The Tax Justice and Governance Platform Forum of Akwa Ibom State, a coalition that is committed to fair tax policies and effective public resource management has raised the alarm over the increasing debt profile of the state. It expressed sadness that data obtained from the Debt Management Office indicated a 61.1 per cent increase…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for the alleged missing N40 trillion federal allocations meant for local governments in the states and the FCT.” The suit followed the damning revelations by former…
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has absolved President Bola Tinubu of any blame over the current economic situation in the country, saying the situation preceded his ascendancy to office. Oyebanji, who spoke on Friday in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital during the monthly Evening of Praise and Worship programme, said the President could fix…
Donald Trump cruised to a lightning victory Saturday in South Carolina’s Republican primary, blitzing rival Nikki Haley in her home state and continuing his march to the nomination and a White House rematch with Joe Biden in November. Trump completed a sweep of the first four major nominating contests, converting a year of blockbuster…
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operation Base, Ibaka, in Akwa Ibom have arrested two suspects and impounded their wooden boat laden with 5,100 litres of petrol. The Commanding Officer of the base, Navy Capt. Uche Aneke, handed over the suspects, the boat and the petrol over to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps…
The Economic Community of West African States says the decision to lift sanctions on Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso was based on the need to maintain regional unity and security. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, said this at the end of the extraordinary session of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS…
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has arrested Toyeeb Yekini and Ajie Victor for allegedly stealing a 7.5kva alternator diesel generator at Agoro community, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a press statement issued on Saturday by the office of the State Commander of…
The Rivers State Police Command, on Saturday, confirmed the death of one person during a clash between some youths and a local security outfit in the Degema Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the crisis started when youths and other members of the community had gone to carry a corpse deposited…
Ogun State Government has alerted members of the public to a fraudulent message circulating on social media platforms, falsely claiming that Governor Dapo Abiodun is offering N10,000 cash palliative per person across the state. The scam message also provides a link, urging individuals to apply for the said cash palliative and also share the information…
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