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Federal Govt Moves To Launch Campaign Against Money Rituals

Federal Govt Moves To Launch Campaign Against Money Rituals

February 21, 2022 2:42 pm

The Federal Government is set to launch a national sensitisation campaign against the growing scourge of money rituals, which has already claimed many lives, especially those of women and girls, in the country.

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this in Abuja on Monday when he paid a working visit to the corporate headquarters of the Media Trust Limited.

‘Gentlemen, our visit today is coming at a time of great concern across the country over the rising cases of ritual murders by unscrupulous people, most of them very young, who are seeking to get rich at …

Another Federal Lawmaker Dies In Dubai Hospital

January 1, 2020 9:37 am

Member representing Garki/Babura federal House of Representatives, Hon. Adamu Muhammad Fagen-Gowo, is dead.

NAN gathered that Fagen-Gowo died at the age of 74 in Dubai Hospital after battling leg problems, which he travelled for medical attention.

His death was confirmed to NAN by a relative of the deceased, Muhammad Had Inuwa(Walwala).

He said the deceased left behind 10 children and two wives.

The Federal lawmaker was elected as a member of Federal House of Representatives representing Garki/Babura in 2015 and was reelected for a second term in the 2019 general election.

Also, the chairman of the All Progressives Party in …

FG Approves 6 New Federal Colleges Of Education

December 30, 2019 2:38 pm

In order to increase the number of quality of teachers in the country, the federal government has approved an establishment and immediate take-off of new six Federal Colleges of Education in each of the geo-political zone in the country.

According to the public relations officer of National Commission for Colleges of Education, Mr Ameh Isaac, the newly approved institutions would be situated in Bauchi, Benue, Ebonyi, Osun, Sokoto, and Edo states, where there were no presence of Federal Colleges of Education.

Mr Ameh noted that details on the take-off of the institutions would be made published through the committee set …

At Last, Onyendozi Returns To The Federal House

December 14, 2019 12:23 pm

It has been over eight months of anxiety, trials and great expectations. The supporters of Hon. Dozie Nwankwo and those of Hon Valentine Ayika, who contested for the same seat – the House of Representatives slot for Njikoka, Anaocha and Dunukofia, had been very antagonistic to each other on various social platforms. The political fight was bitter, very aggressive, hostile and vehement. Although the two candidates Hon. Dozie Nwankwo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and Hon Val Ayika of the People’s Democratic Party hail from the same hometown, Enugwu Ukwu, their supporters made the contest look like an …

Hospital Linked To Okorocha Forfeited To Federal Govt

December 7, 2019 2:49 am

Okorocha forfeits state-of-the art hospital to Federal Government

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC secured another victory Friday in its campaign against grand corruption in public service as Justice T.G Ringin of a Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, ordered the final forfeiture of a hospital linked to former governor Rochas Okorocha.

Dews of Hope Hospital, located in the heart of Imo capital of Owerri Dews of Hope Hospital is a N1.5 Billion state-of-the-art 200-bed hospital, whose ownership was denied by a former aide to Okorocha.
The forfeiture came a day after the commission secured the conviction and sentencing …

I Was Misquoted On State Of Federal Roads – Fashola

November 10, 2019 4:33 pm

Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has said that he was misquoted on his recent comment about Nigerian roads, saying a section of the media quoted him out of context.

He said his comment that federal roads were not as deplorable as the public portrayed them was used against him by the opposition to score cheap political goals.

Fashola was quoted to have said that Nigeria road surfaces are not as deplorable as the public have made them out to be.

But, Fashola while commissioning a road constructed by Chief Michael Ade Ojo at Ilaramokin in Ifedore …

Abia Speaker Seeks Synergy With State‘s Federal Lawmakers

Abia Speaker Seeks Synergy With State‘s Federal Lawmakers

November 2, 2019 3:50 am

Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji has said that the time had come for members of the National Assembly from Abia State to synergise with their state counterparts for the overall good of the state.

He made the call  during a special plenary of the state legislature held in honour of Abia members of the National Assembly, saying that all political office holders should put Abia first irrespective of the political party they belong.

The Abia federal lawmakers were represented by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and the  Deputy Chief Whip of the …

Alabama's Near-Total Abortion Ban Blocked By Federal Judge

Alabama’s Near-Total Abortion Ban Blocked By Federal Judge

October 29, 2019 2:20 pm

Energized by new conservatives on the US supreme court, Alabama and other conservative states have attempted to enact new restrictions on abortion in the hopes of getting supreme court justices to reconsider Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

A number of states attempted to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The Alabama law went further by attempting to ban almost all abortions with no exceptions for cases of rape and incest.

Passed by the Republican-led legislature, the 2019 Alabama Human Life Protection Act would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy …

Federal Government To Pay 2.5% Discount In Loot Recoveries

Federal Government To Pay 2.5% Discount In Loot Recoveries

October 24, 2019 1:41 am

The Federal Government is seeking the approval of the National Assembly to pay 2.5 percent as commission to those that assisted it in the recovery of the late General Sani Abacha loot and other funds stashed abroad.

It equally wants approval of ₦30 billion as part payment of the ₦150 billion that has been accumulated for years.

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, dropped the hint during the ministry’s budget defense yesterday in Abuja.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, yesterday said Nigeria loses $15 billion yearly to tax …

Osinbajo Presides Over Federal Executive Council Meeting

Osinbajo Presides Over Federal Executive Council Meeting

October 23, 2019 7:59 am

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, since President Muhammadu Buhari is out of the country.

Buhari is in Sochi, Russia, attending a three-day Russia-Africa Summit holding from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25.

READ ALSO: Nigerians Challenge FG To Name Beneficiaries Of Abacha Loot

Osinbajo had on Sept. 25, presided over FEC meeting when Buhari attended the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. (NAN)…

Gunmen Kidnap Federal High Court Judge In Ondo

Gunmen Kidnap Federal High Court Judge In Ondo

October 23, 2019 7:42 am

A Federal High Court judge serving in Akure, Ondo State, Justice Abdul Dogo, was on Tuesday abducted by gunmen.

Dogo was said to have been abducted along with his driver at Ibilo/Isua Akoko axis, a border area between Ondo and Edo states while on their way from Abuja to Akure.

A source close to the federal judiciary in Akure confirmed the incident that was corroborated by two of the lawyers who were in his court for hearing of their cases.

READ ALSO: PZ Cussons Takes Handwashing Campaign To Schools

One of the lawyers also told journalists that the kidnappers had …

No Going Back On IPPIS, Federal Government Tells ASUU

No Going Back On IPPIS, Federal Government Tells ASUU

October 23, 2019 3:24 am

The rift between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) deepened yesterday as the federal government dismissed the union’s concern about putting lecturers on the centralised IPPIS salary payment platform.

Reacting to the union’s objection to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that federal government workers not on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) would not be paid salaries, the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris, fired back, saying that the union is not in a position to dictate to the federal government on how its members should be paid their salaries.

ASUU had …

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