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*VP to meet U.S. counterpart, Kamala Harris, World Bank Group, other partners Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departed Abuja for the United States of America early Wednesday seeking global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity,Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a press …

Initiative For Rural Development, Information And Legal Advocacy (IRUDIRA), a non-profit organization connecting communities to legal services and advisory has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki to sack Mr George Ohioma Esq, as a member of Local Government Service Commission over alleged criminal records. In a letter dated 23rd of August, 2022 and signed by President Aigbokhan, Esq titled “Petition Against …

The clarification came amid reports that NNPC Limited awarded a N48bn pipeline surveillance contract to Tompolo. The Nigerian government on Tuesday described its award of multi-billion naira pipeline surveillance contract to a former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, as the ‘right decision’. Speaking at the 49th session of the …

Atiku also said Nigeria needed to bake a bigger cake and not bigger debts. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says he is considering a government of national unity and tax rebate if elected president in 2023. The former vice president disclosed this in a statement he personally issued on Tuesday in Kano and made …

Activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has said that the All Progressives Congress is planning to use and dump former President Goodluck Jonathan. This comes following the recent visit of the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, to Jonathan in Abuja, Tuesday night. Adeyanju reminded the former President of the role the APC cabals played during its presidential primary, …

Nigeria needs 410 billion dollars to deliver the Transition Plan by 2060. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday departed Abuja, for the U.S. to seek global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently inaugurated Energy Transition Plan. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement in …

“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 …