China urges U.S. to cut large nuclear arsenal
China on Wednesday urged the United States to earnestly fulfil its special duties on nuclear disarmament and further cut its large nuclear arsenal. “As the country with the world’s largest and most advanced nuclear arsenal, the United States should earnestly fulfill its special duties on nuclear disarmament, respond to Russia’s call for extending the New […]
Argentina: New president vows to put citizens before debt repayments
Center-leftist Alberto Fernandez vowed to put his people first ahead of debt repayments after he was sworn in as Argentina’s president Tuesday to singing and applause from lawmakers and supporters. After taking over from the market-friendly Mauricio Macri, Fernandez sent a message to the International Monetary Fund, saying “it’s impossible to pay external debt without […]
Senate mandates committee to investigate issues on foreign vessels
The Senate on Wednesday at the plenary mandated its Committee on Local Content to investigate reasons for the dominance of foreign vessels above locally owned and registered vessels in the domestic carriage of petroleum products within coastal inland waterways of Nigeria.
Painter bags 7 years imprisonment for stealing N1200 diesel
An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Wednesday sentenced a 26-year-old painter, Chimezie Kobi, to seven years in jail for stealing N1,200 worth of diesel. The Judge, Yahaya Mohammed, sentenced Kobi after he pleaded guilty to a three-count-charge of trespass, breaking in and theft. Mohammed, however, gave the convict an option […]
Reps to investigate alleged corruption in NUC in universities’ accreditation
The House of Representatives has directed the Committee on Tertiary Education and Services to investigate the alleged intimidation and extortion of money from universities for accreditation by the National Universities Commission (NUC). This followed a unanimous adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Sam Onwuaso (PDP, Anambra, (Ogbaru Federal Constituency) during the plenary presided over […]
Corruption remains a serious problem in Nigeria, reveals SERAP survey
A new public survey released today by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) shows that corruption remains a serious problem in Nigeria, and affecting majority of Nigerians, despite Nigerian authorities’ oft-repeated commitment to address the problem.
