From Chuks Collins, Awka The Chief Edozie Njoku-led All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) chapter in Anambra State has cried out over what it described as plans to disenfranchise the party in the forthcoming local government elections in the state by Gov Chukwuma Soludo. The party national officers led by the National Administrative Secretary of APGA, Okoro Chinedum Benedict, who stormed Awka on Friday, 16 August, 2024, said that armed political thugs and cultists have been hounding the state and national officers of the party at scheduled meetings organized to prepare for the coming council polls. The national executive officers led…
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Deputy Speaker, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has identified accountability, credibility, and transparency as central themes in the work of the ECOWAS Parliament’s Joint Committee he is heading. He said this in an interview with journalists in Abidjan, Cote D’Voire, on the sidelines of the committee’s delocalised meeting. Kalu is the Chairman of the parliament’s Joint Committee on Administration, Finance, Budget, Public Accounts, Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research. The lawmaker explained that all the financial committees under the aegis of the joint committee seek to interrogate the financial health of the parliament. He said: “For instance, what…
The Deputy Speaker, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has said the ECOWAS Parliament has not given up on getting Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger realign with other countries in the regional bloc, stating that already put in place by the West African legislative arm is a parliamentary diplomacy mechanisms to bring back the departing sister countries. Kalu made the disclosure in an interview with journalists in Abidjan, Cote D’Voire. He said there was no cause for alarm over the bloc’s perceived existential threat posed by violent extremism, and the exit threats from ECOWAS by the three Sahelian…
Deputy Speaker, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has revealed the plan of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament to amend its Supplementary Act so as to entrench Separation of Powers and guarantee legislative autonomy. Kalu disclosed this in Abidjan, Cote D’voire, during an interview with journalists at the sidelines of a meeting of ECOWAS Parliament’s Joint Committee on Administration, Finance, Budget, Public Accounts, Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research, of which he is the Chairman. According to him, when laws become obsolete, they outlive their usefulness to the dynamic society, hence, the need to amend them…
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has assured public servants in the state that his administration would put measures in place to ensure that the backlog of promotion exercises is avoided. Abiodun made this known during the celebration of the year 2024 Public Service Week Symposium with the theme, “Building a Socially Responsive Public Service in the 21st Century: The Place of Ethics and Values,” held at the Oba’s Complex, Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. He assured public servants in the state that his administration will not neglect their contributions to the state. The Governor, who described Ethics and Values…
This is indeed good news for retired civilians and military personnel as a manufacturing company, D7G Nigeria, confirmed that it has entered into partnership with the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria to create jobs for 2000 civilians and 500 retired military personnel. Speaking at an event on Friday in Abuja, the Chief Executive Officer of D7G, Osman Chennar, made this disclosure while peaking at an event on Friday, 16 August, 2024 in Abuja. According to Chennar, t D7G is planning with DICON the transfer of advanced military technology to Nigeria. “D7G Nigeria is executing the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola…
Indian doctors kick-started strike on Saturday,17 August, 2024, escalating protests after the “barbaric” rape and murder of their colleague that has channelled outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women. The discovery of the 31-year-old doctor’s bloodied body at a state-run hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata on August 9 sparked furious protests in several cities across the country. Many have been led by doctors and other healthcare workers but also joined by tens of thousands of ordinary Indians demanding action. In Kolkata, thousands held a candle-lit vigil into the early hours of Saturday morning. “Hands that heal shouldn’t bleed,” read…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has revealed that the Service would be seeking the support of the National Assembly to enact a law on the crypto industry. The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Zacch Adedeji, made this disclosure on Saturday, 17 August, 2024 at a stakeholder engagement with the Senate and House Committee on Finance organised by the Intergovernmental Relations Department of the Service with the theme, ‘Repositioning The FIRS To Achieve Its Mandate.’ “The plan first is to have the law that regulates it, and that is why you see that we are here with the legislature, which will…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has denied rumours of selling employment slots to Nigerians and anyone who wishes to buy. In a statement on Saturday, 17 August, 2024 in Abuja signed by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, the oil firm described such rumours as antics of fraudsters who want to take advantage of unsuspecting applicants. The national oil company called on Nigerians to disregard such rumours and warned against paying money to anyone for any job in the company. “The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has called on members of the public, especially jobseekers,…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to urgently intervene in the abduction of 20 medical students who were kidnapped on their way to Enugu for a conference. The NMA Secretary-General, Dr Benjamin Egbo, disclosed this in a letter to the IGP, which was posted on the association’s X.com account on Saturday, 17 August, 2024. The letter dated August 16, August, 2024 read, “I write on behalf of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to urgently bring to your attention a grave situation involving the abduction of 20 medical students. “These students, comprising 12 from…