UK to build £700,000 prison in Lagos

The United Kingdom has proposed to build a prison in Nigeria to enable the transfer of Nigerian prisoners in Britain. The proposed 112-bed wing is...

No Budget Approval Without Audited Accounts – Senate Declares

The Senate has declared that it would be forced to withhold budgetary approvals for any government agency and parastatal which failed to submit at...

Court Grants Alleged Husband Killer, Maryam Sanda Bail

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to Mrs Maryam Sanda, who was alleged to have killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello, son...

Senate Asks Buhari To Reconsider Decision On Peace Corps Bill

The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reconsider his decision of withholding assent on the bill to establish Peace Corps of Nigeria. The...

APC Congratulates Vice President Osinbajo At 61

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the occasion of his 61st birthday. The party, in a statement by its...

Obiano Sacks Commissioners, Political Appointees

The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has sacked the 18 commissioners in his cabinet including all Special assistants and political appointees in ministries, departments...

Nigeria gets $533 Million Aid from U.S

Nigeria, Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan, as well as countries in the Lake Chad region will about $533 million in humanitarian assistance from United...

Nigerian Senate moves to curb child labour, enforce Child Rights Act

In a bid to reduce the menace of child abuse, the Senate on Tuesday tasked the Ministry of Women Affairs and security agencies to...

FG to prosecute tax offenders through special courts

The Federal Government will from April 1, start the prosecution of tax defaulters who fail to take advantage of the nine-month amnesty window provided...

Pension scam: Reps Committee Summon Okonjo Iweala, CBN Governor

The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the disappearance, return and reinstatement of the embattled former Chairman of the Presidential Pension...