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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— Justice Evelyn Maha of the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, declined to hear an application the convener of RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, who has been in custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, since August 2, filed to be released on bail. Sowore The detained activist, who was…

ABUJA–THE Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has said the federal government will no longer tolerate bullying in the nation’s schools. File: One of the mega schools This came as he said  the damage the act does to the mental, social and psychological well-being of victims calls for concern. Strike: NASU, SSANU give FG…

Barely 24 hours the United State of America, US, imposed a new visa fees on Nigerians seeking US visa, the federal government has bowed to pressure and reduced visa fee of US citizens seeking Nigerian visa. Visa Disclosing this on Wednesday, Honourable Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, said that the ministry’s attention was drawn…

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the agency is collating comprehensive data on the Nigerians indicted in the recently busted money laundering and cyber crime offences in the United States. Eighty suspects, most of them Nigerians, were allegedly involved in the crimes investigated by the…

THE Lagos State House Assembly on Tuesday raised a nine-man ad-hoc committee to investigate the purchase of 820 buses valued at N45 billion by the administration of the immediate past Governor of the State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. Chaired by Fatai Mojeed, the committee has Gbolahan Yishawu; Bisi Yusuff; Afinni Olanrewaju; Rasheed Makinde; Yinka Ogundimu; Mojisola…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has forwarded 2019 revised supplementary budget estimate of N135.2 billion to the House of Assembly for approval. This is against N157.8 billion earlier approved by the 8th legislature as the state’s 2019 budget. The new budget estimate represents 15 per cent decrease. The supplementary estimate was contained in the governor’s…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni have commiserated with victims of flooding in Bade Local Government Area and other parts of the state. Buni has, however, directed the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to provide prompt assistance within 24 hours. About 11 local government areas have been affected by flooding…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). A statement by the Permanent Secretary (General Services Office) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Olusegun A. Adekunle, conveyed the appointments. The new appointees and their states of origin are: Dr….

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is to review the screening of aspirants contesting the governorship primary of the party in Kogi State on a case-by-case basis, it was learnt on Tuesday. The Nation, however, gathered that there is pressure on the leadership of the party to avoid unnecessary legal tussle…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sacked the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev Tor Uja, for alleged financial infraction and fraud. It was learnt that Uja mismanaged the finances of the commission to the tune of about N225 million. Sources at the commission said the former Executive Secretary ran the place like…