Algeria on Sunday warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to carry out military intervention in the Niger Republic after the military junta ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. The North African country maintained its firm belief that a negotiated political solution was still possible. According to Algeria, history …
Read More »‘Stop Wike, Umahi, Others From Collecting Life Pensions’ – SERAP Tells Tinubu, Threatens Legal Action
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Bola Tinubu to instruct the former governors who are now serving as ministers in his administration to stop collecting life pensions, exotic cars and other allowances from their states while they serve as ministers. SERAP also …
Read More »Ahead Of Swearing-In As AGF, Fagbemi Receives NBA President, Seeks Recommendations For Judicial Reforms
The incoming Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has asked the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN, to recommend areas that require reforms and improvement in the judiciary. Fagbemi made the call when he received the NBA leadership …
Read More »Palliatives: Knocks trail distribution, beneficiaries decry inadequate foodstuffs, delay
President Bola Tinubu Confusion is trailing the Federal Government’s palliatives package to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory stemming from distribution hitches, alleged underhand dealings and inadequacy of the materials to meet the needs of Nigerians. While some of the states have taken custody of the …
Read More »Ministers designate to get N1.37bn for accommodation
The housing allowances for the newly appointed ministers may cost the country about N343.25m yearly, according to findings from The PUNCH. With that annual allocation, in four years, the Federal Government will spend N1.37bn on the 45 ministers-designate’s accommodation. The allowances are based on data collated from a document obtained from …
Read More »Tinubu To Leverage On Nigeria’s Gas Resources To Restructure Economy
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged his administration’s unalloyed commitment to leveraging on the domestic utilization, processing and international export of Nigeria’s massive gas resources as a transition fuel to catalyze the fundamental restructuring of the nation’s economy for expansive growth during his tenure. His Special Adviser on Media and …
Read More »ECOWAS Military Chiefs Coordinate Action Plan On Niger As Talks Continue
The military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at a meeting in Ghana, coordinated a plan for a possible military operation in Niger, Abdel-Fatau Musah, the West African bloc’s commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, said. “We have already discussed and coordinated all potential actions …
Read More »Grant Kanu Prerogative Of Mercy – ASITU Urges FG
Count down to the proposed visit of the South Eastern governors and other Igbo leaders, to President Bola Tinubu, over the security situation in the zone. The National President of Association of Igbo Town Unions (ASITU), Chief Emeka Diwe, has urged the President to release the leader of the Indigenous …
Read More »Isese Festival: HURIWA Condemns Harassment Of Devotees, Applauds Oyo, Lagos For Declaring Holiday
Prominent pro-Democracy and civil rights advocacy group- Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA), has described as unconstitutional and illegal, the harassment by police and the eventual arrest of a popular Ilorin Isese devotee and activist, Adegbola Abdulazeez, a.k.a. Talọlọrun (Who is God), who incidentally has been remanded in jail …
Read More »ECOWAS, UN Open Last Diplomatic Option In Niger
In a last minute effort to avoid potential military action, West African regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations (UN), have opened a last-ditch diplomatic option with the military junta in Niger. The representatives from ECOWAS are expected to arrive in Niamey, the …
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