The federal government, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says the recent price increases in MultiChoice cable subscriptions will be reviewed by relevant stakeholders to ensure subscribers in Nigeria get value for their money. The Acting CEO of FCCPC, Adamu Abdullahi, spoke exclusively on Channels Telev...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has said it is set to review the Caretaker Committee of River State chapter. The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, yesterday, said the issue was part of discussion at a meeting of the NWC yesterday. The appointment of the Rivers [&hellip...
•Tinubu and Wilson For the new leadership of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, (PAP) to succeed, there is an urgent need for the agency’s budget to be increased, a former freedom fighter in the region, Pastor Reuben Wilson has said. Wilson in a statement issued today stated that it would be difficult for PAP under Dr […]
The House of Representatives has called for a review of the 2024 budget projections owing to the free fall of the naira in the past few months. Rising from plenary session yesterday, the lawmakers adopted a motion on matter of public urgent importance titled, “Need to evaluate the implications of the current exchange rates on […]
The House of Representatives, yesterday, described the 2012 Steve Oronsaye Report as outdated and called on President Bola Tinubu to thoroughly review it before going ahead to implement the same. The House, therefore, raised a 23-man committee chaired by House Leader, Julius Ihonvbere, to recommend appropriate measures to mitigate the likely f...
•Governor Umo Eno (Author) Book title: Be of Good Cheer Book reviewer: Dr Udeme Nana, Founder, Uyo Book Club TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS: The author of this book is presented simply as Umo Eno. We all know who he is. He is a pastor, church founder and Governor of Akwa Ibom State. But the way he has […]
•IGP Egbetokun The Police headquarters in Abuja today said it has concluded its review of the issuance of tinted glass permits, previously banned in June 2022. In a bid to enhance national security and curb criminal activities facilitated by the misuse of tinted glass, the Nigeria Police Force has. The police recalled that the ban […]
•Nigerian Senate Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has just named a 43-member ad hoc committee to further review the 1999 Constitution. The committee, which is chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has a member from each of the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reports Nigeri...
•House of Reps House of Representarives has set December 2025 as deadline for the completion of the alteration of the 1999 Constitution ( as amended). The deputy speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who stated this, yesterday, at the inaugural meeting of the House Special Committee on Constitution Review, said this is to ensure that the exercise does [&hel...
•Tinubu and Ajaero The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, says most governors of the 37-Member Tripartite Committee On Minimum Wage are guilty of not complying with the proposed base pay structure. Vice President Kashim Shettima had inaugurated the committee in Abuja earlier yesterday, saying the decision was aimed at ...