Tinubu Signs Bill Returning Old Anthem Into Law
President Bola Tinubu has signed the National Anthem Bill 2024, which restores the old national anthem “Nigeria, we hail thee”. Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, announced this on Wednesday during a joint session of the National Assembly commemorating the Silver Jubilee…
Strike looms as minimum wage talks end in deadlock again
Federal Government and organised labour are heading for a showdown over a new minimum wage as the 6th meeting of the Tripartite Committee on the new National Minimum Wage, NNMW, ended in another stalemate. Organised labour’s negotiating team for the…
Anxiety as police commence demolition of barracks in Lagos
Fear and anxiety have gripped officers and men of the Nigeria police force resident in police barracks in Lagos State, following directives by police authorities for work to immediately commence in the rehabilitation of barracks located in different parts of…
FG directs outgoing VCs to appoint deputies as acting administrators
The Federal Government has directed outgoing vice chancellors in federal universities to nominate their deputies to temporarily serve as acting vice-chancellors. This is contained in a letter conveyed by the National Universities Commission (NUC) to the outgoing ice-chancellors, dated May…
Emirship Tussle: Kano bans public demonstrations
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has banned all forms of public gatherings intended for protest within the state. This is contained in a statement by his Director-General, Media and Publicity, Sanusi Tofa, on Wednesday in Kano. He also directed…
Germany hails Tinubu’s leadership role as ECOWAS chair
Germany has extolled President Bola Tinubu’s leadership role as Chairman, Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), particularly his disposition against unconstitutional change of government by military coups. German Ambassador to…
DR Congo forms new government after months of delay
The Democratic Republic of Congo unveiled a new government on Wednesday, ending more than five months of deadlock following President Felix Tshisekedi’s re-election. The announcement came less than two weeks after the country’s military said it had thwarted a coup…
I am banned from standing as a Labour candidate’ – says UK black female MP, Diane Abbott
Britain’s first-ever black female Member of Parliament (MP), Diane Abbott, has been banned from standing as a Labour candidate in the general election. Abbott, who was first elected to parliament for Labour in 1987 and, as the country’s longest serving…
Respect court order, vacate palace in peace — Forum of Chiefs tell Sanusi
The Forum of Chiefs in Nigeria on Wednesday advised Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to respect the Federal High Court order and vacate the Kano Emir’s Palace immediately. The Forum said the court’s decision, delivered on Tuesday, is final and binding, adding…
Lawmakers arrive as NASS gets set to receive Tinubu
The National Assembly is set to receive President Bola Tinubu as the nation marks 25 years of unbroken democracy. Lawmakers are seen arriving the House of Representatives chamber, venue of the Joint sitting. This is in spite of the confusion…