National Assembly. Photo/facebook/TopeBrown/NigerianSenate The Senate has commenced investigation of alleged payment of N698 million by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for an unexecuted security contract. The Public Accounts Committee of the Senate, which is carrying out the investigation, confirmed to The Guardian yesterday that the contract for security surveillance of NDDC projects was awarded […]
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A fierce gun duel between the police and enemies of the state has left five suspected terrorists dead in Matazu local council of Katsina State. The incident occurred last Thursday when the terrorists attacked Kuru and Dangani communities in the council area. Speaking yesterday while parading 13 suspects arrested mostly for terrorism related crimes at […]
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Kyari. Photo/BBC The Police Service Commission (PSC) has ordered fresh investigation and deferred decision on the case involving suspended Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Commander, DCP Abba Kyari. Spokesman of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, said: “Kyari had earlier been indicted by a report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the […]
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The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has stated that about one million people worldwide contract a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) every day. AHF Nigeria Country Programme Director, Dr. Echey Ijezie, who disclosed this at an event to mark the 2022 International Condom Day (ICD) in Abuja, yesterday, also noted that the world records about 1.5 million […]
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• HURIWA Lauds Judgment • It’s Pyrrhic Victory, Setback – Lawyers • Governors Will Take Position After Studying Judgment, Says Fayemi • Order Not Unconstitutional, Dissenting Judge Insists In a split decision of six Justices to one, the Supreme Court, yesterday in Abuja, nullified Executive Order 10 initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant financial […]
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Photo: Bayo Omoboriowo Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said that the only legacy left for President Muhammadu Buhari to leave for the nation is to conduct a credible, free and fair election. He urged Buhari to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan by conducting an election […]
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By Joel Popoola President Muhammadu Buhari has the arduous task of fulfilling his pre-election promise of making Nigeria less corrupt than it currently is. Another annual international Corruption Perception Index, another year of depressing reading for Nigeria. This year’s league table of the most corrupt countries on Earth sees Nigeria slipping even further – dropping […]
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Some of the old students with Mrs. Odedairo (5th from Left) at the event By Yinka Fabowale For Mrs. Bosede Odedairo, December 11, 2021 was a fulfilling day in her career as a teacher. It was the day her old pupils at Premier Grammar School, Lafenwa area of Abeokuta gathered to honour the veteran Yoruba […]
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By Banji Ayoola Shocked by the death of their former colleague and ace photographer, Remi Aye, former staff of Owena Press Limited, publishers of The Hope newspapers, owned by the Ondo State Government, have appealed to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, to save them untimely death as happened to Aye. In an open letter signed on […]
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By Banji Ayoola A former top civil servant in Ondo State, and now a cleric, Mr Wale Josiah, has stressed the urgent need for journalists in Nigeria to have a health insurance scheme in place to fall back on in their hours of critical need especially after retirement from active service. While responding on Friday […]
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