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Following receipt of a presentation of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) business update, and outlook, the Nigeria’s National Economic Council on Thursday resolved to invest an additional $250 million into the NSIA, the country’s sovereign wealth fund.                                 The resolution was among other decisions taken at the 99th meeting of the council chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, in Abuja. NEC …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, will on Friday, November 22, swear in Hon. Justice Esther Edigin as the substantive Chief Judge of the State, following the retirement of Hon. Justice Esohe Ikponmwen from the state public service. In a statement on Thursday, the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said the swearing-in will take place at the …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Newly deployed commissioner of Police, (CP) Lawan Tanko Jemita, on Thursday assumed duty in Edo State, assuring that he would raise security bar in the state. Tanko commended his predecessor for the security achievements recorded in Edo thus far, pledging that the state would experience more under his watch. He solicited the support and cooperation of the …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku What would be wrong with developing a social media site of our own, wholly Nigerian, and catering to the development of our culture? The portfolio Mr. Lai Mohammed holds says he is minister of information and culture. What is Mr. Lai Mohammed doing to resuscitate our dead and dying libraries nationwide, our dying traditional institutions or …

Amnesty International on Wednesday categorised three Nigerians as prisoners of conscience, slamming their continued incarceration as politically motivated and demanding their immediate release. Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo, journalists and rights activists, have been facing charges of treason and money laundering since August. Messrs Sowore and Bakare remained locked up despite a federal court order for their release. …

President Muhammadu Buhari has just signed Executive Order 009 to end open defecation in the country by 2025. The new order states, among others, “That by this Order, Nigeria is committed to being open defecation-free by 2025. “That the National Open Defecation-Free (ODF) Roadmap developed by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources with support from other key sector players across …

A former chairman, Senate Committee of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Dino Melaye, on Wednesday protested at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja where he demanded cancellation of the Kogi West Senatorial election. The flamboyant Senator was received by INEC Secretary, Rose Orianran-Anthony and National Commissioner/Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye. Melaye who came …

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 62nd birthday. Mr Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Wednesday, joined the nation in praying for good health and strength for Jonathan to keep serving the nation. The president rejoiced with family, friends and political associates of the former president, lauding him …

A bill to regulate the use of Social Media as well as curb fake news on the internet has passed second reading at the Senate. The bill, ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill, 2019,’ sponsored by Mohammed Musa was introduced in the Senate two weeks ago. This comes a few years after a similar anti-social media bill introduced in the eight …