Nigerian Southern Governors’ Forum Support Zoning Of Presidency To South, States Collection Of VAT

National DevelopmentNewsPoliticsNigerian Southern Governors’ Forum Support Zoning Of Presidency To South, States Collection Of VAT

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)September 17, 2021

ENUGU — Governors of States in the Southern region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has reaffirmed their earlier commitment to fiscal federalism as resolved at the inaugural meeting of the Southern Governors’ Forum held on Tuesday, 11th May 2021 at Asaba, Delta State; they resolved that power to collect Value Added Tax, VAT, be vested on the states. In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting on Thursday in Enugu State Government...

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Mass Media, Civil Society Organizations Urges To Sensitize Electorates

National DevelopmentPress * MediaMass Media, Civil Society Organizations Urges To Sensitize Electorates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 16, 2021

YOLA — Media Chiefs in Adamawa have stressed the need for the Mass Media and Civil Society Organizations to sensitize the electorate for them to elect credible leaders that have the yearnings and aspirations of the people at heart. The General Managers of Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, ABC Yola Mr. Alleni Ethan Dah and his counterpart of Pulaaku F.M Yola Alhaji Sambo Abubakar gave the charge while receiving a delegation from the non-government organized NGO, the...

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FG Approves N38bn for Completion of Abandoned Road Projects in Five States

InfrastructureNational DevelopmentNewsFG Approves N38bn for Completion of Abandoned Road Projects in Five States

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 15, 2021

ABUJA — The federal government has approved a sum of N38.4 billion for the completion of abandoned road projects in Benue, Bayelsa, Anambra, Imo, and Nasarawa state. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing confirmed the development to state house correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting. According to the minister, the projects are old and were inherited from past administrations. He noted that the cost of the projects was revised to reflect...

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Grazing Routes: Buhari Only Has Control Over Abuja Under Land Use Act – Falana

Law & JusticeNational DevelopmentNewsGrazing Routes: Buhari Only Has Control Over Abuja Under Land Use Act – Falana

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 25, 2021

ABUJA — Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said under the Land Use Act, the Federal Government has no control over land outside the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria. He said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme in reaction to the committee approved by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to review 386 grazing routes across 25 states in the country. According to Falana, “As far as the law is concerned, the...

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Airborne Geophysical Survey To Be Carried Out In 19 States

EconomyNational DevelopmentAirborne Geophysical Survey To Be Carried Out In 19 States

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2021

KADUNA — Mr. Obadiah, General Manager, Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office says the Federal Government is to begin Airborne Geophysical Survey (AGS) AGS in 19 States of the Federation. Nkom disclosed this when he visited the Acting Governor of Kaduna state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, who said that the survey will last for eight months. He said the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification Project (MinDiver) is a World Bank-supported project under the ministry. Nkom added that...

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Prof. Utomi, Sir Obi, Clergy, Others Participate in Maiden C.L.I. Lecture Series

National DevelopmentReligionProf. Utomi, Sir Obi, Clergy, Others Participate in Maiden C.L.I. Lecture Series

Ononuju Egwuonye (Staff Reporter)August 20, 2021

Prof. Utomi advises against IPOB’s Monday-weekly sit-at-home. The church and Government have cordial relationship – Sir Obi, Prof Utomi The Church should be the conscience and soul of the political class —Fr. Onyilioha NNEWI — In the quest for promotion of sustainable development through community-based actions aimed at creating a peaceful society and enlightened empowerment through application of Christian values and ethics, the Christian Legacy Initiative (C.L.I), Nnewi in collaboration with St Joseph Major Seminary,...

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Anthony Obi OgboEducationNational DevelopmentReflections on Leadership and the Change Process —Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo

PilotnewsAugust 16, 20211

The application of leadership must galvanize a culture of transformation, inspire the masses. A leader must be able to speak the language of transformation with an accent pertinent to innovation and the change structure. Therefore, it might not be leadership if the process does not speak this language and also, does not recognize the values of innovation. ____________ Phrases and paragraphs of my book, Maxims of Political Leadership, are riddled with tropes of structural leadership...

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Prof. Kingsley Moghalu Dazzles Audience at the 10th Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series in Awka

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaProf. Kingsley Moghalu Dazzles Audience at the 10th Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series in Awka

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 13, 2021

AWKA — The 10th Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance, which was held at the Prof. Dora Akuyili Women Development Centre was well attended. The event attracted some of the brightest Nigerians including Chief Emeka Anyaoku who served as Commonwealth’s Secretary-General for two decades, Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River State who changed the face of governance in Cross River, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, a global leader and former Deputy Governor of...

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How New States Can Be Created – Senate

National DevelopmentNewsHow New States Can Be Created – Senate

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 8, 2021

ABUJA — The upper chamber of the House of Assembly has highlighted the conditions under which a new state can be created in the federation. Noting that the lawmakers cannot propose the creation of new states, the senate indicated that it can only approve the creation of states if it tallies with the provision of the constitution. The provisions of the constitution on the creation of new states are contained in section 8 of the...

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Seven States To Receive $50 Million World Bank Facility

National DevelopmentUnited NationsSeven States To Receive $50 Million World Bank Facility

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 6, 2021

ABUJA — Seven states to include Katsina, Imo, Plateau, Kaduna, Bauchi, and Ekiti, Delta are to receive a $50 million World Bank facility to develop “specific” water projects. Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources said the amount is part of the   $700 million loan provided by the World Bank water supply to be boosted across the country. Adamu spoke at the weekly Ministerial Briefing, organised by the Presidential Communications Team, in Abuja explained that the government...

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