The European Union Election Observer Mission ((EU EOM), will today, meet with Senate President Ahmad Lawan and officially present its report on the 2019 general elections to the upper chamber of the National Assembly. The emergency meeting had been communicated ...
Read More »ICPC investigates N18 billion shady constituency projects in 12 states
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) yesterday said it had begun investigation of alleged fraudulent constituency projects and others worth N18,139,631,920 in 12 states. A document obtained revealed that at least five projects had been identified ...
Read More »Vice President Osinbajo, Speaker Gbajabiamila meet on executive, legislative unity
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila met yesterday in All Progressives Congress (APC) government’s quest to foster common interest between the executive and legislature. The meeting, which held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja and Gbajabiamila’s ...
Read More »Timi Franks knocks FG over AIT, Raypower’s suspension, says it’s height of impunity, tyranny
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has joined other Nigerians to condemn the suspension of Daar Communications’ broadcast licence. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) had suspended the licence of Daar Communications, owners and ...
Read More »Bayelsa State government seeks collaboration with federal, state agencies on ICT policies
The Bayelsa State Government has stressed the need for robust collaboration between state and federal agencies in policy formulation and implementation on science, technology and innovation. Deputy Governor Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John-Jonah (rtd.) stated this when he received Director General, ...
Read More »Group seeks HYPREP’s independence, threatens legal action, protest over delay in Ogoni cleanup
The Social Development Integrated Centre (SocialAction) has advocated independence of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) from government and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), if the Ogoni cleanup must be actualised. It argued that government’s and Shell’s interference in the ...
Read More »Oyetola’s, Adeleke’s counsel make last minute defence at Supreme Court, ruling fixed for July 5
Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, All Progressives Congress (APC) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the appeals filed by Senator Ademola Adeleke. Adeleke was Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the September 2018 ...
Read More »Desertification claims 24 billion fertile land annually, says United Nations
The United Nations has advised developing countries to urgently combat the effects of desertification, which, according to it, were worsening migration and food insecurity worldwide. The global body reminded governments that the menace was posing a serious threat to the ...
Read More »NLC threatens to invoke sanction on states over new wage, Ihedioha promises to pay full salary, pension
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to invoke relevant sanctions against states that fail to comply with the new minimum wage of N30,000 for workers. The vice president, Issa Aremu, said in Owerri, Imo State, that the states have ...
Read More »Nigeria operating amputated fiscal federalism, experts say
Experts in political economy have described Nigeria’s touted fiscal federalism as amputated. At the second annual Professor Pita Ejiofor Frontier Lecture in Management Sciences recently in Awka, Anambra State, they also espoused ways to ensure effective economic diversification in the ...
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