Exactly two weeks after the disbandment of its anti-vandal team in Rivers State over allegation by the state government that the team has been aiding and abetting illegal bunkering, Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi, has ordered the restructuring and sanitising of its command in Rivers State. […]
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• Senate sets N3trn revenue target for govt agencies to reduce budget deficits, borrowings • Nigeria’s debt-to-revenue ratio to cross 80% mark – Agusto & Co The Senate, yesterday, tasked revenue-generating agencies to make N3 trillion yearly to reduce Federal Government’s borrowings and deficits in the 2022 budget. It further charged the agencies to prevent […]
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Says Abuja-Lokoja, Lagos Calabar rail lines, others underway The Federal Government has blamed delay in completing some major projects, including railways, on paucity of funds. Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who spoke at the weekend, hinted that the Chinese have stopped funding Nigerian government projects, leading to shopping for loans in Europe to complete existing […]
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A Kano State Magistrate Court, yesterday, ordered the remand of former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Muazu Magaji, in Kano Correctional Centre. Magaji, who is standing trial on four counts bordering on criminal defamation of character against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, was ordered to remain in detention after his bail application was denied. The critic of […]
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By Sola Ebiseni The first meeting of the Afenifere in 2022 was held on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, where the Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, set the year’s agenda for the organisation. Excerpts from the speech have been reported in the media with different interpretations of many of the issues raised, particularly on Sunday Igboho, Nnamdi […]
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Members of the Olubadan-in-Council have withdrawn their suit challenging the consent judgment that nullified their elevation to beaded crown-wearing monarchs, to end the controversy and delay in enthroning a new Olubadan of Ibadanland. The high chiefs were said to have formally written to the court yesterday of their intention to withdraw the suit. The consent […]
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‘Ego, perception fueling division’ Panel with 47 petitions asks for more time Ego and perception are factors responsible for the division in the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party’s Reconciliation Committee said yesterday. Caretaker Committee Chairman Mai Mala Buni also identified a lack of unity, the elevation of personal interest over national interest, and […]
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Going by the account of Governor Babagana Zulum, about 900,000 houses, 5,000 classrooms and 800 public buildings have been lost by Borno State to insurgency. The municipal infrastructures destroyed by terrorists are included police stations, traditional rulers’ houses and local government secretariats, among others. Prof Zulum made the revelation during a visit to Zamfara State […]
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• Govt woos pupils, parents with feeding, cash Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has said the prevailing insecurity in the North is taking its toll on Federal Government’s out-of-school programme. He said the programme may not achieve its objectives unless the current security challenges are tackled. The governor spoke in Minna, the state capital, […]
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APC no longer a political party, but election platform, ex-PGF DG laments Governors and top leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, are split over the presidential aspiration of the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The division is affecting zoning of National Working Committee, NWC, and National Executive Committee, NEC, offices ahead […]
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