A Non-Governmental Organisation, Tinam’s Voice, has organized a dialogue to find solutions to the myriad of issues affecting Southern Kaduna. The Convener of the meeting and Founder of Tinam’s Voice, Deborah Yusuf, decried the way Southern Kaduna became synonymous with killings and insecurity generally. “The first thing that comes...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sought for more media engagement on budget tracking in Nigeria. Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, the EFCC’s Executive Chairman made the call at a Workshop on Financial Crimes Reporting organised for journalists by the commission in Sokoto on Thursday. Bawa, represented by Mr...
The Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) for the training of 5,000 public service workers on digital literacy and skills. The Director-General, BPSR, Mr Dasuki Arabi inaugurated the team on behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr...
The Zamfara chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have expressed dismay with the state government over non payment of the salary of civil servants for two consecutive months. This is contained in a statement jointly signed in Gusau on Wednesday by the state...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A community leader and environment expert, Chief Edwin Ogar has warned that Cross River State Government may not benefit from UN-REED Programme if logging activities continued unabated in the state. The UN-REED Programme is funded by UNDP Multi-Partnes Trust Fund and provides the funding...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has passed two executive bills into law during plenary on Wednesday, with the assurance to support the executive arm of government to better the well being of the people of the state. The first one was the ‘Bill...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N449.9 million for the engagement of consultants for the development of master plan for 17 airports in Nigeria. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, briefed State House correspondents on Wednesday after the FEC meeting presided over Vice...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Labour Party has debunked claims that supporters of Peter Obi attacked the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye. Mr Diran Onifade, the Head of Media, Obi-Datti Media Office said General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman over alleged N22 billion fraud. Competent sources revealed that the former minister was arrested on Wednesday and detained at the EFCC headquarters, Abuja. The sources said that the arrest was in connection with ...
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Tuesday delivered a landmark judgment confirming the authority of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to collect the one percent Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF), levy from every contract awarded in the Nigerian oil and gas upstream...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has cleared the air over the Senate’s probe of its budgets for 2021 and 2022. In a statement of clarification, the NDDC Managing Director urged the public to avoid jumping to...
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Sen. Ayogu Eze (Enugu) and five others as Federal Commissioners for Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). This followed the adoption of the report of senate Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs at plenary on Wednesday. Others confirmed as Federal...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Fire has razed the Jet A-1 fuel dump located within Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Base in Abuja. The fire incident which occured on Wednesday morning has been brought under control, according to a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised residents of Ekiti to take precautionary measures to avert the flooding predicted to occur in the state later this year. The NEMA Head of Operations in Ekiti and Ondo States, Mr Kadiri Olanrewaju, gave the warning during a sensitisation rally at...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), in Osun has sealed 75 filling stations for operating without valid licenses and other infractions in the state. Mr Kunle Adeyemo, the NMDPRA State Coordinator, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo. The coordinator...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday commissioned the new secretariat building of the Africa First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM). A statement issued by Suleiman Haruna, Director of Information to the First Lady of Nigeria, State House, Abuja, said the structure...
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The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre, a prominent civil society organization at the forefront of the fight against corruption, has expressed deep concern over the choice of Mr. Godswill Akpabio by the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the next Senate President of the 10th National Assembly....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Senator representing Bayelsa East and the Chairman Senate Committee on host communities producing oil and gas, Sen. Degi Eremienyo has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, for rescuing the Ogoni clean project from implementation setback by terminating the appointment...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A group known as Kwararafa Women Association(KWA), Nasarawa State Chapter, has called on the assembly members to re-elect the current speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, as the speaker of the soon to be inaugurated 7th...