The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has cautioned Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, against interfering in the prosecution of Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Modibbo Kawu. It accused the Federal ...
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Ogun police arrest 25 suspects over burning of deputy speaker’s office, declare inspector missing
Twenty-four hours after hoodlums set Ogun State House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo’s campaign office and his five buses ablaze at Ifo Local Government Area, the state police command has declared a Police Inspector missing. The Command Spokesman, Abimbola ...
Read More »FMBN disburses N58 billion housing loans to 23,600 Nigerians
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has granted N58 billion loans to 23,600 beneficiaries to address the housing deficits in the country. The facilities cover April 2017 to March 2019. A breakdown shows that National Housing Fund (NHF) mortgage ...
Read More »Revenue workers caution banks against dealing with consultants on remittances
Protesting workers in the employ of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) have warned commercial banks to desist from dealing with consultants on issues concerning revenue collections and remittances by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Under the ...
Read More »Nigeria may be certified polio-free in December, Africa records 714% increase in measles outbreaks
If feelers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) are anything to go by, Nigeria may be certified polio-free this December when it would have accomplished interruption of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) transmission for over three years. By July and August, ...
Read More »AGF releases N55b for payment of promotion arrears, saves N37b from MDAs
Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, yesterday disclosed that he has released N55b to pay arrears of entitlements to promoted Federal Government employees. He said of the amount, N42b has been paid to the affected civil servants, while ...
Read More »University teachers undermined 2019 elections, says former INEC Chair Jega
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega, yesterday critisised university lecturers for allegedly conniving with politicians to undermine the integrity and outcome of the 2019 general elections. He regretted that the dons facilitated the faulty recruitment ...
Read More »Groups urge police to disarm Kogi youths as NUJ flays roadblocks
Two groups, Save Kogi Movement (SKM), and Idah Club 6575, have called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to retrieve arms illegally possessed by youths in the state. In separate appeals yesterday in Lokoja, they claimed that ...
Read More »Taraba, Benue states deputy governors move to end Tiv/Jukun crisis
At last, the much-desired peace between the Tiv and the Jukun, which Governors Darius Ishaku of Taraba State and Samuel Ortom of Benue failed to achieve before leaving the country for holidays, is about being realised by their deputies. Deputy ...
Read More »Wike receives certificate of return, decries army, FSARS’s role in Rivers elections
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday decried attempt by some military and Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad (F-SARS) personnel to subvert the March 9 gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in the state. He said it was regrettable that a FSARS ...
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