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The Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative, CELSI, has urged the Federal Government to scrap the Creative Industries Financing Initiative, CIFI, a program run by the CBN on behalf of the Federal government to advance loans to struggling artists, musicians, web developers and fashion designers.  The petition is a policy brief, Looted Nigerian Art: Before their Return, authored by …

…VP calls for renewed faith in nation at event to mark 50 years after Nigerian civil war at the Civil War MuseumAll Nigerians, despite ethnicities, must join hands together to build a strong nation where everyone can legitimately aspire to the limits of their dreams and visions in all areas of national life, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN demanded on …

...Details progress in 21 Ogoni Clean-up sites, drawing international praiseWith the significant progress now recorded in the Ogoni Clean-Up project, attracting local and international commendation, the Buhari administration’s New Vision for the Niger Delta is making good progress, the Presidency said on Sunday. According to Mr. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in response to …

…Says Social safety nets not acts of sovereign kindness but sovereign obligation                 Convinced that government owed a duty to the poor, the weak, the vulnerable and those who cannot work, the APC in 2014 included in its manifesto a social safety initiative to specifically address poverty amongst other things, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in his …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has lifted the suspension on the Chairman of Egor Local Government Area, Hon. Eghe Ogbemudia. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said the suspension was lifted after an investigative panel cleared Hon. Ogbemudia of the accusations that led to her suspension. Hon. Ogbemudia was …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated his commitment to reposition the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, into a world-class institution with full complements of infrastructure and human capital investments to drive Research and Development (R&D). Governor Obaseki, who said this during the inspection of construction works at the administrative building of the institution, expressed satisfaction with the pace and …

Edo State Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih  has sounded an alarm that the continued endorsement of Governor Obaseki of the state by some PDP leaders represents threat to the prospect of the party in 2020 election, and therefore called on the party’s  National Chairman, Chief Uche Secondus to call such leaders to order. Chief Orbih, …

…Doctor quarantined in Jigawa …NMA calls for high index of suspicion among members The Federal Medical Centre,  Lokoja in Kogi, has confirmed three cases of Lassa fever and one death in the last one week. Head of Clinical Services, Dr. Bernard Ododo  who disclosed this said: ”Two cases already transferred to Lassa Fever Management Center at Irua Specialist Hospital in …

Lagos, Ogun and Ekiti states are leading the drafting of model bills on the  South-West security outfit, Operation Amotekun. The Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapohunda, who gave this indication in an interview with one of our correspondents on Sunday, also said operatives of Amotekun, would have the power to arrest suspected criminals. Fapohunda said this …

As PDP also cleared House of Reps, State Assembly seats Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Christopher Ekpenyong has again defeated Senator Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the January 25, 2020 re-run election for Akwa Ibom Northwest Senatorial district held in Essien Udim local government Council. Senator Ekpenyong of the PDP polled a total …