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Vice President Yemi Osibanjo has promised that the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) will soon have participants in the Senior Executive Course of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS). He said members of the NGE, the umbrella ...
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40 physically challenged persons, 188 others get N300, 000 each from FG
The Federal Government has given N300, 000 empowerment package to 40 persons with disabilities (PWDs) and 188 youths and women each at the graduation ceremonies of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs for trainees in Delta, Edo and Akwa Ibom states. ...
Read More »Judge accuses defence counsel of frustrating Metuh’s N400m trial
Justice Okon Abang of Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday expressed displeasure over tactics of defence counsel of former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, in a N400m alleged fraud case. Metuh had been ...
Read More »Auctioneers seek quick disposal of recovered national assets
National President of the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers, Aliyu Kiliya, has sought quick disposal of recovered national assets to forestall untoward acts from government functionaries. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, he contended that the assets had long overdue for ...
Read More »Nigeria’s GDP dips to two per cent in Q1 2019, analysts predict more shocks, urge urgent action
The nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reversed its major leap in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 2.39 per cent to 2.01 in the first quarter of 2019, representing a decline of -0.38 per cent points. The development, which is ...
Read More »EFCC, Navy declare war on pipeline vandalism
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Navy are to be more responsive to oil bunkering and pipeline vandalism in the region. The commitment was reiterated when Deputy Zonal Head of the EFCC, Uyo Zonal Office, Alex ...
Read More »DCP Fakeye Sold my Properties – Ize-Iyamu : Ize-Iyamu is a mental patient – DCP Fakeye
A retired Captain of Nigerian Army, Bernard Ize-Iyamu has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Inspector General of Police Muhammed Adamu, to quickly intervene in his ordeal in the hand of some officers of Nigeria police at Zone II command ...
Read More »Kachikwu, others seek sale of refineries to local, foreign investors, offer pathway to pipeline vandalism
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, and other critical stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to sell the nation’s moribund refineries to interested local and foreign investors. The minister and other experts, drawn from his ministry as well ...
Read More »IPAC seeks full engagement of youths in politics
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) is to send to a proposal to the Ninth National Assembly compelling political parties to reserve 30 per cent of the membership of their national and state executive councils for youths to engender more participation ...
Read More »IYC urges PMB to relocate Presidential Amnesty Programme, Niger Delta Ministry to region
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has again urged President Muhammadu Buhari to relocate the offices of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) to the region. It also restated its call to make the ...
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