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The House of Representatives has commenced its valedictory session, signalling the end of the 9th session of the lower chamber of the National Assembly, which began in 2019. The session is currently holding at the temporary chamber of the House with former speakers Ghali Na’Abba and Patricia Etteh in attendance. Several former clerks of the House are also in attendance. …

As part of measures to check arbitrariness in the workplace and to ensure appropriate remuneration for Nigerian workers, the federal government has designed a National Pay Policy (NPP). The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Mr Ekpo Nta told Daily Sun, in Abuja that the policy will calculate the number of hours …

Donald Trump is facing further legal headaches amid suggestions his former chief of staff has testified to a grand jury as part of two federal investigations into the former president. Several media outlets have reported that Mark Meadows has answered questions under oath after being subpoenaed by Special Counsel Jack Smith. He is leading the probes into Trump’s attempts to …

Nigeria |in 29 minutes President Bola Tinubu is holding an inaugural meeting with governors of the 36 states of the federation, known as the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), at the State House, Abuja. The governors attending the meeting, which commenced at about 12.40pm, include those of Zamfara, Kano, Taraba, Kogi, Ogun, Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Lagos, Rivers, Osun, Jigawa, Benue, Taraba, …

The Labour Party (LP) candidate during the presidential election of February 25, Peter Obi, says he would have provided various relief policies for Nigerians after removing the subsidy on fuel. Recall that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) during his inauguration at the Eagle Square in Abuja on May 29 announced the removal of subsidy payment on Premium Motor Spirit also …

Some Nigerians on the internet have called for the arrest and prosecution of the immediate past Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, after the Managing Director of Nigeria Air, Dayo Olumide, disclosed that the aeroplane that landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on May 26, 2023, was a chartered one from Ethiopia Airlines. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika Olumide made …

The Chairman of Kaduna State Christian Association of Nigeria, Reverend Joseph Hayab, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to ignore the state’s immediate past governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over the latter’s alleged Islamization claims. He also claimed that the ex-governor’s recent statement on the Muslim/Muslim ticket and that the victory of President Bola Tinubu silenced his critics and CAN was a ploy and …

Nothing is as disturbing as when one’s little child wakes up from bed one morning and says “Mummy, I can’t hear you. I can’t hear my sisters too. It seems my ears are no longer working.” The palpable fear. Then begins the running from pillar to post. That was the situation Hafsatu, a 27-year-old mother of six children, found herself …

Ride-hailing drivers, including that of Uber, Bolt, LagRide and Indriver, on Wednesday, began a nationwide strike. Web photo At the direction of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria, ride-hailing drivers are following a sit-at-home order until the ride-hailing companies increase their base fares by 200 per cent. According to the National Vice President of AUATWON for Southwest …

Ahead of next year’s Edo State governorship election, former governorship aspirant and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kenneth Imansuangbon, resigned his membership of the party. Prior to his quitting the PDP, there have been feelers that Imansuangbon, popularly known as ‘Rice man’, following his annual yuletide period free distribution of rice to the people of the state, was …