N900m Fraud: Ex-JAMB Registrar, Ojerinde secures N200m bail
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, granted bail to the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Adedibu Ojerinde, to the tune of N200million. The court had on Tuesday, remanded Ojerinde in prison custody after the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, arraigned […]
Maritime group moves to sustain blue economy
By Godwin Oritse The Blue Economy Resources Nigeria Coordinating Group may have concluded plans to ensure that the Deep Blue project of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, is sustained with a view to ensuring that the country benefit from the economic potentials. A statement by the group’s chairperson, Hajia Lami Tumaka, said […]
2023: Okowa not opposed to zoning in Delta – Ifeajika
Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, has said that the governor was not averse to the zoning of the governorship of the state contrary to insinuations in some quarters. Speaking to journalists at Government House, Asaba, on Thursday, Ifeajika said that it was also not true that the governor […]
PIB: Ndokwa group rejects 3% allocation, alleges marginalisation
A pan Ndokwa Socio-political pressure group, Organised Ndokwa Effort, ONE, has in very strong terms rejected the allocation of 3% to oil and gas bearing communities in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB by the National Assembly saying, the people of Ndokwa nation will not accept anything less than 10% noting, that the host communities are the ones bearing the brunt of oil exploration directly and that compensation should be commensurate with the adverse effects.
Reps approve Youth Entrepreneurship Fund Bill
By Tordue Salem A bill to provide incentives for the youth in the country, was read for the Second time in the House of Representatives Thursday. The bill titled : ‘Youth Entrepreneurship Development Trust Fund (Establishment) Bill, 2021(HB. 1448) is being sponsored by Hon. Doctor Farah Dagogo, Member representing Degema/ Bonny Federal Constituency, Rivers State. […]
FG commences monitoring of National Social Investment Programmes in Osun
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated 5,000 independent monitors to supervise the implementation of its social investment programmes across Osun state. Speaking at the flag-off, held at Staff Development Centre, Osogbo, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiyah Umar Farouq, said the flag-off of the 5000 […]
