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FG Requires about N416billion Annually for Highway Projects across the Country – Minister

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Minister of Works, Arc. Mike Onolememen has made it known that the Federal Government requires about N416billion annually for highway projects across the country. The minister who along with his Minister of State, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, briefed the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on his ministry’s achievement ... Read More »

$620,000 Bribery Scandal: Farouk Lawan Prays Court to Throw out Case against Him

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The trial of the embattled former chairman of the Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Regime, Honourable Farouk Lawan and the secretary of the Committee, Boniface Emenalo, which was meant to commence before an Abuja High Court on Wednesday, could not commence due to an application brought by the accused ... Read More »

Boko Haram Amnesty: “It is a clarion call to more terrorism in Nigeria” – Christian Youth Group

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A group, the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) has threatened violence if the planned amnesty for members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect is carried out. YOWICAN, whose membership cut across the six geopolitical zones in the country, said that, rather than considering amnesty to the ... Read More »

Northern Governors Forum Agreed on Amnesty for Boko Haram a Year ago – Governor of Sokoto

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Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has said that the resolve by the Federal Government to grant amnesty to members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, would go a long way in bringing to an end the security challenges the sect is posing to the nation. Governor Wamakko, stated this ... Read More »

We are not trying to “muzzle” the press – Presidency Reacts to Arrest of Leadership Staff

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The Presidency has reiterated its committed to freedom of the press, but however cautioned against the publication of falsehood. This was made known in a statement by the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Reuben Abati, following a release issued by the management of Leadership Newspapers, ... Read More »

Use public procurement system for transparency and accountability – BPP Tells State Governments

Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement, Mr. Emeka Eze

The country’s Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has advised state governors to set up a public procurement system as a way of ensuring further transparency and accountability in government. Director-General of the bureau, Mr Emeka Ezeh, made this call while speaking at a high level interactive session with a delegation ... Read More »

FG Might Reconsider Scrapping NECO, UTME – Presidential Aide

Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai

It has been revealed that the Presidency may reconsider the scrapping of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) and others penciled in for scrapping by the Oronsaye Panel. This revelation was made by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Student Matters, Mr Jude ... Read More »

Ekiti Deputy Governor’s Death: Group Charges Government on Funding of the Health Sector

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Following the recent death of the deputy governor of the state, the Ekiti State chapter of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has decried the death of prominent Nigerians to curable and preventable diseases in recent times, saying it was “a big challenge to governments at all ... Read More »

ACN is Looking for Trouble, but We will Ignore them – OPC Founder

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The founder of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun, has promised hell for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) if the party continues to spread false information against him and his group as it did on the alleged N2.4billion contract to protect of pipelines in the South-West zone. Fasehun, ... Read More »

EFCC Summons Clerk of the House of Representatives over “ongoing investigations”

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The Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mr Sani Omolori, has been summoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday over what has been called “ongoing investigations.” Spokesperson for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed this in Abuja said that the Clerk is being invited to ... Read More »

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