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…Demands Living Pensions Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) has lamented that some retirees still earn as low as N1500 pension, demanding urgent review to give pensioners living pensions against the hard times. NUP expressed the pain at its South -South zonal forum in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state where it highlighted the growing hardship members are going through with present state …

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP lawmaker, representing Cross River North, Senator Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe, said the N500 million he claimed some senators received was for projects and not for their pockets. Jarigbe disclosed this in an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday. He said, “There has never been a time when we had an equitable distribution of resources or values to …

Fresh revelations at the Senate plenary, on Tuesday, indicated that  ranking senators  got N500m each for their constituency projects   in the   2024 budget passed by the National Assembly.. According to the Senate rules, any lawmaker who has spent at least a term in the House of Representatives or Senate,  is considered a ranking senator. On the list of senators in …

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell, as lawmakers acted on concerns that the company’s current ownership structure is a national security threat. The bill, passed by a vote of 352-65, now goes to the Senate, where its prospects are unclear. TikTok, …

Following his three-month suspension by the Senate over the allegations, Senator Ningi has decided to resign as the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum. Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has denied allegations attributed to him in the media regarding the padding of the 2024 budget, saying that he never said the budget was padded. The …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, said the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi by the Senate has not addressed vital issues in the allegation of the lawmaker. Obi stated this in a statement via his X handle on Wednesday. The fuss over the alleged N3 trillion padded into the 2024 budget raised by a Senator still rages …

ATLANTA — The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and others, but many counts in the sweeping racketeering indictment remain intact. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote in an order that six of the counts in the indictment must be quashed, including three against Trump, the …

The Nigerian Student Loan Scheme, eagerly awaited by many hopefuls, faced yet another setback as the Federal Government announced an indefinite postponement of its launch. Akintunde Sawyer, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, conveyed this disappointing news during an interview with ARISE NEWS. The scheme, originally slated to kick off between September and October 2023 after President …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger. He also directed the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect. “President Tinubu has also approved the lifting of financial and economic sanctions against the Republic of Guinea,” read a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and …

Members of the ‘Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore’, on Wednesday, staged a protest at the Federal High Court, Abuja, to demand the unconditional release of their detained president, Bello Bodejo. The protesters, who carried a big banner with the inscription “Free Bello Bodejo,” gathered at the entrance gate of the high-rise court to press home their demands. Other members of the …