Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, wants names of Nigerians owning properties abroad to be made public rather than being disclosed only to the federal government. Dubai, the commercial city in UAE, the UK and the US are among the favourite destinations for corrupt Nigerian government officials to invest heavily in real estate. In August […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged by the House of Representatives to direct security agencies to immediately begin the enforcement of the Open Grazing Law in Benue State and halt the killings by herdsmen. The House passed the resolution in Abuja as lawmakers again condemned the latest attacks on villagers in the Okpokwu Local Government Area […]
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The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has pleaded with the Federal government to intervene in the on-going strike by non-academic staff in universities nationwide. The National President of the union, Comrade Michael Olukoya, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. NAN reports that labour unions, […]
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The Federal Government says it will support investment in the construction of modular refineries to ensure the success of the initiative. The Senior Technical Adviser to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Rabiu Suleiman, disclosed this at the ongoing Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) in Abuja. He added that government would also guarantee […]
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The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, will today (Tuesday) be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, an agency of the Nigerian Government. Saraki is facing an abridged three-count charge which derived from the original 18-count charge preferred against him for false assets declaration. In a Facebook post confirming his arraignment, Saraki said […]
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The Buhari administration has served no fewer than 246.4 million meals to primary school pupils across 20 states under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Mr Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Vice President gave the update on Saturday and explained that the figure represented the meals served since […]
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According to Wall Street Journal, the Federal Government paid €3m for the release of some Chibok schoolgirls who were in Boko Haram custody. In 2014, Boko Haram insurgents had kidnapped 276 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state. Of the 276, 163 are now free: 57 fled in the early days after […]
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The Peace Corps of Nigeria wants the Federal High Court, Abuja, to commit the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris to prison for alleged disregard of court orders. The corps in Form 48 on Contempt of Court filed on Wednesday prayed the court to jail Mr. Idris to serve as deterrent to others in position […]
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The Federal Government said that 176,160 graduate beneficiaries had so far been deployed under the N-Power programme of its Social Investment Programmes (SIPs). This was made known in excerpts of a book entitled: ‘‘Making Steady, Sustainable Progress for Nigeria’s Peace and Prosperity: A Mid-Term Report Card on the Buhari Administration’’. The book is authored by […]
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The Federal Government has begun a probe into 800,000 registered companies in the country over non-payment of tax. Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, said this in an article she wrote and circulated to the media. According to her “over 800,000 companies, including some government contractors that have never paid taxes, have already been identified and […]
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