• As lawmakers condemn abuse of federal character principle Fresh appointments to fill vacancies in the National Pension Commission (PenCom) caused pandemonium among legislators on the floor of the Senate yesterday. Senators across party divides were upset immediately Senate President Ahmad Lawan read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari announcing Aisha Umar as Director-General of […]

The House of Representatives is to reconsider the Water Resources Bill viewed in certain quarters as an attempt to reintroduce the rejected RUGA policy. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, who dropped the hint, insisted that the decision was in the best interest of the country. Recalling how the lower legislative chamber was forced to retrace itself […]

• ACF commends NLC, TUC for suspending strike • Unionists betrayed Nigerians, says CNPP Stakeholders have advocated an overhaul of labour unionism and activism in Nigeria, insisting that their approach to critical state matters were dated, especially in the way they handled negotiations with the Federal Government over Monday’s suspended strike. Majority of them who […]