From the foregoing, it can safely be inferred that Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) might be suffering from Stockholm syndrome. They are inordinately getting used to taking comfort on the sideline and feigning ignorance of our corporate ordeals. The masses who hoped on them to lead a march against some Read More
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila to urgently probe and recover a purported missing N4.4billion public fund appropriated to the National Assembly. The organisation, in the mandamus application lodged at the registry of the Federal High Court Abuja, said it Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, saying the string of brutal attacks on individuals and communities in the state, with the latest one targeting the governor, was unacceptable. The president also welcomed the dispatch of a high level team of crack investigators to the state from the police headquarters in Abuja, urging the Read More
The African Union Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the African Union (AU) on Thursday conferred on Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto two awards in recognition of his sterling leadership qualities, futuristic perspectives and championing of women/girls rights. This was disclosed by governor’s special adviser on media and publicity Muhammad Bello on Thursday via a press statement. The statement Read More
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the $1.5 billion approved by the federal government towards the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery as suspicious. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the $1.5 billion to put the Port Harcourt refinery back to full capacity production and utilisation. Reacting to this, Atiku in a statement, Thursday said “Nigeria’s economy Read More
The Senate Committee on Finance has invited the Auditor General of the Federation, Mr. Aghughu Arhotomhenia, to appear before on Tuesday March 24, 2021, for explanations on reasons why his office had not given guidelines for the auditing of the accounts of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola ( APC Lagos West ), Read More
Fighting corruption is one of the cardinal programmes of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Asset declaration which fortunately has national and international legal frameworks establishing it provides an opportunity for more institutional impact in the anticorruption war. Asset declaration serves as a powerful tool for preventing the accumulation of illicit wealth by making room for the oversight of the financial activities Read More
Anambra state governor Willie Obiano, on March 17, 2021 marked seven years in office as the Chief Executive of the state. In this report, OKECHUKWU ONUEGBU gathered reactions from individuals and organisations on how the administration has fared. Mixed reactions have continued to trail Governor Willie Obiano’s seven years in office as the Chief Executive of Anambra state. The governor, Read More
A civil society organisation (CSO), Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has advocated for accountability and transparency in the award and execution of contracts in states across the federation. Speaking Tuesday in Abuja during a workshop on Open Contracting Data Standards (OCDS), the Executive Director of MRA, Mr Edetaen Ojo, said that if the benefits of probity, fairness, transparency and accountability are Read More
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, has requested a warrant of arrest on the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission to produce the former interim management of the agency, led by Professor Daniel Pondei. The Committee at its sitting on Tuesday, resolved that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, be contacted by the executive arm Read More
The management of the Federal Housing Authority (FCT), Tuesday, clarified that its insistence on due diligence was responsible for the delay in payment to its contractors. Contractors, who handled the construction of Abuja Mass Housing Project for the agency had in the early hours of Tuesday, staged a protest against the agency over non-payment of debt it owed them. Operating Read More
The chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, said Tuesday that bankers operating in the country must declare their assets before June 2021 in accordance with the provisions of Bank Employees Declaration of Asset Act.Chairman of EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammed Buhari. “Going Read More
An Islamic group, Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG), has declared its support for the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on its demand that National Minimum Wage should not be moved from exclusive list to concurrent list. The group in a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi in Lagos, Monday night, said such a step would pauperise Read More
Late last week, there were widespread media reports, citing the National Security Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, Babagana Monguno, alleging that no records of arms procurement under the immediate past service chiefs were available, suggesting that the funds may have been misappropriated. JOSHUA EGBODO writes on implications of the immediate intervention of the House of Representatives The reportThe National Security Read More
The National Pension Commission has revealed that of the 9.2 million retirement savings accounts in the country, 38 percent, which is about 3.5 million were empty as at the end of 2020 in the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). PenCom disclosed this in its latest fourth quarter 2020 report obtained by our Blueprint. The agency said majority of these unfunded accounts were Read More
Last year, a friend of mine who works at an international financial institution pointed me to the reason various state governments in Nigeria have failed to access grants and secure a lasting development partnership. “We have so many grant opportunities available,” he said, “but the conditions appear like a huge sacrifice for them.” He was in Nigeria along with a Read More
Asset Recovery and Management Watchdog, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has called on the United Kingdom and Nigerian governments to review the recently signed annex to the 2016 MoU on £4.2 million Chief James Onanefe Ibori assets for its return to Delta State. The Executive Director of ANEEJ and head of Transparency and Accountability in Management Read More
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has asked the new leadership of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) under Abdulrasheed Bawa to beam its search light on the activities of Ebonyi state government, described as ‘shrouded in secrecy.’ The group also condemned what it called “abandonment of Ezza natives in Okaleru, Ezza North Local Government Read More
A Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to compel the Accountant General of the Federation to release details of the N173 billion released to various Ministries, Departments and parastatals during COVID-19 The ministries, parastatals including security agencies, educational institutes and other contractors are alleged to have received some N173b from federal purse in the first half of 2020 Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, Alhaji Musa Danbirni Thursday commended Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state for spearheading the task of ensuring a smooth transition of elected council chairmen, weeks after the conduct of the election in the state. Speaking to newsmen in Kano, Danbirni said with the smooth transition conducted devoid of rancour Read More
Women Aid Collective (WACOL) has trained Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) involved in the promotion and protection of human rights of women and girls on how to engage the legislature in order to ensure that bills that concerns women development are passed into law as well as follow-up on its implementation. Founding Director of WACOL/Tamar SARC who is also the former Read More
On October 11, 2020, when Osun state Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, presented budget for year 2021, he disclosed that plans have been concluded to construct a flyover at the popular Olaiya junction in Osogbo, the state capital. This has however generated reactions has many people are of the opinion that the spot does not need flyover considering the amount the project Read More
As Nigeria seeks to attract capital inflows to stabilize its economy in 2021, Islamic Finance has been seen as a strategic source for mobilizing funds to broaden financial markets and improve financial inclusion in the country. The Senior Vice President and Head, Fixed Income Portfolio Management at FBNQuest Asset Management Limited, Ifeoluwa Dixon, made this point in a recent discussion Read More
The global corruption tracking organization, Transparency International (TI), Thursday, released its 2020 annual report in which it scored Nigeria very low, thereby casting aspersions on the relentless efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to curtail the scourge of corruption and its ripple effects. The latest TI’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) claims Nigeria scored 25/100 which is one point less than Read More
The Transparency and Accountability Group (TAG), has called on Governor Gboyega Oyetola to immediately stop the plans to construct a flyover at the Olaiya junction in Osogbo, Osun state. A statement signed by the spokesperson of TAG, Ayodeji Ologun, described the construction of flyover as a needless expense for the state government at the moment and will amount to a waste of Read More
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