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Former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, was on Wednesday arraigned at the Jos High Court for allegedly misappropriating N6.3 billion. Jang, who was arraigned alongside one Yusuf Gyang Pam by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 12- count charge, pleaded not guilty to the charges.The defence counsel, Robert Clark (SAN), pleaded that the ex-governor be granted …

Oba Ewuare II Foundation in collaboration with the National Directorate of Employment has put together a skill acquisition program at the Oba Ewuare II Foundation Complex in Benin City. The empowerment program is aimed at training 50 youths in the state including the Libya returnees. The training will be on entrepreneurship skills like liquid soap making, baby powder, hair cream, …

Benin City, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has applauded the plan by the Buhari administration to expend the $320million loot returned from Switzerland to Nigeria on the poorest of the poor through a conditional Cash Transfer Program. Rev David Ugolor, ANEEJ Executive Director said on Tuesday that the plan by the Federal Government to comply …

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and members of the government team Monday met at the Presidential Villa on employment initiatives. The Vice President who is Chairman of the federal government Economic Management Team, (EMT). Though members of team refused to speak to journalists after the meeting, it was gathered that the meeting was to re-strategies on the federal government’s efforts towards …

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Tuesday discharged a Supreme Court judge, Sylvester Ngwuta, of charges of false declaration of assets preferred against him by the federal government. Danjuma Umar, chairman of the tribunal who presided over the case, held that the petition brought against Mr Nguta was incompetent. He said only the National Judicial Council (NJC) reserved the …

Members of the ruling All Progressives Congress caucus of the House of Representatives have endorsed former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole, for the position of national chairman of the party. This was made known by the House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, after the aspirant and his campaign team met the lawmakers at the National Assembly complex Tuesday evening. The meeting …

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday said he would not cheat or allow anybody to cheat Nigerians. The President stated this shortly after lunching the social intervention programme initiated by Jigawa State Governor, Badaru Abubakar, in Dutse. Buhari is currently on a two-day working visit to the state. He said: “We are fully aware of the present hardship in the …

As Nigerians await the passage of the 2018 budget by the National Assembly, the federal government says its capital expenditure for the 2017 fiscal year was in excess of N1.5 trillion. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun disclosed this on Sunday in a couple of tweets through her official verified Twitter handle, @HMKemiAdeosun. Mrs Adeosun was excited the expenditure was …

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Auyo, Jigawa State said that his administration’s economic diversification and inclusion growth programmes especially in key good producing states were producing positive results. President Buhari who is on a two-day working visit to the state stated this during the commencement of the rehabilitation and expansion of the 6,000-hectare Hadejia Valley irrigation project. He said that …

Former Nigerias’ Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, says the condition he found himself after his ouster from office in 1975 might have changed the attitude of Nigerian leaders to corruption. Mr Gowon, a retired general who led Nigeria through three years of civil war during his nine year reign, was removed from office on July 29, 1975 by his junior …