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Tinubu appoints CEO, Heads of Programmes for NSIPA, Humanitarian Ministry
By Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has appointed Badamasi Lawal as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) and seven other Nigerians to head strategic agencies and programmes under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. This was announced in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on…
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FG plans to establish historical centre in honor of King Jaja of Opobo
By Tosin Brown The Minister of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa, has announced plans by the Federal Government to honour the legendary King Jaja of Opobo with the establishment of the King Jaja of Opobo Historical and Cultural Centre. Recently, the minister inaugurated the Technical Committee responsible for implementing the historical and cultural centre in…
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NIS adds #EndBadGovernance protest sponsors to watchlist
By Kunle Sanni The Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) has added sponsors of the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest to their watchlist. During a press briefing at Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, NIS Comptroller-General Kemi Nandap revealed that individuals supporting the protests from abroad would be arrested upon entering Nigeria. This decision followed a strategic meeting led by Chief of Defence Staff…
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FG launches initiative to create abundant jobs in cotton/textile sector
By Kunle Sanni The Federal Government has announced new economic measures aimed at creating over 1.4 million jobs annually in the cotton and textile sector. This initiative, in collaboration with the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), seeks to revive Nigeria’s cotton industry. In a statement released on Tuesday by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and…
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Protest: Police warn against display of foreign flags, calls for military coup
By Kunle Sanni The Nigeria Police Force has issued a stern warning against the display of foreign flags and calls for a military coup during protests, labeling such actions as treasonable felonies under Nigerian law. This warning comes in the wake of recent violent protests in Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, and Katsina States, where demonstrators were seen brandishing foreign flags. In…
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Navy won’t allow “subversive elements” sponsoring violent protest take over Nigeria- Ogalla
The Chief of Naval Staff, Emmanuel Ogalla, has said that Navy would not allow “subversive elements” sponsoring violent protest to take over Nigeria. Speaking during a press briefing at the strategic meeting of service chiefs conveyed by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, in Abuja on Tuesday, the chief of naval staff said Nigerians have a constitutional right…
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NIS places sponsors of hunger protest on watchlist
The Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) have placed sponsors of the nationwide hunger protest on its watchlist. Comptroller-General of NIS, Kemi Nandap, made this known on Tuesday, at a strategic meeting convened by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa. Nandap also said sponsors in the diaspora would also be arrested immediately they step foot into the country. She said, “We have…
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MINILS Director-General praises President Tinubu’s address on protests
Kunle Sanni The Director-General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Issa Aremu, has praised President Bola Tinubu’s recent public address on the #EndBadGovernance protests. According to a report by PREMIUM TIMES, Aremu highlighted that the address provided a platform for a pan-Nigerian conversation about good governance. Aremu noted that while periodic crises are inherent to nation-building,…
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AON commends judiciary for ruling against Nigeria Air sale
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has commended the Nigerian Judiciary for its recent ruling against the controversial sale of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines. In a statement signed by AON President Alhaji Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, the association expressed gratitude to the judiciary for upholding justice. On Monday, Justice A. Alagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos ruled against…
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Hunger Protest: Rights group condemns arrest of protest leaders
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre has written to the National Human Rights Commission to demand the release of some of the arrested hunger protesters. RULAAC, in a letter on Tuesday signed by its Executive Director, Okechukwu Nwanguma, and made available to journalists, described the continued arrests of citizens participating in, or associated with the peaceful protest in…
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