Governor Babagana Zulum has linked the protracted Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State to porous borders linking Nigeria with neighbouring Chad, Cameroun and Niger republics. The governor made the submission while addressing State House correspondents in Abuja after a meeting ...
Read More »United Nations flays Nigeria’s education curriculum for lack of standards
The United Nations has faulted Nigeria’s education curriculum for lack of objective values, resulting in the continued production of what it described as clever thieves. National Executive Project Director, Free United Nations Human Rights Education and Advocacy Training Project, Nigeria, ...
Read More »Youth inclusion in policy process solution to poor GYDI, says NDI
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) has identified consistent involvement and inclusion of youths in policy formulation, implementation and collaboration among government agencies, as a solution to Nigeria’s poor Global Youth Development Index (GYDI). Nigeria ranked 141st in the 2016 GYDI, 156th in ...
Read More »I left N5.7 billion for retirees’ entitlements, says Okorocha as ex-gov, successor trade words over governance
Immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has insisted that his administration left N 5.7b in a bank account to offset retirees’ entitlements. Okorocha, who spoke with journalists at his residence in Owerri, maintained that he left the money ...
Read More »NOA, UNICEF support protection of children in South East
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) and United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) have expressed concern over child mortality rate in the South East, describing it as alarming. They, however, argued that the situation could be reversed if mothers and caregivers ...
Read More »Group vows to expose northern governor behind RevolutionNow
A coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has vowed to expose a northern governor from the North West who it said, masterminded the Northern version of RevolutionNow protests and anti-cabal demonstrations earlier held in the region. It disclosed that the governor ...
Read More »Nigeria begins documentation for ARCC’s WPV-free certification as Edo moves to address health challenges
The Federal Government is marking three years without a Wild Polio Virus (WPV) case in the country and expressed confidence that by March 2020 Nigeria would be certified as polio-free. Consequently, the country has commenced the process of documentation for ...
Read More »Ortom condemns attack on Nasarawa deputy gov’s convoy
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has condemned the attack by an unknown gun on the convoy of Nasarawa State Deputy Governor Emmanuel Akabe along the Lafia-Abuja highway. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, the governor described ...
Read More »Lagos pledges speedy execution of affordable housing schemes
The Lagos State Government has promised to speedily complete all ongoing housing schemes to provide shelter for the teeming population. Commissioner for Housing, Maruf Akinderu-Fatai, who addressed reporters yesterday in Ikeja, stressed that the private sector’s participation would be strengthened ...
Read More »Presidency retains Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu, Laolu Akande as spokesmen
President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu as Special Adviser and Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. He also sanctioned the re-appointment of Laolu Akande as Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President ...
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