Category: Governance
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Nigeria Has No Plan Of Imposing Fresh Lockdown – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that the federal government has no plans of imposing a fresh lockdown as the country battles a second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Minister said this at a press conference in Lagos, where he expressed the federal government’s displeasure over non-adherence to all protocols…
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Gbajabiamila meets newspaper vendors, assures adequate care for late colleague’s family
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Sunday met with members of the Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) and the Newspapers Vendors Association, Abuja (NVAA) to condole with them over the death of their colleague, Ifeanyi Okereke. Okereke was shot by a member of Gbajabiamila’s security detail on Thursday. Gbajabiamila, who visited…
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Probe: I’m not scared, says Fayemi
Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi has said his administration is ready for probe over any of its action and programmes. He insisted due process was being followed in the execution of his projects. Fayemi said his administration has been complying with fiscal regulation via all-inclusive budgeting that will drive socio- economic policies for genuine and radical…
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Recession: SERAP urges Buhari to cut governance cost
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to cut the cost of governance and implement bold transparency and accountability measures in response to Nigeria’s second recession in five years. The organisation said this in a letter dated November 21, 2020, and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare. The organisation blamed the…
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Enugu govt moves to end touting, sets up taskforce
In a move to stamp out touting and other criminal activities in the state, the Enugu State Police Command, on Friday, inaugurated an anti-tout task force in Enugu. Inaugurating the task force known as Focus Initiative Against Tout, (FIAT) “Anti-Tout”, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmed Abdulrrahman, charged members of the group to be…
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#EndSARS: We won’t allow a repeat, Buhari vows
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration would do everything to prevent a repeat of the recent #EndSARS protest. The President gave the assurance during the National Security Council (NSC) meeting held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. Briefing State House Correspondents on the proceedings from the meeting, the…
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FCT Minister of State gives palliatives to Kogi indigenes
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister of State Dr. Ramatu Aliyu has condoled with flood victims at Koton-Karfe in Kogi State. She also gave palliatives to people affected by the flood, The Nation reports. The minister, who visited the monarch of Koton-Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Gombo, the Ohimegye Igu, said the visit could have come earlier, but…
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Woman can be Nigeria’s next President, says UN Deputy Scribe
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has tasked women to take over leadership from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Mohammed, who is leading a delegation of UN senior officials on a visit to Nigeria, stated this on Tuesday while speaking on a television programme in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The PUNCH had reported Monday…
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Buhari seeks traditional rulers’ support in youth empowerment
President Muhammadu Buhari has emphasised the administration’s need for the support of traditional institutions inadequately attending to the demands by the youths of the nation. The President requested the support of traditional rulers in regard to Thursday when he received a delegation of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria led by the Sultan…
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Right abuse: Kogi govt moves to assist victims get justice
In response to reports of human right abuses in the state, Kogi State Government, has inaugurated 10-man Human Rights Special Intervention Group (HRSIG) committee, to enable victims have access to justice. The Director General, Office of the Public Defender and Citizens Rights Commission (PDCRC) in Kogi, Abdullahi Zakari, who inaugurated the committee in Lokoja, noted…