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The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) has charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to recover N72.5 billion from corrupt officials of Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Chairman of the Committee, Kingsley Chinda, who ...
Read More »CSOs decry failure to end killings, kidnappings in Rivers State
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Rivers State have decried police and government’s failure to tackle the worsening security challenges in the state. Speaking under the aegis of We the People and Rivers Civil Society Coalition, the group lamented that the ...
Read More »Opposition party chieftains masterminded my ordeal with army, Wike’s aide informs panel
Special Adviser to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Infrastructure, Otonye Briggs, told the Justice Monima Danagogo-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry that opposition party chieftains masterminded his mistreatment by the military. Narrating how the Nigerian Army detained him for 11 ...
Read More »Abuja workers shun protest as security agents lay siege to TCN’s office
Headquarters of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Abuja came under heavy security of the Nigerian Police and Army, as workers boycotted planned picketing by the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The protest, which was to be led by President ...
Read More »TUC pickets TCN over alleged anti-labour policies, seeks MD’s removal
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) yesterday picketed management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Enugu and Lagos states over alleged anti-labour policies and activities capable of derailing its smooth operations. Members of the union, led by ...
Read More »Soyinka in U.S, praises Leah Sharibu, condemns Americans’ handling of Boko Haram
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has paid a poignant tribute to the heroine Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, during an event at the prestigious Georgetown University in Washington, United States. The teenager was kidnapped on February 19, 2018 alongside her schoolmates ...
Read More »BOI to disburse N40b in 2019, approves N2 billion dividend
The Bank of Industry (BOI) is to disburse over N40 billion soft loans to small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in 2019, as against the N33.9 billion it gave out last year. Its chairman, Aliyu Abdulrahman Dikko, who was spoke ...
Read More »Ngige inaugurates NSITF board amid tight security, seeks exposure of agency’s N48b fraud culprits
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, shrugged off protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which recently alleged attacks on its members, to inaugurate the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) amid tight security by operatives ...
Read More »NIMASA EXTENDS CSR TO KADUNA FLOOD VICTIMS
The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has urged corporate organisations in Nigeria to emulate the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) by supporting and complementing government’s efforts towards alleviating the suffering of persons affected by the recent ...
Read More »Microbiologists offer to assist government prevent mysterious deaths
Nigerian Society for Microbiology (NSM) has offered to assist government to reduce the increasing rate of questionable deaths among Nigerians often caused by preventable diseases. Speaking at the society’s South West Zonal third annual symposium themed ‘Harnessing Microbiology Potentials for ...
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