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A South-South stakeholders group, the Mangrove People Leadership Initiative, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to decline his assent to the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill passed by the National Assembly. MAPLI also rejected the three per cent allocated for host communities and the 30 per cent proposed for oil exploration activities in the frontier basins contained in …

Edo State Government has restated that ongoing reforms in the state’s public and civil service are part of efforts by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to retool the workers with the right skills-set to meet the demands of the modern age and improve efficiency and productivity. The Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa Esq., who spoke at a workshop …

Edo State Traffic Control and Management Agency (EDSTMA) has concluded plans to ensure strict enforcement of color codes for commercial taxi operators in the state. In a statement, Managing Director, EDSTMA, Dennis Oloriegbe, said the agency is undertaking the exercise in compliance with the law and order guiding the operation of commercial vehicles in the state. According to him, “EDSTMA …

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, has said the people that abducted him in Kenya were told that he had links to the Islamists terrorists in that country. According to the Biafra state advocate, his kidnappers chained him to the floor and tortured him, …

The Igun-Igbesamwan-Owina Descendants Cultural Movement of Europe and America, has called on the Federal Government to in the interim keep looted all artefacts of Igun, Igbesamwan and Owina originality to be returned by the Europeans, pending the finalisation of an on-going accord by descendants of these aboriginal quarters of Benin kingdom on where they are to be finally kept. Erahuyi …

The National Assembly is now set to include provisions for the electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Amendment bill. This follows pressure from Nigerians after reports by PREMIUM TIMES and others that the lawmakers took out that clause from the legislation. It is also not unrelated to the “over 900 distress text messages” that the Senate President, Ahmad …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a mobile application platform, where the public can report suspected cases of corruption. The chairman of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, unveiled the Mobile App named, ‘The Eagle Eye’ while addressing journalists at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. Mr Bawa said the mobile app is designed to ease the process of reporting …

…Seeks transfer from DSS custody to Kuje Prisons Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an application before the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking to be transferred from custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, to the prisons in Kuje. Kanu, in the application filed through his team of lawyers, led by …

If one lesson comes clear from 2020 it is that democracy is in deep crisis in Nigeria where questions abound about the state of the social compact between the people and those who lead and personify the state. Impunity seems so rife the youth mounted peaceful protests on police brutality and were greeted with bullets from the Army; people feel the benefits …

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the pro-Biafra group, IPOB, has spoken for the first time from detention since he was arrested in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria about three weeks ago to face treason trial. He is detained in the facility of Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS, in Abuja. Mr Kanu’s special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, was allowed to meet …