By Godwin Adindu I love the wisdom of our ancestors. May their souls rest in perfect peace. They were great sages, thinkers and philosophers but, regrettably, their insights and wisdom were not documented like the West did to Plato, Aristotle, Socrates and the rest. There is this saying that our ancestors passed down to us: that the big talk is but for eight days. Unfortunately, the Abia big talk about expenditure on food, entertainment, honorarium et al did not last up to eight days. It boomed and fizzled away within…
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Court Fixes Dec 6 for Hearing of Suit to Compel EFCC, ICPC to Investigate…REA MD, Others
Mandy Park Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, in Lagos has fixed hearing for December 6, 2023 in a suit filed by a non-governmental organisation, Centre Against Injustice And Domestic Violence, praying the court for an order of mandamus to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission, (ICPC) to investigate the Managing, Director of Rural Electrification Agency and his cohort over alleged misappropriated funds at the Agency. Gbolahan Agoro. The court fixed the date after hearing lawyer to the applicant, The…
Read MoreAs Tobacco industry interference in Nigeria slips in 2023 ratings
Mandy Park Latest report on the state of the tobacco industry interference in Nigeria has shown a marked increase in the industry’s meddling in public health policies, in particular, tobacco control measures.This is as the report indictgovernment’s failure to adhere to transparency mechanisms,The report produced by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies through the Centre for Good Governance shows Nigeria’s ratings dropped from 53 points in 2021 to 60 in 2023. According to the report, the main deterioration is manifest in the federal government’s…
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