Spending money outside state a breach of trust, says Sagay Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to return the £4.2m Ibori loot or invest it in specific projects in the state. Okowa, who spoke at the quarterly media briefing in Asaba, said the state government had written the Attorney General of […]
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has written President Joe Biden of the United States of America; Congress and prime ministers of Great Britain, Canada, and Australia for immediate intervention in the “needless bloodletting by the Nigerian Army and security forces in the South East of Nigeria.” It also pleaded with Governor Hope […]
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The World Bank has revealed a spending plan of $150 billion to support Africa in the next five years. Speaking at the Summit on Financing African Economies on Tuesday, the World Bank’s President, David Malpass, said a large portion of the outlay would take the form of grants and zero-interest long-term loans. He said the […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The surprise meeting of the Southern governors during which they took positions on problems bedeviling the country has predictably generated reactions. That they met at all caused consternation and uproar particularly from some leading lights of Northern extraction. The laudable and mature decisions were even more disconcerting what you would think calls […]
Continue ReadingPan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, on Tuesday, faulted the claim by northern governors that their southern counterparts ought not to have taken another resolution on restructuring and total ban on open grazing, having decided upon the issues already at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). Leader of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, reacting to the position of […]
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The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill that seeks to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined. According to the bill, Nigerians who pay ransom to kidnappers and kidnappers who receive ransom risk 15 years imprisonment. The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which scaled second reading […]
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SANs slam el-Rufai over order on Wabba, Labour chief dares governor There was confusion in Kaduna, the Kaduna State capital, on Tuesday when thugs attacked workers at a rally organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress as the strike in the state entered the second day. The NLC, in a statement by its Acting General Secretary, […]
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By Mobolaji Folorunso Nigeria with 17 recipients, and two other countries have emerged the topmost winners of the 371 Master’s scholarships granted by Sweden for the 2021/2022 academic session. This was announced by the Swedish Institute. Three Nigerians including the reporter, got the scholarships respectively in 2016 and 2017. Also four, nine and 17 Nigerians […]
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By Mobolaji Folorunso This has always been your dream. To study abroad, gain international exposure and unleash your potentials in an environment that is designed to make you great. But, everytime you’ve considered it, everytime you’ve taken the step to apply, it has always been unsuccessful. I understand. The application processes can be overwhelming and […]
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Operations at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) are currently in low key as allegations and counter-allegations mire the leadership position of the authority. It was observed that the management of the authority is increasing as the crisis rocking the entity is being resolved even as the probe of the suspended Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman, […]
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