The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has stated that the House will consider and vote on the Special Seats Bill and other key constitutional amendment proposals when it reconvenes in October. Recall that the National Assembly is currently on its annual recess and is expected to resume plenary in September. In a press statement on Monday signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Kalu disclosed this during a...

The Adamawa state government has received food and non-food items from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for onward distribution to victims of the recent flood disaster in Yola South LGA that claimed 25 lives. The items include 500 bags of 25kg rice, 500 bags of 25kg maize, 500 cartons of spaghetti, 50 cartons of seasoning cubes, 50 cartons of tomato paste, 50 kegs of vegetable oil, and 50 bags of iodized salt. Other items...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld Dr. Musa Mohammed’s position as the duly elected National President of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). The judgement has effectively putting to rest a prolonged leadership dispute within the transport union. In a ruling delivered in Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CB/467/2021, the appellate court dismissed the suit filed by Mr. Eriyo Osakpamwan, ruling that the matter had become purely academic and no longer held any substantive...