President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved Dr Saviour Enyiekere’s appointment as Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) for a five-year renewable term.Until his appointment, Enyiekere, an environmental specialist, was the deputy Chief of Staff to the Senate President.Tinubu also approved the appointment of two commission members from each
The Minister of Works and former Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi has described Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State as an “infrastructure governor,” commending his commitment to infrastructural development within his first 100 days in office.Umahi made this remark while addressing journalists in Benin City after inspecting the
The Commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC), FCT, Hon. Musa Dikko, has commended leading construction company Julius Berger Nigeria Plc for its strict compliance with regulations, stating that the company deserves an award for maintaining a record free of public complaints,Speaking during the Commission’s courtesy visit to the company’s
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has reiterated its commitment to working with state Houses of Assembly to foster governance reforms and execute effective policies at the sub-national level. The forum disclosed this in a communique signed by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara on Thursday, after its meeting on
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has denied rumours suggesting that she has resigned.Meranda’s Chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye, debunked the rumour on Wednesday.“I’m in the office. The speaker is in the office. I don’t know where that is coming from,” Ajiboye said in a
The Kaduna State University (KASU) branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced an indefinite strike that will start on February 18 due to unresolved welfare issues.The union made the announcement to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Tuesday. The statement was signed by
Ebonyi State Government has been urged by the Voice of Disability Initiative (VDI), a Non-governmental organization (NGO) to bring the Disability Rights Act into domestic law.According to it, this will protect the rights of Persons With Disabilities (PWD) in the state.The organization’s Executive Director, Mrs. Catherine Edeh, appealed on Tuesday
The Police Command in Osun has confirmed that six persons lost their lives in the crisis over the control of local government secretariats in Osun on Monday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the crisis erupted between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over
The Ogun State Government said it cannot be blamed for the death of a resident of Wole Soyinka-Kemta-Idi-Aba-Somorin road, Prof. Oladipo Ademuyiwa, caused by a reckless hit-and-run driver.The government noted that it is unfair and mischievous for anyone to blame it for the death of the professor.The government, in a
Lagos State Governor and the Chairman of the South-West Governors Forum, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said the governors from the geo-political zone will give the late elder statesman and Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo a befitting funeral.Governor Sanwo-Olu, spoke on Tuesday when he paid a condolence visit to the