Friday Olokor • FG can’t force governors to enforce financial autonomy – Plateau gov • NGF plans talks with judiciary workers to end JUSUN’s eight-day strike The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, on Tuesday said state governors were not opposed to financial autonomy for the judiciary and the legislature.Lalong, who stated this in an interview […]
Continue ReadingEniola Akinkuotu Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaA bill pending before the House of Representatives is seeking to compel the Armed Forces and para-military organisations to permit female officers to wear Islamic veil, commonly known as hijab.The bill, known as the Religious Discrimination (Prohibition, Prevention) Bill, 2020, which has passed second reading at the House, was sponsored by […]
Continue ReadingEverest Amaefule The debts of four states exceeded their net revenues by more than 400 per cent, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission has said. The states are Lagos, Osun, Cross River and Ogun. The FRC in its report ‘Debt sustainability analysis of state governments’ for 2019 also showed that the debts of all the 36 states […]
Continue ReadingFriday Olokor, Abuja A civil rights organisation under the aegis of ActionAid Nigeria has called on partners, donors and stakeholders in the Public Finance for Agriculture project to sustain their financing interest, as more investments were needed in the agricultural sector. The organisation also expressed optimism that Nigeria could feed itself and feed many countries […]
Continue ReadingBy Muhammad Sabiu – KadunaOn Mar 25, 2021 In their collective bid to halt the spate of banditry, kidnappings and violence in the North-West geopolitical zone, three governors from the region on Thursday met and sought the assistance of the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) and some Western countries, including the United States […]
Continue Reading• back establishment of Infectious Diseases Centre in Kaduna By Kehinde Akintola – Abuja On Mar 25, 2021 Members of the House of Representatives expressed overwhelming support for the bill which seeks to reduce the powers of the Federal Government by transferring the quarantine from the Executive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List. The […]
Continue ReadingIt’s disappointing FUNAM members have not been arrested, says CANArrest those claiming responsibility for assassination attempt on Ortom – ACFWe don’t know militant group – MACBANGovs are worried, says GandujeThe pan-northern Nigerian socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum and the Christian Association of Nigeria, on Monday, challenged security agencies to immediately fish out and arrest members […]
Continue ReadingOkechukwu NnodimGold deposits have been discovered along the Abuja, Nasarawa axis through the National Integrated Mineral Exploration Project being undertaken by the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, disclosed this while playing host to the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, in Abuja.The minister in a statement […]
Continue ReadingLeke Baiyewu • El-Rufai, other governors behind wage bill, Labour alleges• Speaker defends sponsor, asks workers to articulate grievancesThe organised labour has again criticised political office holders over a bill which seeks remove minimum wage negotiations from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent legislative list.The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, […]
Continue ReadingSenate may probe govs’ role in N6.25bn NDDC palliative scamSunday Aborisade5:49 amKindly share this story:The Nigerian SenateADVERTISEMENTThe Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, on Tuesday, said it would extend its N6.2bn Covid-19 palliative fund probe to the nine governors of the Niger Delta region, who were said to have collected N100m each from […]
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