Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have thrown their weight behind the implementation of financial autonomy for states’ legislature and judiciary, to ensure Nigeria attains high level transparency in governance. Speaking at the opening of a two-day conference on the implementation of ...
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Edo government set to empower more returnees from Libya
Senior Special Assistant to Edo State Governor on Anti-Human Trafficking Issues, Solomon Okoduwa, has said that the state government is committed to the welfare and reintegration of returned migrants from Libya. Okoduwa spoke at the end of an empowerment programme ...
Read More »Gowon, Oshiomhole task medical doctors on professionalism
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has described the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) as one of the leading centres in health services and training institutions in the country. Besides, Gowon and the National Chairman of the All ...
Read More »Why I resigned as Imo deputy speaker, by Ozurigbo, Speaker’s suspension long overdue, says lawmaker
Deputy speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Ugonna Ozurigbo, has resigned. The resignation came a day after the speaker, Acho Ihim, was suspended and less than a month to the expiration of the eighth assembly. Ozurigbo said he resigned ...
Read More »EFCC convicts Gombe revenue boss, three others for N25m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ((EFCC)) Gombe Zonal Office convicted Director, Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue, Atiku Mu’azu Bayum and three others for conspiracy and theft before Justice Beatrice Iliya of the Gombe State High Court. Bayum was ...
Read More »EFCC charges Naira Marley for card theft, forgery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has slammed Azeez Adeshina Fashola, also known as Naira Marley with 11-count charge bordering on card theft and forgery before a Lagos Federal High Court. In the case marked FHC/L/178c/19, the musician and ...
Read More »House of Representatives considers South East development commission bill
The House of Representatives has passed a Bill for an Act to establish the South-East Development Commission to serve as a catalyst for developing the commercial potentials of the region through its second reading. It is also meant to receive ...
Read More »Governor Udom Emmanuel suspends LG service commission chairman
Barely 24 hours after sacking his Commissioner for Agriculture, Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel has suspended Chairman, Local Government Service Commission, Dr. Valentine Attah, for allegedly employing persons without government’s approval. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, ...
Read More »How we tamed cultism in DELSU, by Vice Chancellor
68 students graduate with first class Vice Chancellor of Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka, Professor Victor Peretomode, has said the campaigns against cultism have yielded positive outcomes, as most of the students stayed away from cult activities. Speaking at a ...
Read More »Bauchi State debt profile rises to N96 billion, governor-elect alleges
Bauchi State Governor-elect, Abdulkadir Bala Mohammed has alleged that the state’s debt profile has risen to N96 billion and indicted the outgoing government for the development. Mohammed, who stated this in Abuja through Head of the Transition Team, Ladan Salihu, ...
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