Leaders Need to Play Key Role in COVID-19 Vaccination – UNICEF

CoronavirusNewsVaccinationLeaders Need to Play Key Role in COVID-19 Vaccination – UNICEF

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2021

Leaders in strategic positions of life have been charged to take lead roles in the drive to encourage Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The leaders outlined at an ongoing media dialogue workshop in Yola Adamawa, included governors, lawmakers, traditional rulers, religious leaders, market leaders, health workers, and others. The workshop was organized by the Child Rights Information Bureau (CRIB) of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with UNICEF. Speaking at the...

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Debt Management Office Announces N150bn FG Bond for Auction

EconomyInvestingDebt Management Office Announces N150bn FG Bond for Auction

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2021

The Debt Management Office (DMO), on Wednesday, announced the auctioning of three Federal Government bonds of N150 billion at N1, 000 per unit. Details obtained from DMO’s website said that the three bonds were valued at N50 billion each, with interest rates of 16.29 per cent; 12.50 per cent, and 9.80 per cent, respectively. It listed the auction date as April 21, while the settlement date is April 23. “Minimum units for sale are N50,...

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JobsWest AfricaECOWAS Should Reject Nominations from Countries Without 30% Women Representation – Lawmaker

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2021

Gambian Lawmaker, Hon. Fatmata Njai says the ECOWAS Parliament can achieve 30 per cent representation of women in parliament only if it rejects nominations from countries not meeting the criteria. Njai expressed this thought while speaking with journalists during the Fifth Legislature’s Delocalized meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament holding in Monrovia with the theme, “Empowerment of Women in the ECOWAS Region.” Njai said it was pertinent to note that some countries lacked female representation in the Conference...

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Afe Babalola Advocates for Extension of Retirement Age for Supreme Court Justices

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaAfe Babalola Advocates for Extension of Retirement Age for Supreme Court Justices

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2021

A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, on Wednesday proposed 100 years as retirement age for Supreme Court Justices from 70. This is contained in a statement issued by Tunde Olofintila, the Director, Corporate Information of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, (ABUAD), in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday. Babalola, founder of ABUAD, made the call at the virtual launch of books in honour of retired Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, CFR, of the Supreme Court to mark his...

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Nigeria Needs Laws That Will Suppress Judiciary from Announcing Election Winner – Jonathan

Law & JusticeNewsPoliticsNigeria Needs Laws That Will Suppress Judiciary from Announcing Election Winner – Jonathan

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 13, 2021

The former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the need for legislation that will restrict the courts from declaring a winner in an election. The former President who spoke with journalists on Monday insisted that the situation where the judiciary is allowed to declared winners in an election as a result of electoral fraud should not be tolerated, adding that such is undemocratic. Jonathan explained that the ballot papers should be the only means of...

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DPR Revokes 32 Refinery Licenses As Dangote Refinery Reaches 80% Completion

BusinessInvestingOil & GasDPR Revokes 32 Refinery Licenses As Dangote Refinery Reaches 80% Completion

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 13, 2021

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has disclosed that 32 refinery project licenses issued to private investors in the country have become invalid in the past three years. According to the DPR, the numbers of valid refinery project licenses presently in the country are 23 as of March 2021, from the 44 in April 2018. Analysis of the agency’s new list of valid refinery project licenses and that of April 2018 revealed that 32 licenses...

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South-East Governors Announces New Security Outfit, Ebube Agu

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSouth-East Governors Announces New Security Outfit, Ebube Agu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 12, 2021

Governors of the South-East states have announced a joint security outfit for the region, codenamed Ebube Agu (Aura of the Tiger). The governors made the resolution in a communique during the first southeast security summit held in Owerri on Sunday. The communique was presented by Chief Dave Umahi, Chairman of the South East Governors’ Conference and Ebonyi Governor, The governor’s conference said the joint security outfit would have its headquarters in Enugu to coordinate the...

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FG Printed N60bn to Share In March – Obaseki

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsFG Printed N60bn to Share In March – Obaseki

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 12, 2021

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said Nigeria is in “huge financial trouble” with the way the economy is run. Obaseki lamented that Nigeria was the only country in the world where the federal, state and local governments earn salaries at the end of the month, adding that the Federal Government printed N60bn as part of federal allocation for March. Speaking at the state transition committee stakeholders’ engagement, the governor said the economy was no...

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Moghalu Advices Youths to Reflect on the Differences Between Politics and Governance

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaMoghalu Advices Youths to Reflect on the Differences Between Politics and Governance

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 11, 2021

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has advised Nigerian youths to reflect on the differences between politics and governance as they lend their voices to the Nigeria polity. The former Presidential aspirant gave the advice during a summit organized by the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation on Saturday evening. The virtual summit which was conveyed by Moghalu was tagged “Elevating Youth Voices.” It features youths from different...

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Six PDP Governors in Zamfara to Beg Matawalle Not to Join APC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSix PDP Governors in Zamfara to Beg Matawalle Not to Join APC

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 9, 2021

Six governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), have visited Zamfara State in an effort to persuade the state Governor, Bello Matawaller not to join the ruling All Progressives Congress. The governors who visited Matawalle included, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Darius Ishaku of Taraba, Umar Fintiri of Adamawa and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, were in Government House Gusau on Wednesday. The governors were reported to have spent...

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