Stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to extend the anti-corruption fight to states and local government areas to ensure that its impact is felt at all levels of the polity. They argued that the effect of the fight against corruption ...
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There are no plans to sack workers, slash salaries, says ISOPADEC MD
Managing Director of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC), Engr. Anthony Okwuosha, has refuted rumours that the commission would sack workers and slash employees’ salaries. He also said there was no directive from Deputy Governor of the ...
Read More »Police embark on media trial to preempt panel report, says group MOSOP flays FG’s apathy over Ogoni carnages
The Good Governance and Leadership Project in Nigeria (GGLPN) has alleged that the Nigerian Police was embarking on media trial in the Taraba Intelligence Response Team (IRT) killings with the motive of influencing the outcome. In compliance with President Muhammadu ...
Read More »Family of slain police inspector in Taraba demands justice
Family of a police officer, who was killed by soldiers of the 93 Battalion in Taraba State, has demanded justice over the gruesome murder of their son, Inspector Mark Edaile. His immediate elder brother, Andrew Edaile, who made the plea ...
Read More »UNIC, group seek inclusion of youths in policy formulation, education marshals to curb street hawking
Country Director, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Lagos, Roland Kayanja, has advocated the development of youth-centred policies to ensure their participation in the formulation and implementation of government’s policies. This, Kayanja said, will tackle youth restiveness, unemployment and enhance the ...
Read More »President Buhari pledges more investment in infrastructure
President Muhammadu Buhari promised that his administration would invest more in infrastructure, expressing happiness over the positive results of previous spending. Buhari, who was speaking during the commissioning of the reconstructed Shinkafi-Yandaki-Gafiya-Abdallawa-Dankaba road in Katsina State, noted that “infrastructure is ...
Read More »Buhari gives lifeline to condemned criminals, approves renaming Nigerian Prisons Service, Makurdi varsity
Criminals awaiting execution may have received a lifeline following President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to a new law. The approval came three months after the dissolution of the Eighth National Assembly, which passed the bill. The new legislation, known as Nigerian ...
Read More »Ohanaeze accuses Tinubu of plotting to scuttle Igbo quest for 2023 presidency
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has accused All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of plotting against the 2023 presidential bid of the South East and vowed to resist the move. In a statement yesterday by its ...
Read More »Facebook introduces Yoruba, Igbo, Swahili languages to check fake news, others
Social media platform, Facebook, in partnership with Africa Check, has added a new local language support for several African languages to fortify its third party fact-checking programme. The initiative helps to assess the accuracy of news on the platform, thereby ...
Read More »Tricycle Rider Killed Over Right Of Way.
The Spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command DSP Bala Elkana Said: “On August 11, at about 2130hours, Surulere Police Station received a distress call from Randle Hospital Suru -Lere, that Aniete Bassay, a Tricycle Operator was brought to the ...
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