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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 ...
Read More »At Calabar event, NGO lists major obstacle to effective criminal justice law
A NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation (NGO), Clean Foundation, has picked the police force as a major hindrance to the effective implementation of the Admission of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015. During a two day workshop for officers of the Nigeria Police Force ...
Read More »FG pledges speedy harmonisation of citizens’ identification data
The Federal Government promised speedy harmonisation of all citizens’ identification data in possession of various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to birth a single database. President Muhammadu Buhari had inaugurated the Committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonisation sometime ago. ...
Read More »Senate threatens to sack evasive MDAs’ heads, rejects defence by representation
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 ...
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