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The Centre for Accountability and Transparency (CAT) has commended President Bola Tinubu for suspending the National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, Halima Shehu. In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Dr Hassan Abdullahi, the Centre said the suspension was necessary to allow...

A UK-based newspaper, TheNigerian News, has announced Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State as the winner of its International Peace Prize Medal Award 2023. A statement by the company’s Chief Executive Officer, David Young, said the award is in recognition of Governor Fubara’s purposeful leadership and firm belief in democracy...

Foremost pro-democracy and development group, known as Niger-Delta Development Initiative (NDDI), has given pastmark to the effort of the Nigerian Navy in its effort to get rid of oil bunkers and illegal oil merchants in the South South region. The group specifically acknowledged the bravery of the Chief of Naval...

Governor Abdullahi Sule has pardoned 14 inmates selected from across the six correctional centres in Nasarawa State, in line with the exercise of the powers conferred on him under section 212(1) and (2) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended). Governor Sule said the exercise was...

The excitement was palpable as the ancient town of Adiabo came alive as the Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu, and his wife, Rev. (Mrs) Eyoanwan Otu, celebrated the beginning of the New Year year in his ancestral home, Okurikang, Odukpani Local Government. The village was agog as...

Plateau Humanitarian Vanguard (PHV), a social-cultural group in the North Central zone of Nigeria, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, for swiftly coming to the aide of the affected communities in the recent attacks in Plateau State. The...

The Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chief Philip Agbese, has dismissed the allegations of the Nigerian Navy’s involvement in crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region. He said that the Navy should rather be commended for playing a vital role in securing the nation’s maritime domain...

Following the suspension of the National Co-ordinator /Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Agency (NSIPA), Ms Halima Shehu, a group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the aiges of PDP Forever Initiative has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to allow thorough investigation of the minister of Humanitarian...

A Group, Transparency and Accountability Watch Initiative (TAWI), has scored the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abubakar Bichi, high on the detailed consideration of the 2024 appriopration bill which was recently signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Recall that the 2024 appropriation bill was signed into...

…donates N100m to resettle victims of recent attacks The governors of the North Central geopolitical zone have resolved to pool resources together to end the circles of killings in Plateau State. The governors made this known when Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, who doubles as the Chairman of the...