Politics

By Amos Odeh, Bayelsa They passed the verdict during a one-day meeting on the “Framework for Citizens’ Budgeting in Bayelsa State” organised by the Social Development Integrated Centre, popularly called Social Action, at the Bayelsa Non-Governmental Organisations Forum (BANGOF) secretariat in Yenagoa. The meeting was part of activities under Social Action’s campaign on open budget and other fiscal documents, including …

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The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs, Ambassador Tibor Nagy, has said Nigeria is home to the sharpest young people he has ever met. Ambassador Nagy spoke yesterday from Washington, D.C. ahead of his official visit to Nigeria and other countries. He said authorities should address the issues that can make the youths become “distraught …

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By: Ariwera Ibibo – Howells, Yenagoa No fewer than 4000 members of the Bayelsa state chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Friday defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Yenagoa the state capital. Receiving the defectors, former Governor of Bayelsa and leader of the party, Chief Timipre Sylva commended them for leaving their former party, stressing that the …

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By: Ariwera Ibibo – Howells, yenagoa. Bayelsa state former House of Assembly member and onetime Commissioner in the state Local Government Service Commission, Chief Augustus Elliot OSomu says he is running for the Ogbia Federal constituency seat in the 2019 election. The former Legislator who represented Ogbia Constituency III in the state Assembly disclosed this to Journalists at Imiringi, his …

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Tayo Olanipekun Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, has said he would lead a vigorous and robust campaign for the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari as well as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for the 2019 general elections. Ambode gave the assurance on Tuesday when he spoke to journalists at the Presidential …

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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says whenever he wants to sack a public official that has been found to be corrupt, he gets many calls from religious and political leaders not to do so. Speaking on at 24th Nigerian Economic Summit plenary on corruption and rule of law, in Abuja on Monday, the vice-president said the Nigerian elite are often times in …

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Years after the initial debtors list was released by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), the corporation has released the list of delinquent debtors who have failed to meet it at the negotiation table, all 105 of them owing a total of N906.109 billion. Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited owned by Ifeanyi Ubah, NICON Investments Limited owned by …

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the introduction of Mortgage Guarantee Companies (MGCs), aimed at reducing credit risk in the mortgage finance sector as well as increase access to mortgage loans. The new firms, according to the CBN will operate with minimum capital base of N6 billion and authority to provide full or partial guarantee for residential mortgage …

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Anger, confusion and apprehension are pervading the top hierarchy of the Nigeria Customs Service after a long-scheduled promotion examination for the next generation of top management personnel was abruptly cancelled after all the 1,164 officers were already gathered at the Abuja headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) at 7 o clock this Monday morning. Officers from the …

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BudgIT said its attention has been drawn to activities on the advocacy group handle due to the serial tweets of @ToluOgunlesi on a graphic as regards a daily annual average of PMS supply. BudgIT said a few weeks ago, it published a report indicating the jump in NNPC’s PMS supply from an average of 24.1m litres/day in 2015 to 52.7m …

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