The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has threatened to sack heads of ministries, departments and agencies (MDA) that had been spurning its summons seeking their clarifications on allegations of unathourised spending contained in the recent report from the office of ...
Read More »Pressurise National Assembly to make Diaspora voting reality, Buhari tells Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised Nigerians abroad to mount pressure on the National Assembly to amend the relevant laws with a view to making diaspora voting a reality. Speaking at a meeting with the executive committee members of the Nigerian ...
Read More »D.C AYO, PART OF OUR PROBLEM : AGENTS LAMENT – By Mc Anthony Onuoha
Agents at TinCan Port say they have been working with officers at Terminal D1, but never encountered an officer like the current O. C in charge of Five Star Terminal,(D1), Deputy Comptroller Caroline Ayo, describing her as extremely strict. One ...
Read More »ECOWAS sets up committee on Nigeria’s border closure
The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government has constituted a committee headed by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso to review and report to it on Nigeria’s land border closure with it neighbours. Senior Special Assistant ...
Read More »Southern Kaduna elder tells panel how El-Rufai humiliated, imprisoned their leaders
National President of Adara Development Association (ADA), Awemi Dio Maisamari yesterday told the Commission of Inquiry set up by the Kaduna State Government how Governor Nasir El-Rufai humiliated and imprisoned several Southern Kaduna people and some of their leaders. He ...
Read More »FG begins formalisation of mining operations in Nigeria
The Federal Government has said it will soon begin formalisation of activities of no fewer than 500,000 artisanal and small-scale miners with a view to checkmating chaotic mining operations in the country. This followed Federal Government alleged neglect of miners ...
Read More »Akwa Ibom State to review MoU template for IOCs, oil services companies
Akwa Ibom State Government has said it will seek a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with international oil companies (IOCs) and oil services firms to effectively address the needs and challenges of host communities. Commissioner for Environment and Petroleum Resources, ...
Read More »CSOs, stakeholders converge on Benin over implementation of FoI Act
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) will converge on Benin City, Edo State, to examine issues pertaining to access and usage of the FoI Act. Expectedly, the British Council, which manages funding support of the European Union (EU), would train permanent secretaries, ...
Read More »Court grants MRA, journalist leave to sue FCSC for N15m claim
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave for Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and a journalist, Tobore Ovuorie, to file N15m claim against the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) for alleged violation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, ...
Read More »Cleric, group ask govt to stop B’Haram, unravel sponsors of terrorism
Archbishop and President, Gospel Baptist Conference of Nigeria and Overseas (GBCN & O), Reverend Peter Olurotimi Olonade described the level of insecurity in the country as unbelievable. Lamenting the way in which life was being snuffed out of Christians in ...
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