NBA-SPIDEL appoints Nwadioke, electoral committee chair

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNBA-SPIDEL appoints Nwadioke, electoral committee chair

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 17, 2023

The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has appointed leading senior lawyer and human rights advocate, Mr. Emeka Nwadioke as the Chairman of the Electoral Committee to midwife the next leadership for the Section. NBA-SPIDEL is one of only three NBA sections. The elections would be held on Friday during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the section, drawing the curtains on its 2023 Annual Conference and the three-year regime...

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Comptroller General Immigration declares state of emergency on passport

NewsNigeriaPoliticsComptroller General Immigration declares state of emergency on passport

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 17, 2023

Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, Acting Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has declared a state of emergency on international passport processing and issuance. She also moved to address multifaceted challenges around the issuance of critical documents in the country. The Ag. CG while speaking during an unscheduled visit to Alausa Passport office in Lagos State, emphasised the need to dismantle all man-made bottlenecks that impede passport application process across the country. Adepoju maintained...

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Election 2023: Yoruba Community in Anambra Shares Experience

NewsNigeriaPoliticsElection 2023: Yoruba Community in Anambra Shares Experience

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)June 16, 2023

…Commends Uzuegbuna Okagbue for leading and protecting their political cause The Yoruba community in Anambra has narrated their experience in the state during the just concluded 2023 Presidential Election. Addressing journalists in Awka Anambra State capital on Thursday, the leadership of Yoruba community in Anambra State regretted that incidences of ethnic tensions and smear shaped nearly all issues of national discuss, particularly in the buildup to the 2023 General Election. Describing these ethnic tensions as...

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Reps reject motion to declare ‘japa’ a national emergency

NewsNigeriaPoliticsReps reject motion to declare ‘japa’ a national emergency

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 16, 2023

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, rejected a motion seeking to declare the factors that motivate Nigerian youths to relocate abroad, otherwise known as “Japa”, as a national emergency. The motion was sponsored by Philip Agbese, a lawmaker representing the Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo federal constituency of Benue state. The motion was titled: “Need to Declare Emigration of Young Nigerians Abroad, A.K.A Japa Syndrome, a National Emergency.” Presenting the motion, Agbese cited statistics from the Nigerian economic summit...

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Tinubu appoints Alake, Ribadu, six others as special advisers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu appoints Alake, Ribadu, six others as special advisers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 16, 2023

A week after the Senate approved a request from President Bola Tinubu to appoint 20 special advisers, the President has named eight persons as his special advisers. Abiodun Oladunjoye, the State House director of information, in a statement on Thursday, announced the appointment of Dele Alake, a former commissioner of information and strategy in Lagos State, as President Tinubu’s special adviser on special duties, communications and strategy. Nuhu Ribadu, a former chairman of the Economic...

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Tinubu suspends EFCC boss, Bawa, appoints Chukkol as Ag. Chairman

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu suspends EFCC boss, Bawa, appoints Chukkol as Ag. Chairman

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 16, 2023

…DSS invites Bawa for questioning. President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate suspension of AbdulRasheed Bawa from office as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. A statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Wednesday explains that the suspension is a result of the “weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him.” It further said that the suspension was to allow for a proper...

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HoR Election: Wase congratulates Abbas, Kalu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsHoR Election: Wase congratulates Abbas, Kalu

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 16, 2023

…Calls for synergy to confront issues of parliament stability Hon. Idris Wase, the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, has congratulated Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu on their election as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of the 10th House of Representatives over their victories at the election. Wase in a congratulatory message noted that although they were on different sides of the political space, they have, nevertheless always...

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Subsidy Removal: Oil marketers lament, lack of money to pay differentials

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSubsidy Removal: Oil marketers lament, lack of money to pay differentials

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 15, 2023

The Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria also called NOGASA on Wednesday declared that its members don’t have money to pay differentials as the price of fuel tankers has suddenly jumped to N25  million up from N7 million before the removal of fuel subsidy. Bennett Korie, National President of NOGASA stated this while addressing journalists at a world press conference in Abuja, stressing that the group supports subsidy removal 100 per cent, and...

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Kwara Boat Mishap: Diri Asks FG to pay attention to waterways safety

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKwara Boat Mishap: Diri Asks FG to pay attention to waterways safety

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 15, 2023

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has bemoaned Monday’s boat accident in Kwara State that claimed more than 100 lives. While describing the mishap as sad and unfortunate, Diri commiserated with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, the families of the victims and the people of Kwara State. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, on Wednesday, said the tragedy was a sad reminder of similar incidents in the riverine...

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Mismanagement of 13% derivation responsible for militancy in  region – Clark

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMismanagement of 13% derivation responsible for militancy in  region – Clark

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 15, 2023

Chief Edwin Clark, leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has said that the mismanagement of the 13 percent derivation fund is responsible for militancy in the region. While speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday, Clark noted that governors in Niger Delta are now richer than the Niger Delta states and berated former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for failure to account for the 13 percent derivation received during his tenure as governor. He said, “The 13...

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