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A former attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister for justice, Kanu Agabi (SAN) yesterday wrote the office of the AGF, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Department of State Service (DSS) calling for non-interference in the proceedings in the appeal filed by a former acting director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA),…
“The role of government agencies as licensors, regulators, revenue generators only makes sense when operators understand that the bigger picture is to provide the most auspicious environment for the private and non-government sectors to operate.” This was the summary of the Leadership Enhancement and Development Programme (LEAD-P) Special Lecture for members of the Federal Government’s…
Making their marks in different fields like technology, environmental sanitation, agriculture, public health, and education, among others, young Nigerians will continue to be supported by the Federal Government to reach their full potentials, according to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja on Thursday at the 2021 National Gold Award Presentation…
President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the Ninth National Assembly under the leadership of Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, saying its cooperation with the executive should never be regarded as a sign of weakness but strength. The President stated this in a message delivered by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari at a birthday get-together…
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday commissioned five key projects in Ogun State, assuring Nigerians that two major Federal roads under construction, the Sagamu-Benin Expressway and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, would be commissioned before the end of 2022. Addressing residents of the State, the President heaped praises on Governor Dapo Abiodun, for delivering visionary and trail-blazing projects for…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja, has struck out a criminal charge brought against the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu. He is being charged before the court over his alleged involvement in a N75million fraud. In his ruling on the matter, Justice Charles Agbaza, struck…
The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has told a coroner inquest inquiring into the Nov.1 collapse of the 21-storey building at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos that construction of the three high-rise blocks began months before provisional approval was granted. Counsel for LASBCA, Mr A.S Odugbemi, made the assertion while questioning Mr Muritala Olawale, the…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State in Nigeria’s Northeast on Wednesday, admitted that Boko Haram is still in control of some villages and local government areas in the state. Zulum raised the alarm when he received the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume who led members of his Committee in company ofother top…
The Federal Government has lifted the ban on microblogging site, Twitter, 222 days after it suspended the social media platform in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi. “The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) directs me…