• High-profile arrests, prosecution will end cankerworm — Amachree• Oil thieves known to govt —Ex-Naval Spokesman• Says lack of will to punish culprits fuelling theft• Nigeria has no framework to protect its waters – Agbakoba• Experts advocate coast guard, central control unit to tackle menace Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun (left); Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George …
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The ninth National Assembly, which was inaugurated on June 11, 2019, will wind down this week, Sunday PUNCH reports. The House of Representatives will hold its valedictory session on Tuesday, while the Senate will have its own on Wednesday. While the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, is expected to adjourn sitting at the Red Chamber sine die (indefinitely), the …
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that US$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues and budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing and unaccounted for between 2016 and 2019, as documented by the Auditor-General of the Federation.” …
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*Begs Lawan, Gbaja to end zoning rebellion * Yari, Kalu, Izunaso group, rival body hold marathon meetings Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on June 13, President Bola Tinubu may have given the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, a definite assignment to ensure that double …
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Governor Alex Otti has directed aides of former Governor of the state, Okezie Ikpeazu to return all Government properties in their possession within three days or face the hard music of the law. A release by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof Kenneth Kalu said the government had observed that some officials including appointees of the past administration …
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The meeting between President Bola Tinubu and members-elect of the coming House of Representatives in the opposition parties has been shifted to Thursday, The PUNCH has learnt. Tinubu was to meet with opposition members-elect in the 10th National Assembly on Monday. The president’s meeting with the minority members-elect in the Senate will, however, hold as scheduled. The president’s notice of …
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar says he will reclaim his mandate from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through court verdict. Atiku also described Tinubu’s government as temporary, adding that it was stolen in alleged electoral infractions. The former Vice President said this during a PDP stakeholders’ meeting for elected officials of the party in …
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The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to revert its decision to remove subsidy until negotiations with the labour unions are finalised. TUC President, Festus Osifo, stated this while addressing newsmen at the end of an emergency meeting of the congress’s National Executive Council (NEC) at the weekend in Abuja. Osifo, who conveyed the TUC’s displeasure with the …
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Mr Buhari, who is the second Nigerian president from Katsina State after Umaru Yar’Adua, was elected president in 2015 at his fourth attempt As Muhammadu Buhari‘s tenure as Nigeria’s president came to an end, many of his supporters and kinsmen were thankful for the personal gains they enjoyed and the infrastructural developments his presidency attracted to his hometown of Daura and …
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This isn’t the first time the idea of petrol subsidy removal would be mooted. The Jonathan administration under which the incumbent Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, served as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy also had its fair share of mention in the saga. In fact, former President Jonathan said at …
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