The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the Nigerian Army has discharged its constitutional responsibilities effectively in defending the sanctity and integrity of Nigeria in the last 60 years. Buratai, while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the country’s journey so far at 60, said the army would also continue […]

• 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 […]

A Nigerian senator has been fined $130,000 (£100,000) and told to apologise to a woman he physically assaulted in a sex toy shop last year. A high court in the capital, Abuja, found that the assault by Senator Elisha Abbo was ‘’inhuman and degrading” and violated the fundamental rights of the victim, Osimibibra Warmate. The […]

• Recovers N16b, others from agric ministry The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), yesterday, said it had uncovered an N2.67 billion payment curiously made to some federal colleges for school feeding during the COVID-19 lockdowns, but yet diverted to personal accounts. It also discovered over N2.5 billion appropriated by a deceased […]

The Nigerian Army says it is fully in support of the ongoing efforts of Borno State government to relocate and resettle the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the state back to their ancestral homes. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Musa described the […]

The Federal Government has launched a Digital Nigeria Portal and Mobile Application in furtherance of the Digital Nigeria Programme, which was kick-started by President Muhammadu Buhari, on March 19, 2020. Dr Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy (FMCDE) performed the virtual launch of the mobile application on Monday in Abuja. Pantami said […]

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has restated the role of arts in the promotion of national unity. He stated this in Abuja, yesterday, at the opening ceremony of the Historical Exhibition, being organised to celebrate Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary. Mohammed stressed the importance of arts in promoting Nigeria’s togetherness, which he said, is […]

• Labour compromise that got citizens angry • Wins 113 buses for mass transit in major cities • You betrayed us, Nigerians tell NLC, TUC • Afenifere, PANDEF cry foul • Lawyers say leaders suspended strike like a thief in the night • Accord with Buhari shortchanges Nigerians, says HURIWA The Organised Labour, yesterday, came […]

Electricity tariffs for renegotiation NLC, TUC rethink industrial action The Federal Government on Sunday night granted concession to Labour to avert the strike in protest against hike in petrol price and electricity tariffs. An industrial action spearheaded by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) would have commenced on Monday. But […]

Surely, 60 years is a significant number in the life of an individual and also that of a nation. It is therefore apposite that it is also a time for stock taking. A time to check how far we have come as a people: Are our people living well? Are our children in good schools? […]