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Nigerian Forum for Good Governance has thrown its weight behind the positions of the 14th Emir of Kano, Alh. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on scrapping and sale of the NNPC following its abysmal performance over the years. According to the group, the National oil company has become more of a burden than an …

Oba Ewuare II Foundation has flagged-off donation of foodstuffs to Orphanages and vulnerable persons in Edo State, ahead of the 6th Coronation anniversary of the Oba of Benin. According to Iguobaro Osaigbovo, Chief Press Secretary to Oba of Benin, the gesture is in line with traditional norms that a society is happy and prosperous when the happiness of greatest number …

A northern group, Arewa Citizens’ Watch for Good Governance, has called for the removal of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country. The group vowed to petition President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly, the United States Embassy and the European Union if the INEC’s chairman …

• We Aren’t In a Position To Know What Happened – Ministry Of Interior• Not On My Desk Yet, Difficult To Comment, Says NCoS PRO• Giving More Details Will Subject Families To Trauma – Defense Headquarters• Nigerians Should Hold Govt Accountable, Sue For Breaching Of FOIA – Stan-Labo One week after the discreet release of about 100 Boko Haram terrorists from …

The discovery and shut down of a second illegal export pipeline by agents of Tantita Security Services Limited, belonging to Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo, former leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has been hailed as a success by the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari. Tompolo …

Ahead of the 2023 general election, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has promised the electorate of ensuring equal representation between the rich and the poor in the country if voted into office as the President. Obi made this remark in a press statement from the Obi-Datti Media Office which was made available to The PUNCH, highlighting …

Amid acute fiscal crisis undermining governance nationwide, the federal government at the weekend reiterated its plan to discontinue fuel subsidy by mid-2023, lamenting that it spent N4 trillion on fund fuel subsidy in 2023 alone. The apex government also explained that its capacity to finance healthcare “is currently constrained by inadequate revenues and fiscal drainers despite 203% increase in health …

• Houses, Farmlands, and Roads Submerged• UPU Urges Delta Govt To Set Up Camps For Flood Victims• As Crocodiles, Snakes, and Other Dangerous Animals Overrun Communities• Ijaw Progressives Fault NDDC, NEMA, N’Delta Ministry For Unpreparedness Over 200 communities in four local councils of Rivers State, namely – Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA), Ahoada West, Ahoada East and Abual Odual – have been displaced by ravaging …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, and transparently investigate the operations of illegal oil pipelines from 2001 to date, and to widely publish the names of anyone suspected to be involved.” SERAP urged him to “ensure the prosecution by appropriate anti-corruption agencies of …

The camp of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says it’s  not losing sleep over the growing popularity of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. However, the APC campaign team said it had devised strategies to stem the ‘Obidient’ movement ahead of the 2023 general elections. An APC chieftain, who is also one of Tinubu’s strategists, while speaking …