By Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives waa miffed on Thursday, over the non-implementation of Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIPs) in the 2020 budget by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) office. The lawmakers during the 2021 budget defence session by the House Committee on SDGs, queried the omission of Zonal Intervention Projects. Members queried …

…Asks victims to submit complaints on or before November 19 The Administrative Panel of Inquiry constituted by the Enugu State government to look into the recent loss of lives and other grievous bodily injuries to private citizens and security personnel, resulting from the hijack by miscreants of the otherwise peaceful #ENDSARS protests, and recommend compensation that …

By Tordue Salem The Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday said to complete 711 highway projects in 2021, his ministry will require over N6.26 trillion. The Minister said the 2021 budget provision of less than three hundred billion for the projects, was a drop in the ocean. The Minister raised his concerns, during a …

Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as “extremely fruitful“ the meeting which a presidential team had with leaders and stakeholders of the South-East. “The meeting of the presidential delegation with South-East leaders was very useful,’’ Mohammed told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Enugu. The …

Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) in its renewed tradition to hosting digital Closing Gong Ceremony, honoured the new Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ikeja Hotel Plc, (IHP), Mr. Theophilus Eniola Netufo. Netufo, who held forth as Ikeja Hotel Plcs’ Chief operating Officer (COO) since January 2020 is also introduced to the Capital Market Community …

By Chris Onuoha Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife, has expressed with satisfaction the many impacts of the Elerinmo of Erinmo-Ijesha, Oba Michael Odunayo Ajayi Arowotawaya II, within the short period of mounting the throne of his forefathers. Ogunwusi made his first visit to the ancient city of Erinmo as a special …

Members of the Take It Back (TIB) movement, United States chapter have expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing trial of pro-democracy campaigner, former presidential candidate of African Action Congress, and founder of an online news agency, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. This was contained in a open letter signed by Comrade Oladotun Ogunleye, Director of …

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, says his first task in office is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. Biden stated this in his acceptance speech, which he delivered before a crowd of supporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday night. “Our work begins with getting Covid-19 under control. …

By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos Former Senator representing Plateau South in the National Assembly, Jeremiah Useni has cautioned against the move to regulate the Social Media in Nigeria saying those seeking the regulation must exercise restraint so that they don’t allow selfish reasons to becloud their judgment. Useni, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 365 concerned Nigerians have filed an application before the Federal High Court, Abuja, asking the court to “reject a suit by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress [APC], which seeks to shut down Twitter, prevent it from operating within the Nigerian cyberspace, and ultimately restrict the rights to …

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government through the states Environmental and Special Offences, Enforcement Unit, called taskforce, has served a 7-day ‘Removal Order’ and quit notices to owners, occupiers of all illegal structures, shanties numbering over 2,500 in Fagba, Iju-Ishaga along, Abbatoir new Oko-Oba area of the state. Recall there had been series of …

…As Media Aide pledges to support Press Week Governor Udom Emmanuel’s Special Assistant on Local Media, Akparawa Emmanuel Sam has thrown his weight behind the success of the upcoming 2020 Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Week celebration scheduled to hold between the 6th and 11th of December 2020 in Uyo. Speaking while receiving the State …

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. *Withdraws police from 60 VIPs By Kingsley Omonobi The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed  Adamu, has ordered the deployment of  ‘legitimate force’ to protect lives and property of citizens including police officers and personnel of other law enforcement agencies and their families from violent persons or groups operating under any guise. …

*SANs claim suppression of protesters’ rights By Nnamdi Ojiego The freezing of  bank accounts belonging to 20 youths described as #EndSars promoters by the Federal Government, yesterday, attracted criticisms from senior lawyers, who accused government of suppressing the rights of protesters. Meanwhile, representatives of youths in Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims …

…Delta, Kaduna, Benue, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Enugu, Imo, Ogun, Kwara, Kogi, Gombe make list …Lagos, FCT account for more than 50% of total compensations recommended for brutality, extrajudicial killing victims …‘Inspector, Sergeant, Corporal refused to release corpses of their victims for burial’ By Levinus Nwabughiogu Amid the controversy over police brutality in Nigeria, especially by the …

Prices of palm oil and vegetable oil have skyrocketed in major markets across Enugu metropolis, placing both commodities beyond the reach of many consumers. A market survey conducted by NAN on Saturday revealed that the prices of both cooking oil have risen by about 40 per cent compared to what they were priced some months …

With Democrat Joe Biden winning the US presidential election, Donald Trump, the Republican incumbent, becomes a one-term US president. Trump joins the ranks of other commanders-in-chief who did not have a second four-year term in the White House. Some had their presidential careers cut short by death, including John F Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963. His …

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Middle Belt Movement for Justice and Peace, MBMJP, has urged the federal government to quickly resolve its dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, before it becomes another reason for protests by the youths The group cautioned that Nigerian students were already getting agitated after losing a session to …

Chief Jude Nwokike, the Progressive People’s Congress (PPC) candidate for Awka North/South Federal Constituency in the 2019 general election, has advised the nation’s election umpire to apply mail-in voting with caution. In an interview with the Newsmen on Saturday in Awka he called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be sure of what …

The news that Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the race for the White House sparked impromptu street parties in Democratic strongholds. Jubilant crowds formed outside the White House, while champagne flowed freely in cities like New York and Philadelphia. Champagne bottles popped, cars honked and crowds cheered as Democratic strongholds across the United States …