A group of 60 members of the House of Representatives, known as the Parliamentary Group, have initiated a bill seeking to end the presidential system of government and revert to the former parliamentary system that operated in Nigeria’s First Republic. The group on Wednesday set the move in motion by presenting a bill on the…
The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council (NTRC), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar of Sokoto and Chairman Northern on Wednesday lamented the economic hardship in the country, saying that Nigerians are deeply frustrated and hungry. He also expressed concern about the millions of unemployed youths, without jobs and food noting that it poses serious…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday honoured each player and official of the Nigerian Super Eagles with the Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) national award for securing the silver medal at the just-concluded 2023 Africa Nations Cup. Tinubu noted that is not easy to absorb a loss, particularly when the expectations are high….
The governor of Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang, has approved the appointment of heads of some agencies and special advisers. The appointments were announced on Tuesday in a statement by Hassana Ayika, a permanent secretary, on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). The statement said the appointments were with immediate effect and directed…
Some members of the house of representatives on Tuesday moved against a bill seeking to increase the educational qualification for election into the office of the president, The Punch newpapers reported. According to the report, the bill sponsored by Adewunmi Onanuga, a lawmaker from Ogun state, the boll is intended to raise the minimum academic…
The founder of a non governmental organisation- Pregnancy Support Foundation (PSF), Mrs. Adesua Oni, has called for urgent steps to address the increasing rate of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Speaking in an interview with journalists during a medical outreach for pregnant women in the Mando area of Kaduna metropolis, she noted that Nigeria’s maternal mortality…
