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The National Social Investment Office (NSIO) has pledged a level-playing field for all Nigerians in the execution of the Social Intervention Programmes (SIPs) of the Federal Government. The Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Mrs. Maryam Uwais, gave ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has led the Nigerian delegation to the 50th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region Conference in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Also in the team were Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege and members from the two ...

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has faulted the four-count terrorism and treason charge filed against Agba Jalingo, publisher of an online medium, Cross RiverWatch, at the Federal High Court, Calabar. Calling for his unconditional release, the group’s national ...

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has vowed to continue with its activities amid weekend’s directive to police commands and formations by IGP Mohammed Adamu for the immediate dismantling of structures belonging to the sect nationwide. Its South West Coordinator, ...

No fewer than 6,721 concerned Nigerians, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE), at the weekend initiated action at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos against the ninth Senate over plan to spend ...

Residents of Araromi Orita Community in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government area of Ogun have appealed to the state government to save them from frequent invasion of the community by land grabbers. Chief Rasheed Olaleye, a community leader, also the Alakoso of Araromi ...

As part of efforts to reduce the rate of out-of-school children and assist parents, an NGO on Saturday took its ‘Back to School’ campaign to Lalupon area of Ibadan in Oyo State. The Nigeria News Agency reports that the NGO, ...

The Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association (YYSA) Worldwide has decried the closure of Seme and other borders in the country. In a statement issued by its National Secretary, Olawale Ajao, the group noted that the Federal Government’s closure of the Nigeria-Benin ...

National Coordinator of O’dua Peoples Congress (OPC), Gani Adams, has disclosed that the group will venture into politics if there is no tangible evidence that Nigeria will be restructured in the next few months. Adams, who is the Aaare Onakananfo of Yoruba ...

The Ondo South Mandate Group (OSMG) has rejected the nomination of Gbenga Edema as a commissioner representing Ondo State on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), alleging prejudice. The group, comprising All Progressives Congress (APC) members, oil-producing ...