Reps Pass For Second Reading A Bill To Involve Armed Forces in Food Production By Saheed Badmus   The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for second reading, a bill that will ensure that the country’s armed forces get involved in food production in the country as a way of enhancing food security and promote economic diversification in the country. …

House Committee Chairman Blasts Works Minister: Calls Him ‘Absolute Failure’ in Road Maintenance Efforts In a scathing attack on the Works Minister, David Umahi, Engr. Remi Oseni, House Committee Chairman on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), did not mince words during a committee meeting to investigate the Minister’s performance. Oseni slammed Umahi for his failure to address the deplorable state …

StopASUUStrike-Yayale’s Arduous Tasks: Can His Name Be Written In Gold By Prof. MK Othman I resisted writing on the above subject for an apparent reason, but the force of necessity outweighs the force of resistance, and I have to cede to the momentum’s law. Reflecting on the crisis bedeviling the Nigerian university system in the last one and half decades, …

EU Supports Dialogue On Increasing Women’s Participation And Representation In Governance By Saheed Badmus   In its continued efforts to enhance women’s political participation in Nigeria, the European Union (EU), on Monday, supported a key dialogue focused on women’s inclusion and representation in governance. The dialogue, held in Abuja and organised by the 10th House of Representatives in collaboration with …

C’tee To Investigate Students’ Riot In Jega Begins Sitting By Jameel Gulma,  Kebbi The 8-man Investigation Committee set up by the Kebbi State government to unravel the causes of the students riot at College of Health Sciences, Jega will begin sitting today. A member of the committee and commissioner of Information and Culture, Alhaji Yakubu Ahmed BK, disclosed this in …

WHAT DOES GOVERNMENT NEED OF NIGERIANS: (TCN as the Wild Card) Some people have contributed directly and indirectly to the unfolding electricity black out in the Northern parts of this country. I want in particular to mention Ex-Kano State Governor in the person of Senator (Engr) Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, who in his X platform shared our concern over the delay …

I Saw Makkah And Wept; You Would, Too, By Hassan Gimba My recent visit to the holy city was the second time I was there, courtesy of the benevolence of Honourable Mai Mala Buni, the governor of my state, Yobe. The first was when I was practically wheeled there as a result of a debilitating illness that required first-class medical …

Reps Committee Unhappy Over State Of Abuja-Kaduna Highway By Saheed Badmus   The Nigerian House of Representatives adhoc committee to oversee the progress and implementation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road project has expressed displeasure with the state of the Kaduna-Abuja axis of the road occasioned by the contractor’s  slow pace of work. The committee vowed that it would work to ensure …

Manual Computation, Threat To 72 hours Minimum Wage Implementation Directive – Unions, Kebbi NULGE By Jameel Gulma, Kebbi   Some civil servants’ unions in Kebbi State have identified manual computation of workers’ salaries as a threat to the 72 hours directive given by His Excellency, Comrade Dr. Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu, to ensure payment of N75,000 minimum wage in the …

Outpouring Of Grief As Friends Mourn, Celebrate Dorgu’s Impactful Life   It was a solemn and mournful moment as friends and associates gathered in Yenogoa, the Bayelsa capital city on 25th and 26th of October 2024, to grief and celebrate the endearing legacies of Engr. Charles Dorgu, during a Service of Songs organised in his honour. Dorgu, an industrious and …

Gov. Diri Approves N80,000 New Minimum Wage For Bayelsa Civil Servants *Retirees Get Monthly Pension Raise, N7bn For Gratuity Arrears By Chris Mark, Bayelsa. Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the sum of N80,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state’s civil service with effect from November 1, 2024. Governor Diri also approved an …

Agricultural Extension Legislation will Support A Resilient System – Minister By Shalom Oludele   The honourable minister of state for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu S. Abdullahi, CON, has said that legislating the agriculture extension services will be a very necessary addition to supporting a resilient system for the nation’s food security. Speaking in Abuja at the Stakeholders Forum …

A Rebuttal: Setting the Record Straight on Anambra APC and Josef Onoh’s Allegations  I read with nauseous odium a litany of cock and bulls, the illogical as well as incoherent tales spun by one Josef Onoh, a hapless and should i say ineffective presidential campaign spokesman in the South East, Dr. Josef Onoh, who just recently popped out of his …

Kamala Harris’s path to victory: Overcoming intimidation and breaking voter turnout records As the U.S. election nears, misinformation is sweeping across airwaves, largely courtesy of disinformation groups like the KGB, the Proud Boys, and the Oath Keepers. These groups, desperate to see Donald Trump win “by hook or by crook,” are flooding media with falsities and misleading data, aiming to …

UniAbuja Council Chair assures CONUA of collaboration By Saheed Badmus   Chairman, Governing Council, University of Abuja, Air Vice Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita (rtd), has assured the Congress of University Academics (CONUA), UniAbuja Chapter, of the council’s collaboration in moving the Institution forward. Kaita gave the assurance when a delegation of the union, led by Professor Issa Abdulraheem, paid him …