Some pensioners in Nasarawa state have raised alarm over allege selective payment of gratuity and monthly pension by the state government. Some of the Pensioners in a chat with NAN claimed that since their retirement in 1995, long before the state was created, they have not been paid their gratuity. They further claimed that most pensioners get paid only when they have connection or godfather to pursue their cases.

Senior Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has hailed the recent ruling by the Court of Appeal barring the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) from prosecuting serving judicial officers without recourse to the National Judicial Council (NJC). This week, an appeal court sitting in Lagos ruled that the EFCC lacked the powers to investigate or prosecute judicial officers except when they have been sanctioned or dismissed by the NJC.

Former Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ahmed Makarfi has blamed the inability of the South West to produce the National Chairman at the party's convention on refusal by aspirants from the region to agree on a consensus candidate.

The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede on Tuesday said the board remitted N7.8bn to the Federal Government from the conduct of the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Prof. Ishaq Oloyede stated this when he received a delegation from the National Officers Council of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) at JAMB's office, Bwari, Abuja.

An Appeal Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday ruled that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki must face trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) contrary to his earlier acquittal by the court. The Appeal Court led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson had dismissed 15 out of the 18 counts charges bothering on false assets declaration instituted against Saraki by the Federal Government. The court ordered that the Senate President must return to the CCT to face trial on the three remaining count charges.

APC’s Tenancy In Aso Rock Expires 2019 – Secondus

Uche Secondus who emerged the chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in a process marred by controversy, has served the ruling All Progressives Congress a quit notice.