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Ecological fund probe: Reps C’ttee defies parliament policy, holds secret proceedings

NewsDeskNgSep 6, 2023September 6, 20230

…As Ckerk revealed that Abbas has no legislative agenda for 10th Assembly yet The House Representatives adhoc committee probing the alleged misapplication of over N82 billion ecological fund yesterday barred journalists from the coverage of its proceedings. The development was in defiance of the open parliament policy of Speaker Tajudeen...

Strike: NLC conniving with opposition to inflict pains on citizens – Project Nigeria

NewsDeskNgSep 5, 2023September 5, 20230

…Says impact worse than subsidy pains A coalition of 100 civil rights groups has accused the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of conniving with the opposition to inflict pain on Nigerians. The groups, under the aegis of Project Nigeria, consisting of CSOs abroad and locally, said the impact of the industrial...

Strike: 100 Civil Society Groups Meet In Abuja Over Fuel Subsidy

NewsDeskNgSep 4, 2023September 4, 20230

…want organised labour to call off industrial action No fewer than 100 civil society groups have called on the Nigeria Labour Congress to call off its proposed strike scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. The groups, under the auspices of Project Nigeria, said it came to this conclusion after several meetings...

NDDC slot: Otu confident President Tinubu will act in interest of party

NewsDeskNgAug 31, 2023August 31, 20230

Following the protests that rocked the announcement of a Peoples Democratic Party stalwart as the representative of the state in the NDDC board, Cross River state Governor, Prince Bassey Otu, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu will address the issue in the party’s interest and equity. Otu gave the...

Groups petition AFREXIM, seek disapproval of NNPCL’s ‘illegal’ $3bn loan

NewsDeskNgAug 31, 2023August 31, 20230

*Ask Tinubu to order coy’s forensic audit Two human rights groups, the African Centre for Justice and Human Rights, ACJHR and the Justice Advocate Center, JAC, and have commenced moves to put a stop to the $3 billion emergency loan recently secured on papers by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company...

Coup Plots: Quit Now, Nigerian Army Will Not Condone Disloyalty, says Major General Takuti

NewsDeskNgAug 31, 2023August 31, 20230

As Coup plots continue to spread across the African continent with Gabon as the latest country on the block, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Mohammed Takuti Usman, on Wednesday tasked Nigerian soldiers to always remain loyal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the...

N267bn debt: Reps summon insurance CEOs, demands explanations for violating national housing fund act

NewsDeskNgAug 31, 2023August 31, 20230

The House of Representatives Ad hoc committee investigating non-remittance to the National Housing Fund (NHF) and utilisation of the funds from 2011 Wednesday summoned the chief executive officers (CEOs) of insurance companies for violating the National Housing Fund Act. Section 5(2) of the NHF act provides that “Every registered insurance...

Oil theft: Troops bust oil bunkers in Imo, Delta states

NewsDeskNgAug 31, 2023August 31, 20230

Nigerian troops of 343 Artillery Regiment conducting anti oil theft operations have cracked down on an oil thieves’ camp in Obokofia Community in Imo State, and in Enokora Community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. A statement issued on Wednesday by Army Spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu informed...

Nigeria health sector in major crisis interns of manpower – Prof Emem Bassey

NewsDeskNgAug 31, 2023August 31, 20230

The Chairman of the Committee of Chief Medical Directors/Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals, Prof Emem Bassey, on Wednesday said other African countries are now poaching Nigerian medical doctors and other health professionals, even as he said that Nigeria health sector is currently undergoing a major crisis interns of manpower ...

Reps uncover N81.2bn allegedly spent on planting trees by NAGGW in eleven States

NewsDeskNgAug 31, 2023August 31, 20230

The House of Representatives on Wednesday uncovered documents on how National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) allegedly spent whooping sum of N81.2 billion on planting of 21 million trees across 11 frontline states. The States are: Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Yobe and Borno....