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The Federal Government has been urged to institutionalise its social protection programmes for impact and sustainability. An international organisation, Save the Children, said government could leverage the gains of the current administration’s social nets for continuity. The Senior Social Protection ...

The Federal Government has appealed to the United States to rescind its decision on immigrant visa ban on Nigerians due to the age-long ties between the two nations. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the call while receiving the American ...

For allegedly failing to remit the five per cent of staff wage to the Nigerian Pension Commission (PENCOM) in the past five years, the Senate Committee on Public Accounts yesterday queried the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed ...

Chairman, Expert Advisory Panel of the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRC), Odein Ajumogobia, and leading industry experts have re-echoed the lingering challenges bedeviling the nation’s oil and gas sector, especially poor management of resources and regulatory loopholes. Speaking at the ...

Renowned Pan-Africanist, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba has admonished members of the National Assembly to eschew selfish interests and render selfless service to Nigerians. The erudite Kenyan scholar, who spoke at the launch of the Green Chamber Magazine in the ...

Barely five days after the inauguration of Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, the state House of Assembly yesterday, elected Abraham Ngobere as the new Speaker. Ngobere, a former Deputy Speaker of the house, was elected following Monday Obolo’s resignation after ...

Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo, has described his 179-day detention in prison by the Cross River State government as a “facade manipulation and circumvention of the country’s justice system.” Jalingo who stated this yesterday in Calabar, Cross River State, however, expressed ...

Herdsmen have again killed One Owoh 45 and Samuel Imonkhai in Owan Community in Ovia North East Council Area of Edo State. Until his murder, Owoh, who was a palm wine tapper was shot by the bandits, while plying his ...

President of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, his Ohanaeze Ndigbo counterpart, Nnia Nwodo and Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) have insisted on restructuring of the country. They urged Nigerians to persuade National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed ...

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has faulted the requirement of Bank Verification Number (BVN) for issuance of electronic-passport by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). The governor, who lauded the service for introducing the e-passport with 10-year validity that would enable ...