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Kalu rejoices with awujale at 90

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Senate backs controversial Cybersecurity Levy

Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Senator Shehu Umar Buba, on Thursday said the controversial Cybersecurity Levy was meant to enhance the economy ...

Bill seeking death penalty on drug trafficking passed for 3rd reading in Senate

The Senate on Thursday passed a bill seeking to impose a death penalty on those convicted of drug trafficking for third reading. This followed the presentation o ...

Just In: Senate passes bill to amend the NDLEA Act, approves d£ath sentence for dr¥g offenders in Nigeria

The Senate has approved the d£ath sentence as a penalty for drug traffickers in the country, as it passes through the third reading, the 2024 NDLEA Act (Amendment) Bill. The propo ...

House of Representatives Calls for Halt to CBNs Cyber Security Levy

From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately halt the implementation of th ...

Group drags Kogi Gov to court over alleged manipulation of Attah Igala

A socio-cultural group of the Igala nation and interest worldwide, the Ane Igala Restoration (AIR), has dragged the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, to an Abuja High court over what i ...

Reps order CBN to suspend 0.5% Cybersecurity levy

The House of Representatives has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to half the proposed implementation of the cybercrimes levy of 0.5% imposed on electronic transactions by bank ...

Lagos-Calabar Coastal: Reps to probe procurement process for highway

The House of Representatives has resolved to probe the procurement process of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. The resolution was taken on Thursday following a mot ...

Abuja Court moves trial of oil magnate, Akindele in alleged $5.6m fraud to Lagos

Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered that the trial of oil magnate, Akintoye Akindele in an alleged $5.6M fraud be moved from Abuja to ...

BREAKING: Reps halt implementation of cybersecurity levy

The House of Representatives on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to halt the implementation of the cybercrime levy in compliance with the provisions of the cybercrime ...

Dig out sponsors, perpetrators of insecurity in Nigeria – Gov Yusuf to security agencies

The Kano State Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has appealed to the Security Agencies to dig out the roots of those behind serious problems of insecurity in Nigeria, to mitigate its im ...

Fubara Impeachment Call: Okocha calling for anarchy in Rivers – SDPs Orokoh

A Governorship aspirant of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Rivers State in the 2023 general elections, Victor Orokoh, has described the call by the Rivers State chapter of the All ...

Northern elders kick against CBNs cybersecurity levy

The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has strongly condemned the Central Bank of Nigerias recent decision to impose a cybersecurity levy on bank customers. In a statement ...

BREAKING: Alleged N2.7bn fraud: Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika arrives court

Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has arrived at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, for his arraignment on alleged misappropriation of public funds. Sirika is ...

Abia IRS suspends compulsory weekly ticketing after Keke NAPEP riders protest

The Abia State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS) has said that it has suspended the compulsory weekly ticket payments arrangements, which were to be introduced for operators of tricycle, ...

Governors ready to implement new minimum wage – Gov Sule

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has assured that governors are not opposed to the implementation of the new minimum wage for public workers, dismissing claims that governors ...

Court affirms ICPCs power to Investigate, prosecute Delta State government officials

By Christopher Oji  A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State has upheld the powers of the I ...

Modern Bus Terminal: Transporter, Anyaegbu meets Gov Mbah, backs project

The Chairman/CEO of Chisco Transport, Chief Chidi Anyaegbu, has commended the Dr. Peter Mbah Administration in Enugu State for its effort to reposition the transport and logistics sect ...

Rivers Assembly: Oko-Jumbo emerges factional speaker, Sokari as house leader

A fresh twist was introduced to the messy political battle in Rivers State, yesterday, as lawmaker representing Bonny Local Government Area S ...

Cybersecurity levy: TUC kicks, threatens shutdown

• Excessive taxation without consideration on plight of masses injurious –ADP • Dont implement it, ex-MAN chairman ...

Tinubu lacks power to reinstate you – South South leader, Sara-Igbe hits 27 Rivers lawmakers

The National Coordinator of the South-South Leadership Forum, Sara-Igbe has said that the 27 Rivers State lawmakers are impostors in the eyes of the law. DAILY POST ...

Call for Fubaras impeachment invitation to anarchy – PDP Reps caucus warns

People Democratic Party, PDP, caucus in the House of Representatives has warned that the protracted crisis in Rivers State House of Assembly preluding a call for the impeachment of Gov ...

Flooding: Jigawa Governor, Namadi directs commencement of frontline areas embarkment

Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi has ordered the immediate commencement of embarkment of frontline areas across the state. Senior special assistant to the Go ...

Insecurity affecting education in Kaduna – Gov Uba Sani laments

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state says the educational system in the state is facing a crisis as a result of insecurity. Speaking at a capacity training programme or ...

Kogi: Gov Ododo spent 100 days serving Bello as special driver – Okai

The 2023 People Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency, Usman Okai, has said Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State spent his first 100 days in office chauf ...

Alias car gift to Benue judiciary in order – Attorney General

The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order of Benue State, Hon. Barr. Fidelis Mnyim has said the car gift to the judiciary by Governor Hyacinth Alia is a symbol ...

Dissolve your cabinet now – Senator Jimoh Ibrahim advises Tinubu

The senator representing Ondo South senatorial district, Jimoh Ibrahim, has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately dissolve his cabinet. He made this call in ...

Tinubu blackmailed into approving cybersecurity levy policy – Dikwa

Elder Statesman and Dean of Borno Elders Forum, Prof. Khalifa Dikwa, had said that President Bola Tinubus administration was blackmailed into approving the cybersecurity levy policy in ...

Ban on party activities: Benue APC chieftain sues Gov Alia

Worried by the continued barricade of Benue States secretariat of the All Progressive Congress, APC, by the police and the ban on all the activities of the party on the order of Govern ...

APC ward receives defected Ebonyi Assembly member

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Izzi Unuhu Ward 10, Abakaliki LGA, formally received a lawmaker in the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Chidi Nwoke, who recently dump ...