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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has told supporters to stop placing congratulatory billboards and other advertorials over his appointment by President Bola Tinubu. Director of Press, Office of the Minister Anthony Ogunleye stated this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. “The attention of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has been drawn to lamp post billboards, full-scale billboards and other adverts congratulating him on his appointment as minister. “While the minister deeply appreciates the warm wishes and support of the citizens, he kindly, but…

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By: Casmir Igbokwe Some Federal Government officials appear to be afraid of their shadows. It looks more like the proverbial saying that when a fowl farts, the land pursues it. Last week, Nigerians witnessed another attempt at authoritarianism. Some group had put up billboards in Abuja and elsewhere with the inscription, “All eyes on the judiciary”. The powers that be became fretful and ordered that the billboards be pulled down. They also dissolved the secretariat of the Advertising Standard Panel (ASP) for approving the advert and suspended its Director and…

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By Mandy Park Abia government has expressed its readiness to show increased commitment to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative to promote good governance, transparency and accountability in the State. The Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr Kingsley Anosike, made this known on Tuesday, during a meeting between Abia Open Government Partnership (OGP ) State and non-state actors in Umuahia. Mr. Anosike said that the State government was poised to deploy all the available resources to ensure that OGP would be a huge successes in the State. According to him,…

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Acting Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun on Wednesday visited the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja, the state capital. He was received by the state commissioner of police, Idowu Owohunwa. This is Egbetokun’s first official visit to Lagos since he was appointed by President Bola Tinubu. The police boss is expected to inaugurate the Complaint Response Unit and also the state-of-the-art hospital newly built inside 22 Police Mobile Force in Oduduwa, Ikeja, GRA, Lagos. (CULLED FROM QED.NG)

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Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State, have arrested three suspected vandals in the Tom Jones area of the state, and recovered a minibus, two carts and bridge railings The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He said that the suspects were arrested at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday during RRS operatives’ routine patrol of the area. “The suspects fled and abandoned a Suzuki minibus popularly called ‘Korope’ with registration number BDG 315 YA upon…

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George and Okanta Emefiele, brothers of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele, have withdrawn a case they filed against the government. The defendants in the case were specifically the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). Justice E. Okpe of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday struck out the case following its withdrawal. The Emefiele brothers took the AGF and the DSS to court over the alleged infringement on their fundamental human rights on account of…

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Ex-minister of petroleum resources Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences in the United Kingdom relating to her former office in Nigeria. Mrs Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. The United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday that she will appear in court in the British on October 2. Soon after her arrest, her family’s lawyer told AFP she would strongly contest corruption allegations that have dogged her during and after her time in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. The…

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Mandy Park Faith leaders across the different religious bodies in Nigeria, today, Tuesday, 22 August at a one day seminar in Lagos vowed to advance interfaith collaboration for peace building and peaceful coexistence amongst people of divergent creed. This is as they noted further that our humanity supersedes our differences The one day seminar and capacity building for the faith leaders, was organized by an Abuja-based Non Governmental Organization, Global Peace Foundation, Nigeria. The event, which held at the LEBC Conference Room of the Baptist Academy Compound in Obanikoro, Lagos,…

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that its engagement with musician Afeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, is to encourage him to use his skills and platforms to put out content that will discourage millions of his fans and Nigerian youths from substance abuse. Naira Marley on Thursday led members of his team on a visit to the national headquarters of the NDLEA in Abuja to express his preparedness to join the fight against drug abuse in the country. The agency came under criticism over the artiste’s…

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Mandy Park Community chiefs popularly called the Ba’ales, religious leaders, political stakeholders, students and ordinary folks of Eti-Osa, a local government area of Lagos State, today, Thursday protested the exclusion of their indigenes in the government of Babajide Sanwo-Olu. This is as they accuse Sanwo-Olu of grand deceit. The protest by the indigenous people of Eti-Osa is coming days after a group, Eti-Osa Heritage Organisation, alerted the public that outsiders have been listed as indigenes of their local government among the 39 commissioner-nominees sent to the Lagos State House of…

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