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in NEWSWomen converge on Abuja to discuss peace, security
Nigerian women from different walks of life will next Wednesday and Thursday, (November 24th and 25th) converge on Abuja for the second edition of the Annual Women Conference to brainstorm on how to curb the rising insecurity and insurgency in Nigeria. Tagged “Women Peace and Security, Perspective on Inclusion, Issues and Progress”, the conference will […] More
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OPINION:Electoral Act Amendments: Direct Primaries And The Real Enemies Of Nigeria And Her People
By Noble Uche Agbaeze The World Bank Report of 1989 on sustainable economic development in Africa established that the absence of sustainable economic development could be attributed to the non-practice of democracy and good governance on the continent.Thus the World Bank, which could be considered mainly an economic institution, had to go out of its […] More
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in NEWS, Politics, TOP STORIES
Delta 2023: Catholic priest urges Okowa’s Chief of Staff to run for Guber seat
A Priest of the Roman Catholic Church, last weekend, called on the Chief of Staff, Government House, Asaba, Rt. Hon. Festus Ovie Agas to run for the forthcoming 2023 governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. The officiating priest, Rev. Fr. Chris Ekabo, made the call at the pulpit during the homily of the […] More
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Delta LG election: Ofobrukueta urges Ethiope East to vote PDP
The Chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ethiope East local government area in the March 6, 2021, Delta state local government election, Hon. Victor Ofobrukueta, has appealed to the people to vote en masse for PDP, assuring them of all inclusive government. Hon. Ofobrukueta, who spoke to journalists at Isiokolo, headquarters of the […] More
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HND harmonization: NSCDC operatives allege selective payment, arbitrariness
There is disquiet at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as some aggrieved officers are set to break their silence on what they described as suffocating action, selective payment and arbitrariness meted on them by their Commandant-General since 2018.The aggrieved officers allege that the CG, Mohammed Gana, has flagrantly disregarded the Federal Government […] More
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in NEWS, Politics, TOP STORIESINEC declares Anambra election inconclusive, orders supplementary poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has putty on hold the declaration of the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner of the November 6, 2021 Anambra State Governorship election. This is because the Commission has declared the election inconclusive […] More
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Why Lafia Emirate Council suspended late Emir’s son
By Simon Francis
The Lafia Emirate Council of Nasarawa State has suspended Musa Isa, the son of the late Emir of Lafia, Dr. Isa Mustapha Agwai I, for three months. He was suspended over alleged abuse of rites and insubordination to the current Emir and Chairman, Nasarawa State Council of Chiefs, HRH Justice Sidi Bage I. Prior […] More
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in NEWS
Etsu Nupe mourns ex-CJ Ndajiwo
By Mohammed Baba Busu
The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has expressed shock over the sudden death of former Chief Judge of Niger State, Justice Jibrin Ndatsu-Ndajiwo, describing it as a big loss to the people of Nupe Emirates, Niger State and the nation at large. Late Ndajiwo, who died at the age of 72 in Doko on Tuesday, […] More
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PSC gets new Perm Sec
The newly redeployed Permanent Secretary to the Police Service Commission (PSC), Alhaji Abubakar Ismaila, has assumed office.A statement by the Spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, noted that the new permanent secretary has promised not to only change the narrative in the Public Service but to run an all-inclusive administration where every staff counts.Speaking at […] More
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in Energy, NEWS, Oil and Gas, OPINION
OPINION: The Need for Contract Transparency in Nigeria’s Extractive Sector
By Dieter Bassi
Mineral exploration and exploitation are always governed by certain terms that are agreed upon prior to the commencement of their operations. These sets of terms determine the operations, revenues and other conditions and are contained in the contracts between companies and governments on behalf of their citizens.A contract is a legally binding document between, at […] More
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2023: Niger State in Search of a Redeemer
By Mohammed Busu
There is no doubt, every society or nation has an individual or group of individuals who have been destined to rescue it from its woes. From ages past, every country or nation has had to struggle and pass through severe hardship until the person or group of persons destined to redeem it from its suffering […] More
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Buhari mourns NYSC members who died in Abuja autocrash
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness over the death of five prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in a motor accident on Abaji/Kwali expressway, Abuja on Wednesday. A presidency statement said the President joined the board, management and staff of the NYSC in paying tribute to those who lost their lives […] More
