Bolaji Owasanoye, chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says 257 projects amounting to N20.138 billion were duplicated in the 2021 budget. The ICPC chairman while speaking at the third national summit on diminishing corruption in the public service with the theme “Corruption and the …
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“We want to sign deals.” This is what South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa expects from his seven-day West Africa tour, beginning in Nigeria on Tuesday. The president landed in Abuja on Tuesday evening to a warm reception. Accompanied by various ministers, Ramaphosa said he wanted to see the opening up …
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Canadian health authorities have restricted travel to 10 countries to prevent the spread of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus. Nigeria, Egypt, and Malawi have been added to the list as of today. The Canadian government announced this afternoon that several more countries have been added to the list …
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Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has declared that only a President from the north-central zone can rescue Nigeria from it’s current state of comatose. Baraje, who stated this when he led a team of PDP Advocates to consult on behalf of former …
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The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the power to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is currently facing treason charges at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Igbo leaders led by First Republic …
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has kept his word with the release of White Paper on the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry report regarding Lekki Toll Gate incident and #EndSARS issues. Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr. Gbenga Omotoso disclosed this on Tuesday night. It can be downloaded here; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1chENH9s3G4EdSV_Atmd8dHdpkrC7G8io/view
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World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said work on an intellectual-property waiver aimed at widening vaccine access in poor countries will continue despite the sudden postponement of a meeting of key stakeholders this week. “The new variant should be a clarion call to all of us that we should now …
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SPEECH TO THE PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE ON THE LEKKI TOLLGATE INCIDENT – DELIVERED ON TUESDAY 30 NOVEMBER, 2021. My dear good people of Lagos State, It is with great sense of responsibility that I address you today on the reactions that have trailed the release of the #EndSARS Judicial …
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the government will release its White Paper on the report submitted by the EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry on November 15, 2021. The governor in a speech on Tuesday on the Lekki shootings of October 20, 2020, said, “As an administration, are determined that …
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EndSARS: SANWO-OLU CALLS FOR HARMONY … Invites youths for Peace Walk to herald ‘healing of Lagos’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I6RLS1rrts Lagos State deserves true healing after the disturbances that trailed last year’s protests against police brutality, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Tuesday. He said only sustenance of harmony can guarantee the realisation of …
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