Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday decried exclusion from the ministerial list submitted by President Bola Tinubu to the Senate. The Senate on Monday approved and confirmed 45 out of the 48 nominees sent by the President. Speaking at a joint conference, the Community of PWDs said their omission was not in accordance with the Discrimination…

Lionesses forward, Lauren James has sent out an apology to Super Falcons; Michelle Alozie over her stamp of the Nigerian in Monday’s round of i6 Women’s World Cup match in Australia. The European champions got away with one on Monday in Brisbane as they stumbled into the quarter-finals 4-2 on penalties. Nigeria are ranked 40th…

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, unveiled the chairmen of the 79 full-standing committees of the 10th Senate. The Senate committees were formed after hours of closed-door sessions. Some of the heavyweights, who were named committee chairmen include Housing and Urban Development, Aminu Tambuwal; Interior, Adams Oshiomole; Defence, Ahmed Lawan; Water Resources, Abdulaziz Yari;…

A delegation consisting of the representatives of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the United Nations will on Tuesday travel to Niger to meet with coup leaders. French broadcaster RFI reported that the delegation is set to arrive in the Nigerien capital city of Niamey “in the coming hours”…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has disclosed reasons for the delay in the processing and issuance of some international passports to Nigerian applicants. The Nigeria Immigration blamed discrepancies in identification such as National Identification Numbers (NINs) for the delay processing and issuing passports. The Controller of the Service in Rivers State, Sunday James, made this…

President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated the presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms. The inauguration ceremony was held at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday. The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, in a statement on July 7 announced the establishment of the committee by the…

Labour leader Joe Ajaero said the President attempted to reduce the presidential fleet, among other decisions aimed at reducing the cost of governance. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, on Monday, shed light on organised labour’s private meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja last Wednesday as nationwide protests broke out…

The Coalition of Quranic Memorisers and Reciters has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to swear in former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai as minister in the interest of justice, fairness, peace and stability of the country. The Director of Education Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation who addressed journalists in Bauchi on behalf of…

For Nigeria to attain optimum tax revenue collection capacity across the Federal, States and Local Government tax authorities, the country must make hard but necessary reforms that would yield long term benefits. This was the position stated by the Chairman of the Joint Tax Board (JTB), Mr. Muhammad Nami, who is also the Executive Chairman…

Festus Keyamo, SAN, a nominee for a ministerial position, has had his screening suspended as the @NGRSenate enters a closed-door meeting. Following a heated session where Barr Keyamo is said to have disregarded many summonses from the 9th NASS while serving as Minister, Sen Darlington Nwokocha moved to halt his screening. Details later TRIBUNE