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The Federal Government has concluded plans to execute contracts and agreements on flooding and erosion control entered into a national and international levels by the past administration. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, stated this at ...
Read More »World leaders won’t attend Buhari’s May 29 inauguration, says Lai Mohammed
World leaders will not be part of the May 29 ceremonies for President Mohammadu Buhari inauguration for a second term in office, the Federal Government has disclosed. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed stated this while briefing State House ...
Read More »Reps urge EFCC to recover N72.5b, $1.8m from corrupt MDAs officials, task President on assent to Audit Commission Bill
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 ...
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