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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has warned members of the university community over sexual harassment on campuses. The ICPC said sexual harassment is a corrupt practice that attracts imprisonment terms of not less than seven years. The Secretary to the Commission, Mr Clifford Oparaodu, gave the warning in Abuja at a […]

Labour unions, on Wednesday, lambasted the Federal Government for slashing the supplementary budgetary allocation for wage awards to federal civil servants by N100bn, warning that this was not the agreement they had with the government. Data obtained from the newly Revised 2023 Supplementary Budget, indicated that the government swapped the controversial N5bn presidential yacht votes […]

The Federal Government has rolled out plans to drive tax in Nigeria through the enforcement of compliance with relevant tax laws in the country. The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, has also disclosed the FG’s plan to raise the tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio to 18 percent by […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima reaffirmed on Wednesday the Federal Government’s commitment to strengthening healthcare financing and accountability, including vaccine and immunization programs in Nigeria. Shettima in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Stanley Nkwocha, said the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration is irreversibly devoted to redefining the idea of modern leadership in the country, particularly […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima presided over the 137th meeting of the National Economic Council held at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The fourth in the Tinubu administration, Thursday’s gathering comes nearly two months after the Council last convened on September 28 to consider priority areas for the next three and half years, […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, has disclosed that the Nigerian Army in its bid to tackle insecurity across the country has deployed modern equipment for operations across the country. The deployment of modern equipment, the army said, is to help enhance the fight against bandits, terrorists, and other criminal elements causing […]

President Bola Tinubu says his name deserves to be in the Guinness Book of Records. This, Tinubu said, should happen due to his economic reforms as the governor of Lagos state, which later made Nigerians elect him as president. The President made the remark at the 10th German-Nigerian Business Forum. President Tinubu posited that his […]

No fewer than 5,000 federal civil servants who have discrepancies in their dates of first appointment and dates of birth may not receive their December salary, National President, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Tommy Okon, has said. Okon, however, said the union was working with the Head of the Civil Service of the […]

Troops of the Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have rescued 31 kidnapped victims in Sokoto State. This is as the Northwest Operation under the command of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major General Godwin Mutkut, intensified the onslaught and conducted a series of clearance operations to terrorists/bandits’ […]

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State and the Commissioner of Police, Babatola Afolabi, have called for calm, following the recent violent conflict between police officers and military personnel in the state. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday evening at Target Junction, Yola North Local Government Area, involved an exchange of gunfire that culminated in an […]