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Ogoni group urges FG to ensure implementation of UNEP report
A group, Ogoni Liberation Initiative (OLI), has urged the Federal Government to ensure full implementation of the United Nations Environmental Report (UNEP) report in the Ogoni region of Rivers state. The group also urged the Federal Government to make the environmental clean-up a President Muhammadu Buhari legacy project. Speaking at an event in Bori, Khana […]
See FG, Twitter agreement before lifting of ban
The Nigerian government has listed some of the agreements it reached with Twitter before the suspension of the ban placed on the microblogging site after it removed a tweet by President Buhari. The president in a tweet threatened the Igbo extraction of the country with genocide. A press statement on Wednesday signed by the Director-General […]
FG declares bandits as terrorists, issues gazette
The Federal Government has officially declared bandits groups as terrorists through an official gazette issued on Wednesday. This follows a ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which declared the bandit groups terrorists. The Federal Government had in an affidavit filed in support of an ex parte motion through the Federal Ministry of Justice told […]
PANDEF insists on creation of state police
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has asked Nigerians to insist on the creation of state police, which was earlier out ruled by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the forum, the presidency’s support of the non-establishment of state police is because of the benefit it is receiving from the already established system. In a statement, […]
IYC query Buhari, Amaechi’s silence on NDDC board
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has called out the Minister of Transportation and former Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi over his silence on the agitation of stakeholders for a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a statement on Tuesday, the IYC President, Peter Igbifa, wondered why Amaechi had remained unusually […]
Why Buhari has not assented to electoral amendment act bill – FG
The Presidency has given reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari has not assented to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill following the backlash from the media and citizens. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, claims that the Presidency took the decision in the best interest of Nigerians. […]
Chidoka carpets Amaechi over claims on money left by ex-President Jonathan
Success Nwanedo Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has called out the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over claims that the money left behind by former president, Goodluck Jonathan, could not last the current administration for three weeks. The former Governor of Rivers State had said this when he featured on a Channel’s TV programme, […]
Ogoni communities insist on compensation before resumption of oil activities
Communities in Ogoniland have directed the Federal Government to compensate Ogonis for years of environmental pollution the area has suffered as a result of oil exploitation before considering the resumption of crude oil exploration. The resolution was reached after a meeting held under the auspices of the Ogoni Liberation Initiative (OLI) where they also called […]
Digital tokens to replace NIN by January 2022 – FG
The Federal Government has disclosed that the newly introduced virtual national identification number (NIN) tokens comprising of 16 alphabets and numbers, will replace the National Identification Number (NIN) from January 2022. Speaking at a stakeholders workshop on the ‘NIN Tokenization Solution’ organised by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Abuja on Wednesday, Minister of […]
FG declares Monday, Tuesday, Jan 3 as Christmas, New Year holidays
The Federal Government has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day celebrations respectively. In a statement on behalf of the FG, the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, while congratulating Christians at home and abroad enjoined them to […]
NNPC presents ministry of works with N621bn cheque for road projects
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has presented a cheque of N621bn to the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing for the construction of critical road projects across the country. The projects, which will be executed under the tax credit scheme is funded through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in accordance with President Muhammadu […]