…as Appropriation Bill Scales Second Reading The Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uche Ugwu urges lawmakers to take their oversight functions seriously as this is in the interest of the electorates they represent. Ugwu said this on Tuesday when the bill for a law to make provision for the sum of nine hundred and seventy-one billion, eighty-four million naira only (N971,084,000,000.00) to the services of the Enugu State Government of Nigeria...

In a bid to empower youths across the country, the Federal Government has unveiled a-24 month action plan of creating 20 million jobs, through the recently launched “Nigerian Youth Economic Engagement and De-Radicalization Programme (NIYEEDEP), a pro-youth socio-economic intervention scheme jointly anchored and driven by the Federal Ministry of Youth Development and the Nigerian Senate, through its Committee on Sports Development. A total of 20 million jobs will be created through entrepreneurship revolution, in such...

The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has kicked against the proposed Tax Reform Bill introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and told the National Assembly (NASS) to reject it.  A press statement on Tuesday signed by Comrade Israel Uwejeyan, National Coordinator, NDYC stated that the bill represents an alarming departure from the principles of equity and shared prosperity upon which our nation was built. Uwejeyan said, “This bill, while masquerading as a solution to Nigeria’s...

… Seeks Reform Of INEC, Police, Army, Others The Nigerian Youth For Atiku (NYFA), a support group of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the economic reforms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government requires holistic review and it is not working. The group also called for the reform of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the police, army and other security apparatuses. Mr. Dare Dada, the group’s Director of Communications...

The National Publicity Secretary of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Dr. Isuwa Dogo has said that security agencies in Niger Delta are in the region to protect oil thieves and not to prevent oil theft. Dogo in an interview on Monday noted that the actions of the military have confirmed that they collude with oil criminals to perpetrate criminality. It will be recalled that investigative journalist and founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo...

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed  support for the administrative and financial autonomy of local government councils across the country. This was disclosed on Monday by the Forum’s Chairman, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, during the National Dialogue on Local Government and Constitution Amendment. The programme was convened by the House Committee on the Review of the Constitution in collaboration with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), with support from the UK...

Chief Akai Egwuonwu, Chairman of Stine Industries, makers of Anambra Rice, has thrown his hat to contest the Anambra South senatorial by-election, to replace the zone’s deceased senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah. Emerging information suggests that the by-election primaries will be conducted sometime in December 2024 by participating political parties, while the main election will be held in January of 2025. During his declaration on Sunday at his home in Amichi, Nnewi South local government area,...