Osinbajo laments, says graft impedes smooth trade, contract pacts

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that corruption is militating against positive outcomes to trade and contract agreements in the country. He made the disclosure yesterday while declaring open a capacity building workshop for Nigerian trade negotiators for improved terms of engagement with the rest of the world and to eradicate illicit financial flows in […]

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FG to remove over 3000 shipwrecks from coastline

With over 3,000 shipwrecks littering Nigeria’s coastline, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the removal of shipwrecks from Badagry to Tincan Island waterways in order to ensure smooth navigation on Nigerian waters. The Director-General, NIMASA, Bashir Jamoh, who disclosed this during a chat with the media in Lagos, said the removal of shipwrecks will […]

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Security: We can’t afford to fail – Akeredolu

Five days after its creation, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami declared the Southwest security organisation Amotekun an illegal entity. Some had thought that because he had a second term election ahead of him, Governor Akeredolu would chicken out of Amotekun cause, but he dared the Presidency and announced […]

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Assembly asks Sanwo-Olu to check excesses of LGs

Governor charges public servants on diligence, service delivery State PDP ready to re-establish free, fair congress Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, said it would no longer close its eyes to the excesses of local councils and local council development areas (LCDAs) that are involved in extortion and harassment of operators of courier and logistics […]

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Ethnic nationalities to push Bill on restructuring

ACF’s proposal gets Ohanaeze, PANDEF, Middle Belt Forum support Afenifere, ARG give conditions Previous constitutions for use as guide The drumbeat of restructuring is growing louder with ethnic nationalities taking up the gauntlet. Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), on Monday told North’s lawmakers in the House of Representatives that it will spearhead a bill to reset […]

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Herdsmen armed with AK-47 occupying our farmlands, Ogoni elders cry out

The Gbo Kabari Ogoni, an elite organization of Ogoni elders in Rivers State, have cried over the occupation of their farmlands by AK47-bearing herdsmen× The Ogoni Elders Forum in a statement titled, ‘Before we are killed again’, released in Port Harcourt on Monday, said the herdsmen were destroying their farmlands with their cows. The elders […]

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Restructuring: Niger Delta leaders give FG 90-day ultimatum

Mandate South-South governors to set up common security outfit to fight banditry Militant group Avengers returns, threatens attacks on oil facilities, politicians The South South geo-political zone has raised the ante in the agitation for the restructuring of the country, handing down a three-month ultimatum to the federal authorities to start the process of giving […]

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No basis for Niger Delta Avengers’ threat – Buhari

says all grievances being addressed The Presidency on Sunday said threats by a militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), were unnecessary as its demands were already being addressed. NDA said on Saturday that it would launch Operation Humble to cripple the oil and gas industry, as well as target political figures from the region […]

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