Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, yesterday said  he had done nothing “in any form or shape,” to suggest any loss of respect for the National Assembly. Maduekwe made the remarks in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), while commenting on allegation by the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Relations, [...]

Unexpected surge of the Atlantic ocean at the bar beach on Victoria Island, Lagos, weekend, had been blamed on strong spring tide prevalent at this time of the year. Lagos State Commissioner for Waterfront, Olusegun Oniru,  explained yesterday, at the bar beach, that the Atlantic ocean broke its banks because of strong spring tides, which [...]

Senate is making  last ditch effort to revive the National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review (JCCR). Activities of the Committee had been stalled since January 16,  due to disagreement between the Senate and the House of Representatives over designation of positions. The 44 members of the House in the Committee had walked out of [...]

The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is always under the searchlight of security agencies, the bureau’s Director-General, Mr Emeka Ezeh, has said. Fielding questions at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum yesterday in Abuja, Ezeh said the BPP was the only agency that every Nigerian monitored, adding that the nature of the bureau allowed [...]

Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, has called on Nigerians to see  disagreements between the Executive and the Legislature over budgets and related matters  as necessary ingredients to strengthen democracy. In a chat with newsmen in Abuja,  weekend,  Shema said debates are normal and part of the democratic system of governance, adding that democracy was [...]