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In a bid to prioritise fiscal responsibility and streamline government expenditure, President Bola Tinubu has announced a temporary ban on all publicly-funded foreign trips for federal government officials, effective 1 April 2024. The ban applies to all ministries, departments, and agencies of the federal government. It covers trips funded by taxpayers’ money for conferences, seminars, workshops, and other official engagements abroad. The President’s decision to enforce this ban stems from a commitment to ensure prudent...

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The Okun community in Kogi State has passed a vote of confidence on Governor Usman Ododo and former Governor Yahaya Bello as well as the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The people condemned comments credited to one Bashorun Adeyemi against both the former Governor and his successor, saying that he was only a mouthpiece of some Abuja-based political jesters and not authorised to speak on behalf of Okun people. While...

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has led the West African Elders Forum (WAEF), deployed on a mediation mission to Senegal ahead of the country’s presidential election on March 24, 2024. The mission, which is led by WAEF chairperson and Nigeria’s former President, Jonathan, also includes Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, former Under-Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel and former president of the Economic Community of West African States...

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…Urges Them To Smoke Out Illegal Miners In a bid to fulfil a major plank of his 7-point agenda to create a new security architecture to secure mining sites, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has unveiled a 2,200-strong Mines Marshal to smoke out illegal miners and all those who flout the nation’s mining laws. Formally receiving the marshals drawn from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) from the Commandant-General,...

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The Nigerian government has reportedly designated 15 individuals and entities as suspected financiers of terrorism, according to a document issued by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU. The list, titled “Designation of Individuals and Entities for March 18, 2024,” includes nine individuals and six Bureau De Change, BDC, operators or firms. Among the named individuals is Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald, who is still standing trial for his alleged relationship with the terrorists who...

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…Akpabio Expresses Doubt Locals Masterminded Attack The killing of 17 soldiers in Delta State of Nigeria last week has continued to elicit controversies in the country as the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio said the killers might be mercenaries. The attack occurred on Thursday, 14 March, when armed unknown individuals ambushed and killed a team of soldiers who were said to be on a peace mission in Okuama village in Bomadi LGA. The commander...

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…Calls For Postponement Of Convention Leader of the National Consultative Front (NCFront), a front line stakeholder’s caucus in the Labour Party (LP), Prof. Pat Utomi has waded into the feud in the party, calling for a ceasefire among the warring groups. Utomi also noted that he has followed with keen interest, the controversies evolving around the proposed National Convention of the LP scheduled to hold in Abia State at the end of March 2024, and called...

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The Senate has amended the 2023 Appropriation Act, extending the implementation period from March 31 to June 30. The upper chamber of the National Assembly  also re-enacted the Supplementary Appropriation Act 2023 to extend its implementation from January 1, June 30. The Senate’s action followed a request in a letter by President Bola Tinubu which was read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at plenary on Wednesday. Tinubu in  the letter titled “Transmission of Appropriation Amendment Bill...

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The Abia State House of Assembly has revoked the law empowering former governors and their deputies to collect pensions. The lawmakers passed the bill to repeal the pensions law for ex-governors, considering the high cost of governance. Recall that former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, who is now a senator, who governed the state since 1999 2007signed the “Abia State Governors & Deputy Governors Pensions Law No 4 of 2001” in 2001. According to the law,...

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The Economic Community of West African States – ECOWAS, has partnered with the Fisheries and Aquaculture Business Development Agency – FABDA, an Anambra State Government Agency headed by Emeka Iloghalu, to train no fewer than one hundred and fifty Anambra youths in table fish production. This training was hosted by the Anambra State Polytechnic in Mgbakwu, Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State. The training which took place over four months, was handsomely supported by...

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