Malami Under Fire For Suggesting Whistleblowers Should Recover Loot
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has restated its call for an honest implementation of the federal government’s whistleblowers blower policy. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by Chido Onumah, the Coordinator. Read Also: Buhari Will Certainly Assent Electoral Act Amendment Bill – Malami It criticised the recent comments by […]
Niger Repatriates 780 Almajiris To Their States Of Origin
Niger State Government says it has repatriated 780 out of 794 Almajiris from its Quarantine Center in Minna, the state capital to their states of origin in line with decision of the Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF. It stated that the remaining 14 children at the Center include 12 foreigners from Benin and Niger Republics […]
Pension Arrears: Imo Pensioners Take To The Streets Once Again
Hundreds of pensioners in Imo State on Wednesday took to the streets of Owerri, the state capital, to protest their pension arrears being owed by the Imo State Government. Africa Today News, New York reports that the Imo retirees took to the streets in Owerri the state capital, carrying placards bearing: “PENSION AND GRATUITY ARE […]
Alani Bankole To INEC: Stop Imposing Wrong Candidates On Nigerians
A foremost Nigerian businessman and politician, Chief Suarau Alani Bankole, described imposition of candidates by political parties as the bane of Nigeria’s politics and therefore asked the leading parties in the country to stop the practice in the interest of the populace. Chief Alani Bankole, who is the father of a former Speaker of the […]
ICPC Goes After Kwara Contractors With Shoddy UBEC Jobs
Contractors who poorly handled government school projects across Kwara State, have been ordered back to go and fix such projects. The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related offences Commission, ICPC, Constituency Projects Tracking Team, now on a tour of Kwara State said the concerned contractors must fix such projects to the Bill of Quantity guidelines […]
Wike Vows To Revamp Secondary Schools In Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has vowed to upgrade facilities in schools that have contributed in moulding prominent personalities and made the state famous, educationally. Wike gave the assurance after inspecting the rehabilitation of Government Comprehensive Secondary School and the Enitonia High School in Borikiri Town in Port Harcourt . The governor expressed sadness […]
Customs Collects ₦1.1bn From South-West Importers In Six Months
The Strike Force of the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in Zone ‘A’, said it has raised a Debit Notes (DN) worth more than ₦1.104 billion from importers of cargo that pays lesser Customs duties into the Federal Government coffers from the six area commands of the service in the South West. […]
APC: Tinubu, Amaechi, el-Rufai Set For 2023 Race
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention, some founders and pillars of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have returned to the trenches to restrategise and plot fresh plans to realise their 2023 political quests. Notable leaders of the party considered to be posturing for 2023 include Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi; Kaduna governor, Nasir […]
FG Increases Price Of Petrol To ₦143.80 Per Litre
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), has fixed the pump price band of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol at between ₦140.80 and ₦143.80 per litre for the month of July. Executive Secretary of the Agency Abdulkadir Saidu disclosed this in a memo to all Petroleum Products marketers released in Abuja on […]
Massacre At Drug Rehab Centre In Mexico
At least 24 people were killed in an attack on a drug rehabilitation facility in the central Mexican city of Irapuato, Mexican police said late Wednesday. This underlines the challenge government has in fulfilling a pledge to stop gang violence. Police in the city in Guanajuato State said the gunmen also wounded seven people in […]
How Amaechi Mocked Me When I Succeeded Him – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has recalled how his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, mocked him while running to contest the 2015 governorship election in the state. Wike recalled how Amaechi, now Minister of Transportation, boasted that there would not be money anywhere for him to pay salary and to provide infrastructure. Read Also: Wike Thanks ‘Exceptional […]
Falana, Oby Ezekwesili, Others Form New Political Coalition
About 30 prominent Nigerians have formed a new political movement in the country. In a communiqué issued on Wednesday in Abuja, the group unveiled its name as National Consultative Front. Read Also: Oby Ezekwesili Loses Mum To Cancer Some of the members include: a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’abba; a prominent […]