Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday launched a $618 million programme for young Nigerians in the technology and creative sectors. He urged governments across Africa and the private sector to render more support for the growth of innovation in the continent. ...
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Alleged N304.1m Fraud: Ex-NIMASA DG Used Kids’ Firm To Steal N120m – Witness Tells Court
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday heard that a former acting Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Haruna Baba Jauro, allegedly laundered N120 million through the bank account of a firm he registered ...
Read More »Ex-EFCC Lawyer Sues Akwa Ibom Govt Over 13% Derivation Refunds
A former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecutor, Nkereuwen Anana has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the Akwa-Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel, to give details of how the 13 percent oil derivation refunds aid received ...
Read More »Naira Scarcity, Citizen Penury And Other Matters
President Muhammadu Buhari recently stated that the naira redesign policy was meant to boost the economy and not to cause hardship. Buhari who apologised to Nigerians over the development made this known in a video clip posted on Twitter by ...
Read More »RECs To Brief INEC Chairman On BVAS Reconfiguration Today
Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) will today meet with chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, ahead of next Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. The meeting, LEADERSHIP learnt, is to discuss ways to avert the glitches ...
Read More »SERAP Faults Planned Shutdown Of Broadcast Stations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has threatened to drag the federal government to court over moves to revoke the licenses of broadcast stations and shut them down over their coverage of elections and post-election matters. SERAP, which made the ...
Read More »Obidient Movement Leaders, PCC Members, Ors Converge In Uyo
…Say, They are Intact, Stronger, Undaunted For The Task Ahead …Call For Proper Accountability By The Leaders …As The Guber Candidate Explains Manifesto To Members By Our Correspondent Following the widespread rumours of the support groups of the Obi-Datti movement ...
Read More »INEC’s Weak Attempt to Justify Elections Irregularities
For many people, the recent presidential election was supposed to be different in view of the presumed experience of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the previous elections. INEC was supposed to have learnt from the challenges from the ...
Read More »NASENI To Unveil Locally Produced Military Weapons
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) will soon unveil its Made-in-Nigeria military weapons and equipment even as the Nigerian Army has lent its support to domestication of these weapons, saying it would strengthen the fight against insurgency, ...
Read More »Presidential Polls: Labour Party, INEC Set For Showdown Over Access To Election Materials
The Labour Party (LP) is lurching towards an angry showdown with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the commission’s alleged refusal to grant it access to inspect certified true copies of materials used in the presidential election held on ...
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