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Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) will converge on Benin City, Edo State, to examine issues pertaining to access and usage of the FoI Act. Expectedly, the British Council, which manages funding support of the European Union (EU), would train permanent secretaries, ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave for Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and a journalist, Tobore Ovuorie, to file N15m claim against the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) for alleged violation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, ...

Archbishop and President, Gospel Baptist Conference of Nigeria and Overseas (GBCN & O), Reverend Peter Olurotimi Olonade described the level of insecurity in the country as unbelievable. Lamenting the way in which life was being snuffed out of Christians in ...

The Methodist Church of Nigeria has asked the Federal Government to redouble efforts in tackling insecurity in the country with a view to securing the lives and property of Nigerians, irrespective of religious beliefs. It expressed concern that the situation ...

With a couple of days to the end of his tenure, Governor Seriake Dickson, commissioned the multi-billion Naira Bayelsa International Airport, knocking the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for allegedly playing politics with the project. Inaugurating the facility in the ...

The Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies have been commended for restoring sanity at the popular Fiong Aran Market in Ini Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom State. The council chairman, Israel Idaisin, who gave the commendation during ...

The unaccessed Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) matching grants to state governments currently stand at N73 billion, the Executive Secretary, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has disclosed. He made the disclosure in his presentation to members of the House of Representatives Committee ...

As President Muhammadu Buhari has wooed investors into Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, international oil companies (IOCs) and other stakeholders in the industry expressed concern over the declining foreign direct investments (FDIs) into the country owing to government’s seeming unwillingness ...

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has explained the delay in the submission of its 2014 to 2016 accounts. The clarification followed an inquiry by the National Assembly after the office of the Auditor General of the Federation had alleged ...

The House of Representatives has flayed the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) for allegedly concealing its internally generated revenue (IGR) between 2014 and 2019. The green chamber expressed its anger when the agency’s General Manager Finance, Mr. Peter Joshua, ...