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Insecurity: Probe alleged misuse of security votes by govs, SERAP tells Buhari

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly and thoroughly investigate allegations of systemic mismanagement of security votes by state governors since 1999.” SERAP said: “Anyone suspected to be responsible […]

Olubadan Dies At 93

Oba Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadan, has passed away in the early morning of Sunday, 2nd January, 2022. The palace has not made an official announcement yet, but sources in the palace confirmed his death to the press. It was gathered that the monarch died after battling a brief illness at the University of […]

ASUU may begin strike soon despite FG’s N52.5bn, minister kicks

The suspended strike began in March over the non-payment of salaries of ASUU members who failed to enrol into the Federal Government’s IPPIS, a payroll software mandated for all public officials and some unmet agreements between ASUU and successive administrations. The union embarked on different strike actions since the agreement was signed in 2009. Speaking […]

God hasn’t told me who’ll be President in 2023 – Adeboye

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says God has not told him who will become Nigeria’s President in 2023. The respected cleric said this on Saturday during the 2022 Crossover Service of the church held at the RCCG International Headquarters along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Adeboye, while announcing his […]

Immigration: Scarcity of passport booklets will end by March 2022

Isa Idris, acting comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), says the delay in passport processing as a result of booklet scarcity will be over by March. Speaking on Saturday during a media interaction, he blamed the challenge of delayed passport production on the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying global lockdown, and also the difficulty […]

Mbaka to Catholic Priests: Stop attacking me for praying for Kanu

The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Saturday, appealed to his fellow priests to stop castigating him for praying for and blessing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, over his travails. The cleric, who intensified prayers for the release of the IPOB leader […]