By NAN The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, says the whistleblower policy of the Federal Government is one of the current administration’s successful initiatives. She said this on Tuesday in Abuja at a seminar organised by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) on “The Whistleblower Policy and its Implication for
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NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY AGENCY (NIMASA) August 13, 2017 Press Release The attention of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been drawn to the misinformation making the round in media, particularly online platforms, that there is an ongoing recruitment exercise in the Agency. It is imperative to state, in the
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...PDP is Back, Says Okowa By JAMES EZEMA, STELLA UKWUOMA & IKWO UBANA Nigeria’s major opposition party, which still prides itself as the largest political party in Africa, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has held its national convention in Abuja, the country’s federal capital territory amid fanfare. Though it was not an
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By ORU LEONARD The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has introduced new NIMASA Cabotage Compliance Strategy (NCCS) towards the actualisation of a successful coastal and inland trade regime. This is in continuation of its quest to ensure full implementation of the Cabotage Act, 2003 for the benefits of Nigerians, Speaking with
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By JAMES EZEMA Thousands of protesters with placards who gathered in Abuja to protest the against what they described as the ineptitude of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede are angry at the Nigeria Police, ostensibly acting on the instruction of the Inspector General of Police
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By JAMES EZEMA The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday gave reasons for the slashing of the Lagos-Ibadan highway budget in the 2017 budget of Nigeria. Minister of Works, Power and Housing Babatunde Fashola had raised the alarm that the National Assembly slashed N11billion off the N31billion approved in
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By SUNDAY AGBO, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Government yesterday inaugurated a 20-man-taskforce team on capital territory development to complement the efforts of the Abakaliki Capital Territory Development Board (ACTDB) in implementing the urban renewal policy of his administration. Inaugurating the team, the Special Assistant (SA) to the Governor on Capital Territory, Hon. Stanley
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The South East Revival Group (SERG) has accused the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, of “engaging in political bazaar and patronage rather than working to stabilise Igbo land in the face of growing marginalization and killing of Ndigbo which has resulted to separatist agitations”. The socio-political pressure organisation
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By JAMES EZEMA The governor of Osun State has announced the death of the mother of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the state Governor. The state government in a statement signed by the Media Adviser to the Governor, Sola Fasure, noted that she remarkable legacy as a faithful wife, loving mother, community leader of no mean repute,
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By JAMES EZEMA Leaders of the South-West geo-political zone on Monday lauded the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun for the sanity, direction, purpose and unity in the party. "Chief John Odigie-Oyegun is a shining example of honesty, simplicity and humility. He is also a thoroughbred administrator
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