AMAC Chairman advocates PPP for LG development
Mr Abdullahi Candido, Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has called for Public Private Partnership (PPP) to increase infrastructural development in all local government areas […]
Governance
Ramadan: FCT residents decry rising prices of foodstuff, fruits
As Ramadan enters one week, some residents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Tuesday expressed worry over the high cost of food items and […]
Wike urges FG to allow states develop their minerals, pay royalty
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Monday urged the Federal Government to allowed states to develop and operate their respective minerals and pay royalty […]
Lagos to establish anti-corruption agency
•Governor Also Assents To Bill Regulating Lotteries, Online Gaming Services Lagos State has moved to deepen the culture of accountability and transparency in the expenditure […]
Babalola mulls extending retirement age of Supreme Court justices to 100 years
A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN,on Wednesday proposed 100 years as retirement age for Supreme Court Justices from 70.This is contained in a statement issued by […]
Tambuwal inaugurates new LG Chairmen in Sokoto
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Wednesday swore-in the 23 newly-elected local government chairmen in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that […]
CHRICED mourns Odumakin, Chukwuma, describes deaths as irreparable loss
By Chimezie Godfrey The Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) deeply mourns the passing of Comrades Yinka Odumakin and Innocent Chukwuma. This […]
Oyo CAN Chairman tasks Christians on political participation
Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Oyo State Chapter, has urged Christian leaders to encourage their followers to participate in politics. […]
Aregbesola commissions NIS Passport Express Centre in Abuja, to ‘reduce stress’
Minister of IInterior, Rauf Aregbesola, has commissioned the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Passport Express Centre at Maitama, Abuja Speaking during the event on Tuesday, the […]
IPAC wants no delay in conduct of Lagos LG polls
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Lagos State has advised Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to set machinery in motion for the conduct local government elections, with […]
LG polls: Tambuwal, deputy hail voter turnout
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and his Deputy, Alhaji Manniru Dan’iya have expressed satisfaction over Saturday’s local government elections in the state. The News […]
Buhari urges leaders to lead by example
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on leaders at all levels to show exemplary leadership, so as to overcome the current challenges facing the country. President […]
Senate President’s aide bags leadership award from Northern youths
Northern Youth Advocates for Good Governance (NYAGG) a pressure group, has honoured Special Assistant (Press) to Senate President Ezrel Tabiowo, with a leadership award. The […]
Accord Party won’t support appointment of LG sole administrators in Lagos State
The Lagos State Chapter of Accord Party, says it will not support the appointment of sole administrators to run affairs of local government councils. The party […]
Redressing security situation in Nigerian Schools, By A.A. Gadzama
The menace of banditry particularly the abduction of school pupils across the country are developments that have worsened insecurity in the country in recent years. […]
‘Non- state actors’ and Nigeria’s warped educational trajectory
By Andrew A. Erakhrumen All of us will be deceiving ourselves, collectively, as a people, if we claim not to know that the Nigerian formal […]
NNPC defends rehabilitation of PH Refinery with $1.5bn, says Afreximbank to raise $1bn
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has described the recently approved rehabilitation exercise of the 210,000 barrels […]
AMAC approves N26.9m scholarship for tertiary students
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), has approved the disbursement of N26.9 million scholarship for tertiary students in the council. Mr Abdullahi Candido, Chairman, AMAC […]
2023: Group to set up alternative political party
The Alternative Political Summit (T-PAPS), a coalition of pressure groups, on Wednesday said it would set up an alternative political party for revolutionary participation in […]
Bridge building, collaboration among sister states, the way to development – PDP Edo
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo chapter says bridge building, collaboration and partnership among sister states in the South-South will fast track development across the […]
FG to put mechanism to sustain innovation in public service
The Federal Government says it has taken a number of cautious steps to ensure a mechanism to support and sustain innovation in the public service […]
Women’s Day: Minister identifies women in leadership as panacea for development
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu on Monday in Abuja affirmed that encouraging more women into leadership positions remained critical in the development […]
$25bn CBN overdraft: SERAP writes Buhari, seeks spending details of overdrafts since 1999
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “provide spending details of the overdrafts and loans obtained from the Central Bank […]
Zamfara Assembly Goofed on NSA, By Lawal Ibrahim
Last Thursday, the Zamfara State House of Assembly purportedly passed a vote of no confidence on the National Security Adviser, retired Major General Babagana Monguno, […]
El-Rufai Wants KASU to be World-class Varsity
Kaduna State Government is committed to help place the Kaduna State University (KASU) at the forefront of the revolution in higher education in Nigeria. […]