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NEITI: Tinubu approves re-constitution of National Stakeholders’ Working Group
President Bola Tinubu has approved the re-constitution of a 15-man National Stakeholders’ Working Group (NSWG) for Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). The NSWG has the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume as Chairman while Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji is to serve as Secretary. Members of the group include; Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service…
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LASG warns LG officials against illegal arrest of motorists
By Innocent Raphael Lagos State government has issued a stern warning to local government officials engaging in arbitrary arrest and enforcement of traffic laws. The state government gave the warning through the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluseun Osiyemi. Sppesking with journalists in Alausa-Ikeja, Osiyemi clarified that only officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have the legal mandate to…
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One dead, many injured in Lagos building collapse
By Innocent Raphael In a devastating incident in Lagos State, a woman has reportedly lost her life, while numerous others escaped injured, when a three-storey building partially collapsed on its occupants. Reports indicate that the tragic incident occurred on No. 5 Alli Street in the Ita Faaji area of Lagos Island, as the building collapsed shortly after a spell of…
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Yahaya Bello used $720k from state treasury for his child’s tuition – EFCC boss alleges
By Innocent Raphael The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has alleged that embattled former Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello withdrew a staggering $720,000 from the state’s coffers to prepay his child’s school fees. Olukoyede made the startling revelations during an interactive session with media executives in Abuja on Tuesday The EFCC boss claimed that…
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UPDATED: FG begins investigation into bullying incident at Lead British School
By Innocent Raphael The Federal Government has initiated an investigation into bullying among students at the Lead British International School in Abuja. Folasade Boriowo, the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, conveyed the government’s stance on the matter in a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja. In the statement, Boriowo underscored the Ministry’s deep…
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Okupe opens up on why Obi joined LP
A former director-general of the Labour Party presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, says the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, never believed in the ideologies of the party. Okupe said that LP was just a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the presidential election. He spoke while featuring on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’. Okupe who resigned his membership of the Labour Party…
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BREAKING: Olukoyede vows to resign if Yahaya Bello not prosecuted
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has sworn to follow the prosecution of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to logical conclusion. Olukoyede made this known in a chat with journalists at the EFCC Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja on Tuesday. He vowed that all those who obstructed the arrest of the…
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FG closes Lead British School over bullying
By Innocent Raphael A trending video of a female student of Lead British International School, Abuja, being bullied by her schoolmate has sparked outrage on social media. The pandemonium started on Monday night, when an X user, with handle @mooyeeeeeee, called for justice for a female student of the school who was bullied by her classmates. Alongside a video of…
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EFCC Serves Yahaya Bello’s Lawyer Charge Sheet In Court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has served a copy of the charge sheet of alleged fraud to the tune of N84bn against the immediate past governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello on his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohamed. WesternPost reports that the agency took the action following a Tuesday order by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in…
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LASG to roll out 2,000 CNG buses before end of 2024
…to launch 231 electric vechicles in June Lagos State Government has concluded plans to roll 2, 000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses before the end of 2024. The state government would also launch about 231 electric vehicles by the end of June, 2024. Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, disclosed this on Tuesday, at the 2024 ministerial briefing on the…
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