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Since 2024, Enugu State pensioners have been waiting to receive their promised long-outstanding pensions and gratuities, running to several decades. This is as a result of the promise made to them that the state government would commence payment of these entitlements. Speaking during the 2024 May Day celebration held at Michael Okpara Square in Enugu,, Governor Peter Mbah, represented by …

A renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said that if the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, had shown remorse, he would have been at the forefront calling for his release. Gumi made the statement on Tuesday while appearing as a guest on The Morning Brief, a programme on Channels Television, monitored by DAILY POST. …

Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, says non-kinetic approach was deployed in securing the release of the 38 worshippers. The victims were abducted from the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in the Eruku community of Kwara on November 18. On November 21, Adeola Ajayi, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), briefed the president …

The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has clarified that pastors, imams, and other religious workers are liable to pay tax on the salaries they earn from religious institutions. Speaking on the podcast ‘Mic On’, Oyedele stressed that while churches, mosques, and other religious bodies are exempt from taxation, this exemption does not …

The Special Protection Unit (SPU) in the police has ordered all officers attached to VIPs and beats nationwide to return “back to base”. On November 23, President Bola Tinubu ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to VIPs across the country. In a memo signed by Neji Veronica, commanding officer of the SPU Base 16 in Lagos, and shared …

A coalition of lawyers and civil society organisations (CSOs) has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Nigeria Police Force to re-open the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretariat or face immediate legal action. The coalition, comprising Lawyers for New Nigeria (LNN), Good Governance Initiative Coalition (GGIC), and Arewa Lawyers Union (ALU), issued the threat at a joint news conference on Monday …

A coalition of lawyers and civil society organisations (CSOs) has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Nigeria Police Force to re-open the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretariat or face immediate legal action. The coalition, comprising Lawyers for New Nigeria (LNN), Good Governance Initiative Coalition (GGIC), and Arewa Lawyers Union (ALU), issued the threat at a joint news conference on Monday …

The Government of Enugu State, under the visionary leadership of His Excellency, Governor Peter Mbah, cordially invites the general public to a Stakeholders’ Town Hall Meeting convened as part of the ongoing Digital Land Transformation Programme. This Town Hall is designed to provide citizens with clear, accessible, and up-to-date information on land ownership, Revalidation processes, approved layouts, and the full …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described President Bola Tinubu’s order to withdraw police officers from very important personalities (VIPs) as a political gesture that does not address Nigeria’s escalating security crisis. On Sunday, the president ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to VIPs across the country. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, the president’s special adviser on information …

The House of Representatives and the Senate on Monday convened a joint retreat with speakers of state houses of assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital, as Nigeria’s constitution amendment process reached a decisive stage. The event brought together federal legislators, state houses of assembly presiding officers, and members of the constitution review committees of both chambers. Benjamin Kalu, deputy speaker …