There is chaos in the Edo State House of Assembly over plans by lawmakers to repeal the 2023 law granting them financial autonomy. Assembly workers said repealing the law would reduce their salaries and could lead to sackings, reports The Nation. It was reported that Majority Leader Sunday Ojezele has been pencilled in to present […]
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja The National Assembly is carrying a staggering administrative burden, with more than 14,000 personnel operating within its complex daily, the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Kamoru Ogunlana, has disclosed. Ogunlana, who spoke yesterday at the final phase of the Capacity- Building Training for Legislative...
Two Nigerian brothers, Davis and Emmanuel Eban, have taken their education technology initiative, Edugene, a step closer to the international genomic medicine community after the platform was admitted into the European Genomic Medicine Consortium (EGMEDC). The milestone was announced at the CRISPRMED26 Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, in Apr...
Activities along the Mile 2-Kirikiri axis in Lagos were brought to a standstill yesterday as a heavy traffic gridlock caused by truck movement from the Kirikiri area stretched towards Mile 2, disrupting the movement of motorists, residents and businesses in the area. This is despite the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) introduction of a movement...
•Shrine Some youths in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, have destroyed a traditional worship shrine run by a woman popularly known as ‘Eze Nwanyi’. In a viral video, a pastor was seen leading the aggrieved youths who entered the woman’s compound, searching from room to room and gathering materials they claimed were […]...
•Crude oil pipeline Niger Delta elders and stakeholders have called for a fundamental restructuring of Nigeria’s federal system to allow states to retain 70 per cent of revenues from resources produced within their territories. The elders including Elder Joseph Ambakederimo, environmentalist,Alagoa Morris, Prof Francis Sikokib, Dean Faculty of...
•Hon. Blessing Agbebaku Former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Blessing Agbebaku, said he resigned as Speaker of the 8th Assembly for personal reasons. Agbebaku said he maintained a cordial working relationship with other lawmakers throughout his three-year tenure, reports The Nation. In a statement issued in Benin City, Agbeb...
•Festus Keyamo and MMIA Lagos Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has formally requested the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to review the existing three-letter location code “QRW” assigned to Osubi Airport in Delta State, with a view to adopting a code that more accurately reflects the airport’s offic...
•Dr Sunny A. Adache The Commonwealth Institute of Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS) is set to host Lesotho-based columnist, Dr Sunny A. Adache, at a special Meet-the-Author event scheduled to be hel in Lagos on Friday, August 21, 2026. The event, which begins at 11:00 a.m will take place at the CIAPS Auditorium, 5 Akinola […]
•Tinubu and IBB President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated elder statesman and former military President, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (rtd), on his 85th birthday, saying the ex Military leader has impacted Nigeria in ways no other leader has done. President Tinubu disclosed this in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, his Special Adviser on ...
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