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Nigerian state governors have reached an agreement with the striking judiciary and parliamentary workers on the autonomy of the arms of government, according to a statement by the federal ministry of labour, Friday. The resolution followed a “stormy” conciliatory meeting with the leaderships of the workers’ unions on Thursday, the statement said. The statement signed by Charles Akpan, the Deputy …

The days-long siege by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on one of the locations where Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), lived, following several months of trailing, seems to have paid off for his former associates turned arch-rivals. The details trickling in so far surrounding his death are conflicting. However, one line remains consistent, “Shekau is …

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, has died in a plane crash with some of his aides. Military source said Gen. Attahiru was on a trip to Kaduna. Efforts were on to locate the wreckage of the plane and evacuate remains of the victims. His mission to Kaduna was said to be “official.” Meanwhile, the Nigeria Army …

Nigerians have reacted with outrage after the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) said in a new report that it will collect the identification numbers of their phones. The IMEI number allows phones to be tracked and monitored, and allows access to sensitive data of users. The NCC said President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the compilation of IMEIs for all registered mobile phones before the end of …

A military plane suspected to be that of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has crashed around the Kaduna International Airport. The plane, which crashed around 6pm on Friday, according to a source, exploded and got burnt completely. A competent source from the Airport told The Nation all the crew members and passengers numbering 12 died in the crash. Though, there …

An ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has slammed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami for saying open grazing ban in Southern Nigeria is the same as Northern governors banning spare parts trading in their own region. According to Omokri, the AGF didn’t condemn the confiscation of millions of bottles of beer destroyed …

The Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has accused the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, of threatening the nation’s unity with his reaction to the call for the ban on open grazing by the governors of the Southern part of Nigeria. Abaribe in a statement in Abuja by his media aide, Uche Awon, said Malami’s …

We are dealing with a tyrant, industrial action may be escalated, says Wabba The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused his fellow governors of abandoning his administration in its face-off with the Nigeria Labour Congress. El-Rufai said this during a virtual meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Wednesday. Also at the meeting,  a committee set up by …

Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has recorded a 343% growth in Total Comprehensive Income totalling N160.06 billion in 2020 compared to N36.15 billion in the previous year and 33% growth in Net Assets, rising up to N772.75 billion from the previous N579.54 billion. This was one of the major highlights in the NSIA report presented at today’s National Economic Council …

All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to make haste to join its fold as it welcomed Gov. Ben Ayade (PDP) of Cross River into the party. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of …