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Catherine Ugorji, the Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) who is currently working with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), has been chosen by the UN as one of two runners-up for the prestigious UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award for 2020. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, stated that Ugorji…
` Earlier in September, the government suspended the new electricity tariff regime implementation due to the threat of industrial unrest by the Nigeria Labor Congress and its associates. However, the Federal Government and organized labour have come to a decision as both parties agreed that the tariffs for some sections of power consumers should be…
The question of unpaid as well as delayed payment of salaries and other allowances between the NFF and the Super Eagles team, has remained an issue that has dragged on for years. It appears that the NFF is always getting called out for either not paying or delaying remunerations of working members under the sport…
The budget defence of the Senate Committee on Power and Rural Electrification Agency (PREA) reached a standstill on Wednesday as the Committee exposed the Minister of Power, Alhaji Mamma Saleh, as being biased in the discharge of his ministerial duties. The budget proposals of the Rural Electrification Agency were not satisfactory to the committee as…
The #ENDSars protest which has been the bulk of the story on the news has taken a new toll as the National Broadcast Commission (NBC) sanctioned major broadcast stations for violating broadcasting code during the protest. The stations include AIT, Channels TV and Arise TV. According to the commission, the stations contributed to the increase…
Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has stated that there is an urgency to regulate social media in order to checkmate fake news. The Minister told the House Committee on Information, National Ethics, and Values at the defense of the 2021 proposed budget of his ministry that fake news and misinformation poses a…
Nandini Sukumar, the Chief Executive Officer of World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), with Adena Friedman, his NASDAQ Exchange’s compeer, has confirmed their participation in reviewing the role of the Nigerian financial market towards economic development. This was revealed in a statement released by the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS). The CIS disclosed that the CEO…
The United States Election Project revealed on Tuesday that early votes in the 2020 U.S. presidential election hit 69.6 million. This surpasses half of the total 137 million ballots recorded in the 2016 presidential election. The figure was published in the ‘2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics’ website. Early voters who were interviewed disclosed that…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has completed the construction of Escravos-Lagos pipeline phase 2 (36’x342km). There will be the immediate transmission of gas to power stations in the country. Zakhlem Construction Nigeria Limited assigned the project to the NNPC.The construction company is one of the biggest construction pipeline with the potential to serve many…
The United Nations Working Group has accorded Omoleye Swore, the human right activist’s detention as arbitrary and illegal in line with the international law. The body has appealed to the Nigerian government to end the illegal prosecution of Sowore over attempts of peaceful protest in August of 2019. This was disclosed in a statement by…
