The Governor of Cross River state, Prof. Ben Ayade on Thursday presented the 2018 appropriation bill to the State House of Assembly. Gov. Ayade who christened the budget `Budget of Kinetic Crystallization’ disclosed that the state proposed one trillion, three hundred and fifty billion, two hundred and twenty million, one hundred and fifty six thousand, two hundred and twenty five naira, thirty kobo (N1, 350, 220, 156, 225. 30).

National Assembly Condemns Libyan Slave Trade, Demands Action

The National Assembly has condemned the modern day slavery in Libya and called the executive to find a solution to the issue and the menace of migration.

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has lampooned popular Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana for allegedly buying recovered properties from the embattled Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina.  The Governor was reacting to statements credited to the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the counsel to Maina. The duo had claimed that Falana bought one of the properties recovered from pension thieves.

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS), Mohammed Babandede has debunked widespread reports that the embattled Chairman of the Presidential Task Funds on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina ttravelled out of the country after being declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Babandede stated this on Thursday when he appeared before a House of Representatives panel investigating the circumstances surrounding the reinstatement of Maina into the Civil Service.

Embattled former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, has finally broken silence on the allegations of corruption levelled against him. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Channels Television which aired on Monday, Mr Maina insisted that he was innocent of the allegations preferred against him.

President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) - President of Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the 30-man Tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee to commence negotiations on the new Minimum wage.  The Full speech of the President at the inauguration ceremony is presented below. We are gathered here today to address issues concerning the welfare of the Nigerian people. Like his counterpart all over the world, the Nigerian worker is a vital element in the growth and development of modern nations.