A few years ago, Cambodia's ruler launched the most ruthless crackdown of his career to annihilate his opponents. Facing popular opposition, Hun Sen used the courts to dismantle the political party threatening his rule. Ranks of MPs were thrown out of parliament while…

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed through Second Reading a bill seeking to release five percent of the revenue accruing from electricity generated by Generating Companies (GENCOs) directly to host communities. The private member bill titled: ‘A bill for an Act to amend the…

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday resolved to jettison the national social register used by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to implement its own conditional cash transfer. Rising from its meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja, the council revealed that the register is…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday said the vessel caught with stolen crude was destroyed instantly as required by standard procedure. Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, at a briefing in Abuja, said the procedure stipulates instant destruction of any vehicle, vessel or equipment linked…

Governors elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said they were in the final stages of plans with the Federal Government in providing post-fuel subsidy removal palliatives to Nigerians.

The National Economic Council comprising 36 state governors and Vice President Kashim Shettima has concluded a plan for state governments to implement cash transfer programmes using state-generated social registers. It said states-generated social registers would better reflect the number of vulnerable Nigerians to…

Immediate past Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, may emerge as interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Nigerian Tribune gathered last night. Governors on the party platform are locked in a meeting tonight at the Imo State Governor’s Lodge with Hope Uzodinma host…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has slammed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over the fresh fuel price hike, adding that it lacked constitutional powers to fix the prices of petrol. This is just as the…