The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project , (SERAP,) has written a petition to the United Nations, UN, over*.m plans by the Federal Government to cut the budgetary allocation of education and health care sectors. SERAP in its petition also called on the UN to prevail upon the Federal Government to drop the plan to spend […]
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Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua, former governor of old state of Ondo is dead. Kokomansion understands that the former governor was 80-years-old. Late Olumilua who is also the second civilian governor of the State died on Thursday morning in his country home, in Ikere-Ekiti, according to sources. A close family member in Ekiti State where the deceased […]
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Oil prices increased marginally on Wednesday as Brent crude, the benchmark against which Nigeria’s crude is priced, rose to $40 per barrel for the time since March. Brent crude rose by 43 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $40 per barrel, as of 02:52 GMT. This came as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, […]
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The Lagos State Government will soon unveil a reform that will include the reversal of the Land Use Charge (LUC) to the pre-2018 rate, Commissioner for Finance, Dr Rabiu Oluwo has said. Olowo disclosed this on Wednesday, during the 2020 Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the first year in office of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. He […]
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Investigation by senate committee on Niger Delta, has revealed that the minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, got a N300 million contract for the fencing of Federal Polytechnic Ukana, Akwa Ibom, (N200 million), and Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene (N100 million). Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of the committee, said Akpabio got the contracts from the […]
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The International Police (Interpol) on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC access to its globalized information- 247. The information platform, codenamed IP-247, was extended to the EFCC in a brief ceremony attended by the Acting Executive Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, key officers of Interpol and some management staff of the […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) on Wednesday confirmed additional 348 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified twitter handle on Wednesday. The breakdown of the cases shows, Lagos-163 FCT-76 Ebonyi-23 Rivers-21 Delta-8 Nasarawa-8 Niger-8 Enugu-6 Bauchi-5 Edo-5 Ekiti-5 Ondo-5 Gombe-5 Benue-4 Ogun-2 Osun-1 Plateau-1 Kogi-1 Anambra-1. […]
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Godwin Obaseki, the governor of Edo State, has said his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, had no money when he contested to become governor in 2007. Oshiomhole, who was also an exPresident of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, contested under the Action Congress (AC) and lost to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oserheimen […]
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Former governor of Abia state, Orji Kalu, who trial was nullified by the Supreme Court, has been released from prison. Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Kalu and Ude Jones Udeogu, a former director of finance and account of Abia state on 36 counts of money laundering to the tune […]
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Prophet TB Joshua, the founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, has revealed he will reopen the church whenever he receives directive from God. Kokomansion recalls that worship centres have been shut in many parts of the country as part of efforts to curb the spread of the Coronavirus disease. Prophet Joshua reacting to […]
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