Bayelsa State Governor and Chairman of the South-South Governors Forum, Seriake Dickson has asked all governors to maintain the principle of rotation in the election of a new chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF). He stated this in a ...
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Urbanisation, others threatening Lagos biodiversity, says environment ministry
The Lagos State government has lamented the devastating impact of urbanisation and associated factors to the state’s biodiversity. Speaking in commemoration of World Biodiversity Day, the permanent secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Abiodun Bamgboye, urged stakeholders to act quickly and ...
Read More »CBN governor Emefiele flays high unemployment rate, urges quick action to check recession
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has said the country’s failure to tackle its high rate of unemployment, may lead to another recession sooner than later. Emefiele stated this while delivering the third eminent lecture series ...
Read More »Investors over-subscribe 30-year FGN bond by N100 billion
The Debt Management Office (DMO) yesterday said its longest debt paper so far-the 30-year May 2019 FGN Bond auction – again attracted over-subscription like it did the previous month. The agency submitted that it was oversubscribed byN100 billion far from ...
Read More »President Buhari visits Ogun on May 25
President Muhammadu Buhari is visiting Ogun State on Saturday, May 25, to commission a number of projects embarked upon by the Governor Ibikunle Amosun administration. The governor made the disclosure while inspecting some of the projects billed for inauguration, adding ...
Read More »Customs FOU seizes N15 billion worth of animal skins
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized two containers of animal skins worth N15 billion and meant for export. Comptroller of FOU Zone A, Ikeja, Aliyu Mohammed, said the hides were being dried when ...
Read More »Prof. Wole Soyinka backs Olusegun Obasanjo on Fulanisation of Nigeria claim
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s submission that the Boko Haram insurgency was no longer about lack of jobs for the youths, but a full-blown ‘Fulanisation’ of West Africa, Islamisation of Africa and globally organised ...
Read More »National Assembly approves roads fund, federal audit service commission bills, imposes N1 levy per litre on petroleum products
The National Assembly has passed the National Roads Fund Bill to ensure periodic maintenance of the highways. To actualise the move, the House of Representatives endorsed the conference report on the piece of legislation co-chaired by Senator Kabiru Gaya and ...
Read More »Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill one in Kogi as burial of corpse found in battlefield sparks row in Jos
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed a 35-year-old farmer, Mr. Ariyo Aina, on his way to the farm at Ogga community in Yagba West Council of Kogi State. National president of Ogga Progressive Union (OPU) Mr. Bamidele Olure, told journalists ...
Read More »Peace workshop on Bayelsa State guber election holds tomorrow
Ahead of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Ijaw Professionals Association (IPA) will, tomorrow, hold a workshop in Yenagoa towards achieving credible, violence-free polls. IPA is organising the workshop in collaboration with Ijaw Nations Forum (INF), ...
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