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  Diezani Alison-Madueke Former OPEC president Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the UK National Crime Agency said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She will appear in court …

University of Nigeria, Nsukka …Private Hostel Accommodation Hits N470,000 Per Room Students of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, have embraced off-campus accommodation following the dirty state of hostels on the campus. A survey conducted by THE WHISTLER on Tuesday showed that private hostels built around the university have been taken over by …

The leader of the mutineers who seized power in Niger, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, said on Saturday that his country does not want war, but will be ready to defend itself if necessary. “Neither the army nor the people of Niger want war, but we will resist any manifestation of it,” …

•Sanwo-Olu restates commitment to net zero by 2050 As part of mitigation measures, Lagos State in 2018 developed a climate action plan, which is targeted at ensuring it achieves net zero by 2050. Experts, government officials and stakeholders, recently converged on Lagos at a summit to ponder on prevention and …

Are war and peace mutually exclusive? This is one important question that has dominated the attention of scholars and students in the area of conflict resolution across time and space. The answer, however, varies with different schools of scholarship. For instance, one academic contends that both war and peace are mutually …

Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof Usman Yusuf, speaks to DANIEL AYANTOYE on the Niger Republic crisis, corruption in Nigeria, among other issues Nigerians are currently facing hardship due to the removal of fuel subsidy. What can be done to save the situation? First and foremost, this …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …