Abia Govt Reveals Where $56m Project Facility From World Bank Is
The Abia State government has revealed that the World Bank project facility of $56million to the state is domiciled in a separate account and cannot be independently accessed by the state government as it is meant for all World Bank-related projects in the State since 2016. The projects include Umuagu - Isingwu, Umuezegu Isiala Ngwa, Nsulu and the Ndiegoro flood...
No Pay, No Work Is Our Stand ― National Association Of Academic Technologists
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal government to restore the dignity of Nigeria’s tertiary Institutions through increased budgetary allocations, and the creation of enabli...
Buhari Approves ₦656 Billion To Enable Governors Pay Salaries As World Bank Gives $750 million Support
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr. Zainab Ahmed yesterday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed the release of N656.1 billion for states over a period of six months to cushion the effects of their ongoing repayment of their bailout facilities as well as to enable them meet their salary obligations. This is also as she disclosed...
Lagos Assembly Warned Against Obstructing Commission Chairman’s Duties
The National Industrial Court on Thursday ordered the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, not to obstruct, disturb or frustrate the Chairman of the House’s Services Commission, Olawale Mogaji, in the discharge of his d...
CAN Condemns Killing Of Fulani Travellers In Plateau
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has reacted to the gruesome killing of 23 travellers in Plateau state on Saturday, August 14th. The association condemned the attack and called on security agencies to swiftly bring the perpetrators to book. Below is a statement signed by the Chairman of the Association, Plateau state chapter, Rev Fr Polycarp Lubo; “The leadership of the...
We Don’t Need N30,000 Cash Dispensary, Abia Students Tell Ikpeazu
Students in Abia state under the aegis of Abia Joint Students Leaders have appealed to the state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu to reverse the decision to offer them the sum of N30,000 bursary to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. The students urged the governor to instead covert the sum to their fees and deduct from source, saying this will be...
PDP: Court Order Threatens Rivers Governorship Primary
The Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja yesterday ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to show reasons why its governorship primary should hold without an embattled aspi...
Five Days Sit-At-Home In South East Insensitive, Draconian, Should Be Resisted — Igbo Elders
Residents of the South-East should reject the five-day sit-at-home declared by Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based protégé of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, Igbo Elders Consultative Forum led by a former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said. The pan-Igbo socio-political organisation also described the order as draconian and epitomising insensitivity to the...
Nnamdi Kanu’s Legal Team Vows To Lay To Rest Remaining 7-Count Charges Against Him
The legal team of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, said it would explore compelling legal processes to finally lay to rest the remaining 7-count charge still pending at the Federal High Court in Abuja against the IPOB lea...
Court Bars Journalists From Covering Sylvester Oromoni’s Inquest
A coroner sitting in Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, barred journalists and other interested parties from covering and witnessing the inquest. The case aims to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen C...
