The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says it will commence the tracking of 712 government-funded projects nationwide as from Nov. 8. The Commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. It will be the fifth phase of the constituency...
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No fewer than 19 people died when a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while trying to land at a nearby airport, the prime minister and airline said. The state Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) reported that the Flight PW494, operated by Precision Air, hit the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Three Civil Society International and local Groups – ReCommon, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) and Corner House have jointly written to President Buhari on the recent developments with regards to the various court proceedings relating to the corrupt award in 2011...
President Muhammadu Buhari said his administration was committed to the development of agriculture to raise agriculture production and its value chain, to ensure food sufficiency in country and exportation of agricultural products The president also said by the end of his administration, he would leave Nigeria more united, prosperous...
Mrs Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs, has prescribed capital punishment for perpetrators of rape. Tallen made the prescription as a guest at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. She said that only capital punishment and other forms of punishment commensurate with the inhuman crime of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, says with Nigeria projected to be the third most populated nation in the world after India and China by 2050, the country deserves a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. Addressing...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General of the Federation, Sylva Okolieaboh to immediately reverse the apparently illegal deductions from the salaries of members of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Yola – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri for signing Child Protection Law in the state. Ms. Cristian Munduate, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, gave the commendation in a statement issued ay the UNICEF Communication Officer, Borno State, Ms...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that five people were killed in a fatal crash that occurred at Isma Village, along Bauchi – Jos road. He said that two other people sustained varying degrees of injuries...
The Federal Government has denied the accusation that it paid members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria (ASUU) half salaries in October. Mr Olajide Oshundun, Head of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement he signed on Saturday in Abuja....
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Amb. Mohammed Rimi, the Baraden Katsina and Nigeria’s representative in the United Arab Emirates, on the passing of his mother, Hajiya Aishatu Muhammad (Indon Ankeke). Muhammad died on Oct. 30 at the age of 90 and was buried in Katsina on Oct. 31....
There are indications that Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, would know his fate over fraud charges on Monday in the United States. Earlier on Friday, reports flooded the media space that Hushpuppi has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in the US, but according...
The Federal Government has rescinded its earlier plans to terminate the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The Interim Administrator, PAP, Gen. Barry Ndiomu, confirmed the government’s new position in a statement on Saturday. Ndiomu, in the statement issued by PAP’s Media Consultant, Donu Kogbara, expressed gratitude to the Federal Government...
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers says his administration has received N45 billion only from the Federal Government as Bakassi stabilisation fund. Mr Christian Ita, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar on Saturday. He said that...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday, criticised the planned redesign of the N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The revered cleric expressed displeasure that the Federal Government is concerned with the redesigning of...
The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has hoisted Nigeria’s national flag at the World Travel Market (WTM), holding in the United Kingdom from Nov. 7 to Nov. 9. Mrs Susan Akporiaye, NANTA’s National President, stated on Saturday that the hoisting was strategically done to herald the hosting...
In his bid to peacefully resolve the 400 years rift between the Ewi-in-Council and people of Imesi-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, is set to visit the town on Monday. The Onimesi of Imesi-Ekiti, Oba Olatunji Olatunde, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti. The...
Yobe State Government has clinched the due process and good governance best state award by the Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria. Mr Mamman Mohammed, Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Gov. Mai Mala Buni, made this known in a statement on Saturday. He said the Association adjudged...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, has listed some of the 40 properties belonging to Senator Ike Ekweremadu that Federal High Court ordered their interim forfeiture.
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