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The House of representatives on Thursday  said it would pass legislation that would review the NEITI Act to empower the agency to fully achieve its core objectives.  The Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, who received a delegation from the  Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative to the...

Pupils of Cradle2Harvard International School with officials of the US Embassy, Abuja after the Martin Luther King Day Competition at the Embassy, recently The United States Embassy in Abuja has announced Crade2Harvard International School as the winner of the 2024 edition of the Martin Luther King (MLK) Creative Arts competition....

The Peoples Democratic Party has amassed N265m from the sale of Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to 11 Edo State governorship aspirants. The Nomination Form was sold for N30m, while the Expression of Interest Form was N5m. However, the party made the Expression of Interest Form free for female...

Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has nominated Mr Olayide Adelami, a native of Owo and kinsman of late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as his deputy. Adelami was a Deputy Clerk in the National Assembly until his retirement in April , 2018. He was also a governorship aspirant in 2020 on...

…says proper funding necessary for parliaments to meet obligations The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) has described the lawsuit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and others against the National Assembly leadership as a complete waste of time. In a statement signed by Dr. Joyce Ogwu, the...

The Police in Ondo State on Tuesday said it had arrested two persons in connection with the death of a man, Abiodun Akintomowo, in Ondo town, Ondo State. Akintomowo reportedly lost his life after allegedly having a sex romp with a woman suspected to be his girlfriend, in a hotel...

About 500 lawyers under the auspices of Nigerian Concerned Lawyers, Tuesday, demanded President Bola Tinubu to investigate the former Comptroller General, Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service, NAQS, Dr Vincent Isegbe, over corrupt practices while in office. The lawyers made the call in a petition addressed to Tinubu, where they claimed to...

…says former Aviation Minister, Sirika should allow Tinubu’s administration to function Arewa Consultative Youth and Women Forum (ACYWF) has clearly distanced itself from the criticism and protest in some quarters over the relocation of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos. The Forum, comprising over 50 Arewa...

Leaders of various communities, women groups and associations in northern Nigeria, have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider reinstating the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu to her position. The women, under the aegis of Arewa Women Leaders Forum ( AWLF) in a...