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“The award of contract to private organisations to protect vandalisation of pipelines raises fundamental questions on the sincerity of the advisers of the Government on security issues,” the governor says. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has criticised the multi-billion naira pipeline security contract given by the federal government to a former armed militant, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo. …

The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission has convened a meeting with the vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and management of Federal universities in line with the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The PUNCH has learnt. The meeting is expected to hold on September 6, 2022, at the NUC secretariat in Abuja. This was convened in a letter written …

• Nigeria to spend N19.76tr next year as deficit jumps by 54%• Govt may not fund capital projects in 2023 – Finance Minister• Petrol subsidy to remain till mid-2023 Ahead of the 2023 budget presentation, the Federal Government, yesterday, insisted that petroleum subsidy would remain in place until mid-2023. In addition, the government will borrow over N11 trillion and sell …

A Federal High Court sitting Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the fresh bail application filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that Kyari had not given sufficient grounds for the application to be granted. The judge said the detained police officer failed to raise new facts in his latest application after being denied the earlier …

Oba Oloyede Adeyeoba Akinghare II, the Arujale Ojima of Okeluse kingdom of Ondo State, is one of the youngest monarchs in Nigeria. He just completed his secondary school education. He ascended the throne in February 2019 after his father died while he was in secondary school. The young monarch told us about his life in school, how he was spared …

David Ukpo, the victim of the alleged organ harvesting involving Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, on Tuesday asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside its July 1 order for the release of his biodata for use in a London Court in Ekweremadu’s trial. Ukpo, while faulting proceedings of the court that led to the issuance …

As the 2023 election campaigns commence next month, stakeholders in the nation’s capital market have stressed the need for politicians to adopt issues-based and violence-free campaigns to enhance market stability and attract more inflow of capital into the equities market. The experts who believed that only peaceful polls could restore confidence in the market, sustain the uptrend and spur the …

The Nigerian Army said it’s soldiers have destroyed some bandits camps in Kaduna State, killing one and recovered some weapons from them. Spokesman for the Nigerian Army Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu who made this known, said the soldiers from 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, recorded the feat while on fighting patrol led by the General Officer Commanding(GOC), Major General …

Non-indigenes Association in Rivers State has called on Rivers State Governor to back the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Dr. Peter Obi, to win the presidential election in 2023. They advised Wike not to leave the former Anambra State governor (Obi) who is much younger than his two other main rivals. Chairman of the association, High Chief Felix Ogbegbor, made …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday, said the governors were on a felicitation visit to the Vice President as he recovered from the leg surgery done in July. The vice-president expressed his appreciation to the governors for their visit …