The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Tuesday, remanded the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in prison custody.

President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday evening met with the Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, over the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper.

Jigawa State police Command has confirmed that suspected armed robbers shot dead an army officer, Maj. M.S. Isma’il and wounded his orderly Pte. Harisu Aliyu. 

Faced with growing criticisms over attempts to surreptitiously remove electronic transmission of results in the draft of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021, the Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday returned the controversial clause to the bill.

The Senate has condemned what it described as the “unlawful” encroachment and arrest of Nigerians by the authorities of the Republic of Benin. 

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, on Monday, donated two million naira to veteran actor, Usman Baba Pategi, popularly known as Samanja Mazan Fama, in Kaduna.

The Court of the Economic Community of West African States has fixed Friday, July 9, 2021, to consolidate suits against the Federal Government on the suspension of the micro-blogging platform, Twitter.

Troops of 195 Battalion, Sector 1 Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), on July 3 captured two Boko Haram terrorists around Muna general area of Borno.

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the upper chamber will tomorrow consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s N895.842 billion supplementary budget request.

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, Dr Shehu Muhammad, said on Monday, that schools that are vulnerable to kidnapping in Kaduna, would remain closed until the security situation improves in the state.

A nationwide blackout is imminent as electricity workers, under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), have vowed to down tools if the demand by organised labour against plans to sell the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is not complied with.

The Lagos House of Assembly on Monday passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law of the state barring the police from parading suspects before the media.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kaduna chapter, on Tuesday dragged the Governor of Kaduna, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai before the National Industrial Court, over alleged interference in its affairs.

The Journalism Enhancement Bill before the National Assembly will propose a minimum entry‎ point for editorial staff and conditions of service commensurate with what obtains at the Federal Civil Service..