Politics

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced October 25, 2018, as the date for its fourth annual TEF Entrepreneurship forum. The forum would unite over 5,000 entrepreneurs, global investors, leaders from the African public and private sectors and developmental organisations in Lagos. The 2018 cohort from the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme, as well as mentors and partners, would be present, …

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The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has admonished politicians and political parties to ensure only credible candidates emerge for the 2019 elections across the country. The Oba made this assertion while receiving former vice president and foremost presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, in Benin on Tuesday. Speaking on the level of insecurity in the country, Oba Ewuare II stated that …

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From Amos Okioma Residents in Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital on Monday expressed concerns over increased oil exploration activities in the past one month. Some residents who spoke on the development, frowned at indiscriminate seismic activities by oil firms in residential area in Yenagoa and the adverse impact of materials used in the exercise.. The seismic activities involved the …

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The National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) has disclosed that Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed the sum of N821.86 billion to the three tiers of government in July 2018 from the revenue generated in June 2018. According to bureau report on Tuesday, the amount disbursed consist of N687.35billion from the Statutory Account, N85.34billion from Valued Added Tax (VAT) and N7.32billion …

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.asks NHRC to probe rights violation The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday directed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately begin the overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He has also directed the National Human Rights Commission to set up a panel to probe allegations of rights abuse by the Police unit. The Senior Special Assistant to the …

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With the increasing farming and harvest of Tilapia Fish in the country, Tilapia and Aquaculture Developers Association of Nigeria (TADAN) is canvassing a ban on the importation of the fish specie into the country. The association claimed that the fish specie was introduced into the country few years ago but Nigerians have mastered the production of the feeds to the …

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The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s total debt rose to N22.4 trillion in the first half of the 2018 financial year. This represents a three percent increase from the N21.68 trillion recorded at end of December 2017. Patience Oniha, director general of the DMO, made the revelation while addressing reporters in Abuja on Tuesday. According to her, the rise …

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From Amos Okioma  Some residents at Imiringi, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have lamented blockade of natural water channels by oil and gas exploration activities at nearby oilfields. The residents said on Monday that the indiscriminate activities have also created artificial channels resulting to flooding of farmlands and plantain plantations in the area. Chief Rotami Ademe member of the …

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Comrade Bunmi Ojo, has been shot dead. Unidentified gunmen, Friday evening, shot the politician in the state, barely two months to the inauguration of the Governor-elect Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Advertisement Details of the assassination are yet to get to the public.

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Dayo Emmanuel Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has stated that his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), does not have a reward system. Akpabio, who resigned from his position as the Minority Leader in the Nigerian Senate before defecting to the All Progressive Congress (APC), Wednesday, told Channels Television that the National Assembly belongs to …

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