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THE Institute of the Black World 21st Century and a host of African American civil society organisations (CSOs), including Reverend Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, have written Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to stop any plans to privatise water in Lagos State. In ...
Read More »Eight reinstated Rivers permanent secretaries resume without offices
The eight permanent secretaries who were sacked by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, but reinstated by the National Industrial Court (NIC) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have resumed work. The senior civil servants, who were sighted at the state secretariat, however, ...
Read More »Imo panel indicts Okorocha over contracts fraud
Imo State Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts has indicted former Governor Rochas Okorocha over alleged fraudulent award of contracts during his time as governor. It, therefore, ordered the state Auditor General and the Auditor General for Local Governments to ...
Read More »EAD successfully carried out in nine councils of A’Ibom, says aide
Special Adviser to Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel on Political and Legislative Affairs, Sunny Ibuot, has declared that the National Population Commission (NPC) has successfully carried out Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) in nine council areas of the state. He ...
Read More »Supreme Court quashes Heineken Lokpobiri’s appeal, affirms David Lyon APC candidate
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by former Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri, against the candidacy of Bayelsa State Governor-elect, David Lyon. Lokpobiri and Lyon are both members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ...
Read More »Militant group seeks transfer of presidential amnesty programme to COS’ office
A Niger Delta militant group, the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) has demanded that the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) be transferred to the office of the Chief of Staff (COS) to the President and head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ...
Read More »Creation of Operation Shege Ka Fasa polarises Arewa youths as group seeks amnesty for bandits, kidnappers
Members of the Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations (JACNYA) have cautioned some Arewa youths over their comments against the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Sa’ad and other Northern elders who recently criticised the inauguration of Operation Shege Ka ...
Read More »FG to prosecute DisCos over illegal installations, construction of electrical parts
The Federal Government has said it is considering the prosecution of power distribution companies (DisCos) and individuals, who violate regulations in a bid to address poor electrical installations and construction in the country. Speaking at the launch of a new ...
Read More »Terrorist organisations using social media platforms to recruit disciples, says minister
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami has declared that terrorist organisations now use social media platforms to recruit followers. Pantami disclosed this in Abuja, while delivering a lecture on Leadership in Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Violent Extremism in Nigeria. ...
Read More »Obaseki’s loyalists back Bisi Akande reconciliation panel
With the political squabbles rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, chieftains of the party across the 18 local councils of the state yesterday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for setting up the reconciliation committee headed by former governor ...
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