Armed kidnappers invaded Malali, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis at the weekend and abducted seven persons, carting away huge sums of money. Following the incident, residents of Narayi Community have sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to the police ...
Read More »Imo State to begin payment of pension arrears next month
Special Adviser to Governor Ihedioha on Media, Steve Osuji, has disclosed that the state government has concluded arrangements to commence payment of pension arrears owed retirees in the next one month. Speaking while fielding questions from journalists on the Peoples ...
Read More »Okorocha fighting Ihedioha’s administration with ill-gotten wealth, Irona alleges
‘Ex-governor refutes a claim, says ‘I made my money before I joining politics’ As disputations between Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha and his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha continues, Deputy Governor of the state, Gerald Irona, has accused the latter of using ...
Read More »Group berates Federal Government, police for denying Igbo senior positions
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has condemned the current ranking in the country’s police force in which no Igbo officer is Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) or Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG). ...
Read More »Group links increasing insurgency to cancellation of pre-shipment inspection under Dikko
The Social Integrity Network (SINET) has blamed incessant insurgency and armed banditry in the country on cancellation of pre-shipment inspection at the nation’s seaports by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Its National Coordinator, Ibrahim Isah, who stated this at a ...
Read More »Oil pipeline vandalism increases by 77% as NNPC loses N17 billion from non-functional refineries
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said oil and gas pipeline vandalism rose by 77 per cent in June this year. The newly released June edition of the corporation’s Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) showed that 106 pipeline ...
Read More »Borno blames lingering Boko Haram insurgency on porous borders, youths disagree on generalisation of terrorism
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 ...
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