Members of the APC Akida Forum, a faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress, have called for an investigation into allegations linking the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to banditry. The group staged a protest on Tuesday at the Department of State Services, DSS, headquarters in Abuja, demanding that President Bola Tinubu relieve Matawalle of his duties pending the outcome of ongoing investigation. Led by the forum’s chairperson, Musa Mahmud, the protesters submitted...

Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling Governor Chukwuma Soludo to direct the Commissioner for Education to engage the public, private and mission schools in addressing the exorbitant cost of textbooks, school uniforms purchase from exclusively designated vendors and mandatory extramural classes. The resolution was made following a motion moved to that effect by the Deputy Majority Leader and member representing Ekwusigo Constituency, Sir Ikenna Ofodeme on Tuesday plenary session. Sir Ikenna...