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The Social Development Integrated Centre (SocialAction) has advocated independence of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) from government and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), if the Ogoni cleanup must be actualised. It argued that government’s and Shell’s interference in the ...

Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, All Progressives Congress (APC) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the appeals filed by Senator Ademola Adeleke. Adeleke was Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the September 2018 ...

The United Nations has advised developing countries to urgently combat the effects of desertification, which, according to it, were worsening migration and food insecurity worldwide. The global body reminded governments that the menace was posing a serious threat to the ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to invoke relevant sanctions against states that fail to comply with the new minimum wage of N30,000 for workers. The vice president, Issa Aremu, said in Owerri, Imo State, that the states have ...

Experts in political economy have described Nigeria’s touted fiscal federalism as amputated. At the second annual Professor Pita Ejiofor Frontier Lecture in Management Sciences recently in Awka, Anambra State, they also espoused ways to ensure effective economic diversification in the ...

Quality can be largely perceived as a subjective term, and is dependent on analysts’ perception. There are many definitions for general quality management systems. Most of them in recent times emphasize the use of some type of system that is ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says eight million Nigerian children are out-of-school in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as over 10.5 million are unable to access safe and quality education. According to a statement by UNICEF’s ...

Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Igbo-Etiti Council of Enugu State have accused Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials of diverting their election duty allowance worth over N2.6 million. The corps members said the officials had been ...

The Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Marion Kappeyne, has promised her country’s support for the development of agriculture in Ogidi Community of Kogi State. Kappenye, who gave the hint during the 2019 Ogidi Day celebrations, said the Netherlands being a specialist ...

Vice President of the IndustrialALL Global Union, Comrade Issa Aremu at the weekend advocated partnership for national development among relevant stakeholders for sustainable democracy in Nigeria. He urged states and the private sector to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s call for ...