It was victory for the 36 State Governors on Friday as the Supreme Court declared President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order 10 unconstitutional President Muhammadu Buhari had signed the Executive Order 10 (EO10) confering financial autonomy for the judiciary and legislature in May, 2020.The 36 state governors had filed the originating summons before the Supreme Court following the order signed in May 2020, arguing that under sections 121(3) and 6 of the Nigerian Constitution, 1999 the states are only to maintain the recurrent expenditure of the lower courts of the states, while the federal government would take care of the capital…
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A Nigerian foremost Energy Therapy Expert Chief Dr. Iwowarri Berian James was penultimate week in Abuja conferred with the Integrity Icon award by The Ethics and Self Value Orientation Institute based in Lokoja, Kogi state capital.The award according to the organizers is based on the pioneering role of the recipient in the area of Energy Therapy, which is an aspect of alternative medicine in Nigeria. While conferring the award on Chief Dr. Iwowarri Berian James, the Executive Director of the Institute Prince Salim Musa Yakubu said ” after thorough and due diligence, the awardee was found to be very passionate…
***summons DG, others for operating unapproved budget for in four years The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee, (PAC) on Wednesday summoned the Acting Director General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Mrs Adesola Taiwo over the operation of the Agency’s budgets from 2018 to 2021 without the approval of the National Assembly. Consequently the Committee being Chaired by Hon Busayo Oluwole Oke is to commence an immediate probe into the strange discovery as it has directed the Clerk of the Committee to write a formal letter to the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Clerk of the House of Representatives demanding for evidence of the conveyance of the Agency’s…
The Federal Government has called on relevant stakeholders to make concerted efforts towards ending drug abuse among the youths in the country so as to prepare them for employability, entrepreneurship as well as future leadership.The director Press and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga in a statement quote the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare to have made the call on Thursday in his office in Abuja when he met with the Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC), Mr. Oliver Stolpe to bolster partnership on drug abuse, prevention and control. He stated that the…
A coalition of concerned groups on power shift to South and the need for younger candidate to emerge come 2023 has called on former vice President Atiku Abubakar to shelve his ambition to contest for the office of the President for the umpteenth time The group is made up of some leaders of organisations for.Atiku such as National Condinator Turaki Arewa Vanguard, National President MiddleBelt Network for Atiku, Southwest for Atiku 2023 leader/convener and National Cordinator North4North support Group for AtikuThey said they have supported Atiku over the years adding that this time around he should do the most honorable…
Yemi Akinsuyi Director, Socials and Empowerment Committee of Youths on Mobilisation and Sensitisation (CYMS), Tonto Dike has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to include more youths and women in policy making in the country.Dike made the call at the monthly National Policy and Development Summit (N-PoD), organized by the office of the Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to President Muhammadu Buhari on Policy Development Analysis held in Abuja on Tuesday.She said: ”Growing up, I heard that children are the leaders of tomorrow, so it’s only just fair in time that children start to get included for the things they are going to…
Yemi Akinsuyi Some stakeholders have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure a successor that would sustain many of his achievements during his administration.They made the appeal during the monthly National Policy and Development Summit (N-PoD), organised by the office of Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Policy Development and Analysis, held in Abuja today.The theme of the summit is ”Strategies for Sustaining the Enduring Legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari “.Sen. Ita Enang, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, said one of the greatest achievements of President Buhari is to be interested in who succeeds him.According…
Kogi Born Onivehu Musa Habeeb Serving in Borno State has donated some Solar Enabling Street Lights to Yerwa Community of Maiduguri. The Commissioning of the project executed by the Corps Member was graced by the Borno State NYSC State Coordinator Mallam Nura Umar represented by the former Zonal Inspector who is the incumbent Borno State Assistant Director Planning and Statistics Alhaji D. Dangabarin. The Borno State Coordinator said the Community Development Service is the Second Cardinal of activities in the NYSC scheme aim at encouraging Corps members to partake in different activities that will bring Development to the various Communities…
The Socio-Economic Research and Development Centre (SERDEC) has reiterated the need for the federal government of Nigeria to address an age-long economic injustice, marginalization and deprivation suffered by the original inhabitants of the nation’s capital due to the presence of government in their ancestral land. SERDEC stated this on Tuesday at the launch of the project themed; ‘Promoting the Rights of the original inhabitants of FCT-Abuja’ which held in the nation’s capital. The project which is supported by MacArthur Foundation and the Resource Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRICED) is a two year project under the Equitable Recovery Grant to…
The Initiative for a Better and Brighter Nigeria, IBBN, Tuesday, in Abuja called on all political parties to zone their presidential tickets to the Southern part of the country. The IBBN stated that the need for the zoning is to ensure fairness and equity in Nigeria’s leadership, explaining that the North will be concluding a full eight-year term by 2023. The President of the IBBN, Dr. Isah Sadiq, delivering a speech at the press conference said, “Morestill, as political activities hit the crescendo, we call on political actors in the country to play the game, putting Nigeria first over any…