Lobbying for IGP post dangerous, northern group warns
…Warns against appointing Katsina indigene By Nnamdi Ojiego The Northern Nigerian Security and Public Safety Concern (NSPSC) has expressed displeasure at the emerging trend of lobbying for appointment to the post of the Inspector General of Police. NSPSC in a statement by its North Central Coordinator, Benedict Ene, said it is saddened by developments that […]
PIB: Proposed governance model’ll trigger tension in N’Delta, oil communities warn
…Say it’s totally wrong, obnoxious; should be rejected By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South OIL producing communities in Gbaramatu and Egbema Kingdoms, Delta State, have rejected the recommended governance model under the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, 2020 for host communities’ development where oil companies would become overlords over oil producing communities, warning it would generate […]
APC membership registration: C’ttee sets agenda for smooth exercise
The Seven-Man State Supervisory Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Membership Revalidation and Registration Exercise has charged the state caretaker executives in Lagos to ensure rancour-free, smooth exercise to achieve success in the interest of the party.
Nigeria has $900bn dead capital in real estate, agric-PWC
…Lists 10 areas for accelerated economic growth By Providence Adeyinka Nigeria holds as much as $900 billion worth of dead capital locked up in residential real estate and agricultural land, including federal government’s abandoned properties estimated at N230 billion, said PWC Nigeria. Dead capital refers to unregistered real property, and is considered lost value because […]
COVID-19: Everyone must be vaccinated to defeat pandemic — FG
…As APC charges members to observe protocol during registration By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Government has said every Nigerian was at great risk of contracting the COVID-19, declaring that everybody has to be vaccinated in order to defeat the pandemic. Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the […]
Food security: Lagos partners IITA to train 13,548 youths in Agribusiness
Lagos State Government in collaborating with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Africa Projects Development Centre, APDC, has concluded plans to train 13,548 youths in the state in the various agricultural value chains in a five-stage model within the next five years.
