Category: National
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Group Kicks as Police Seek Exit From Contributory Pension Scheme, Says Demand Will Undermine PenCom Gains
Following the demand by the Nigeria Police Force to dump the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS for an independent pension management body, a media advocacy group for good governance in Africa, The African Media Roundtable Initiative, AMRI has said such move is unnecessary and would reverse the gains made by National Pension Commission, PenCom over the…
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Lai Mohammed Reveals Why FG Can’t Engage In Dialogue With Bandits
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government will not be involved in any dialogue with bandits. The Minister disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Monday. The minister said due to the complexity of the issue, state governments should be allowed to decide on whether they would…
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FG Set Set To Launch Campaign Against Money Ritual
The Federal Government is set to launch a national sensitization campaign against the growing scourge of money rituals, which has already claimed many lives, especially those of women and girls, in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this in Abuja on Monday when he paid a working visit to the…
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DSS Bans Visits To Nnamdi Kanu By His Lawyers
Operatives of the Department of State Services on Monday, barred lawyers to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from meeting him in custody. Special counsel for the embattled IPOB leader, Aloy Ejimakor, made this known in a chat with The PUNCH on Monday. According to him, the secret police…
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Current PenCom leadership most transparent, accountable in history, seek redress instead of media trial, group urges aggrieved South West pensioners
Following reports of street protest that rocked Abeokuta, Ogun State on Friday by some pensioners, which led to a disruption of business and commercial activities, a media advocacy group for good governance in Africa, Africa Media Roundtable Initiative, (AMRI) has urged the affected pensioners to lodge official complaint at the National Pension Commission, PenCom, whenever…
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Nigeria In Need Of More Rebels, Says Obasanjo
A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, says Nigeria needs more rebels who would speak the truth to power not minding whose ox is gored. This, he said, was one of the greatest steps towards rebuilding Nigeria. Obasanjo spoke on Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while unveiling the autobiography of the Babanla Adinni of Egbaland, Chief Tayo…
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Stop Intimidating North With Amotekun, Arewa Group Warns Gov. Akeredolu
Northern youths under the aegis of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has cautioned the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to tread cautiously over the alleged harassment and intimidation of northerners with the state’s security outfit, Amotekun. The group said it would not condone further harassment of northerners in the state. A statement signed by…
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Adebanjo Urges Ndigbo Not To Antagonise Nnamdi Kanu, Says IPOB Leader Their Saviour
The leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has advised Igbo leaders not to antagonise the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The IPOB leader allegedly breached the bail conditions granted him by Justice Binta Nyako before whom he was standing trial in 2017. He was,…
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Atiku Visits Benue, Donates N50m To IDPs
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has visited Benue State and donated N50 million to support Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the north-central state. Speaking during a courtesy call on Governor Samuel Ortom, Atiku also called for more support for IDPs. The former vice president also recalled how he led the first-ever private sector contribution…
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I Want To Stay With Bandits, My Parents Use To Beat Me At Home, Says One Of The Abducted Bethel Baptist Student
The remaining kidnapped Bethel Baptist High School student who was held in the kidnappers den, has allegedly refused to return to his family and expressed that he was now comfortable staying with the terrorists. However, the member of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) who took the ransom demanded by the terrorists was…