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service.   According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday, DCG Nandap takes over from Mrs. Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, whose term in office expires on …

The Senate has passed a resolution urging the federal government to maintain the electricity subsidy in light of the prevailing hardship in the country.   The lawmakers also kicked against the plans by the Ministry of Power to increase the electricity tariff. The Senate’s stance on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, …

There was a mild drama on Tuesday as the Senate resolved to revisit the N30 trillion Ways and Means it approved for the Federal Government under former President Muhammadu Buhari, the details of which it said were never provided for scrutiny.     Specifically, the Red Chamber alleged that reckless …

Nigerian media personality, Daddy Freeze has said that the Presidential candidate of AAC, Omoyele Sowore and LP’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi would have done better jobs than President Bola Tinubu.   Speaking via a video message titled “Nigeria is in trouble”, he said he supported Sowore in the 2023 presidential …

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters, Mohammed Monguno, on Monday said the National Assembly was concerned and shared the citizens’ distress over the current security challenges in the country.     The senator who decried the situation noted that the security sector had a huge …