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The $1 billion earmarked for the cleanup of Ogoniland in the first five years of the exercise may amount to a waste if illegal oil bunkering and artisanal refining are not urgently curtailed. Project Coordinator of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned the Federal Government against plans to withdraw troops from restive areas in the country, pointing out that such action will endangered the people’s security. President of CAN, Rev. Dr. Supo Ayokunle Samson, ...

Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has maintained that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was constitutionally right in detaining the convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo ...

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has urged Nigerians to disregard a publication claiming that the examination body plans to recruit new members of staff. NECO’s Head of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja, ...

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal, have attributed their reelection to the resilience of their people against every attempt to rig the 2019 governorship polls. They stated this at the 2020 Rivers State New ...

An economist, Professor Olanrewaju Olaniyan yesterday underscored the need for all tiers of government to improve on infrastructure and jobs creation to enhance the country’s economic growth and development. Olaniyan, a Director at the Centre for Sustainable Development, University of ...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Buba Galadima has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government borrowed N16tr in the last four years with nothing to show for it in the country. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, Galadima, ...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Buba Galadima has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government borrowed N16tr in the last four years with nothing to show for it in the country.   Speaking in Abuja yesterday, ...

Wife of Delta State Governor, Edith Okowa has enjoined corporate bodies and wealthy individuals to give back to their communities through humanitarian services. She gave the charge as Fidelity Bank Plc donated over 500 medicated eyeglasses and conducted 33 successful ...

Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has vowed to sustain anti-human trafficking activities in the nation’s land, air and sea borders She disclosed that the agency plans to have NAPTIP’s personnel ...