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Colonel Assimi Goita – His military junta wants to rule Mali for 3 years The military junta that seized power in Mali last week wants a three-year transitional body, with military officers playing a prominent role. This will certainly bring the junta on a collision with the opposition coalition, which led unrelenting protests against Boubacar […]
Akpabio – The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has linked some members of the National Assembly to some contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission, The PUNCH reports. Akpabio, however, did not state if the lawmakers were directly awarded the contracts or they nominated the projects under their Zonal Intervention Projects, also […]
NIS Recruitment – Victory came the way of Drexel Tech Nigeria Limited, penultimate week when the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, and presided over by Hon Justice Nnamdi O. Dimgba, delivered a landmark judgement. BACKGROUND On April 30, 2013, Drexel Tech Nigeria Limited, a legitimately incorporated company in Nigeria, with oversea affiliates, entered a […]
NDDC – The House of Representatives has given the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, a 48-hour ultimatum to publish the names of members of the 9th National Assembly who got 60 percent of contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, gave this directive while ruling on […]
Keyamo – The two chambers of the National Assembly has said the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) will handle the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians under a special works programme. They jointly took the same position following motions passed in both chambers. Moving a motion on the floor of the Senate, the Senator representing Ekiti Central, […]
Akpabio – PDP – Peoples Democratic Party has asked Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, to probe Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, over allegations of gross corruption. The PDP in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, said Akpabio should step down following revelations by the sacked Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta […]
FG – The federal government has inaugurated the governing council of 13 federal universities. The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, said this while Inaugurating the council members in Abuja on Monday. The universities are Federal university Lokoja, Federal University; Lafia Nasarawa; Federal University, Kashere, Gombe; Federal university Wukari Taraba; Federal University Dutsin Ma, Katsina; Federal […]
Kueng – One of the black police officers at the scene of the killing of George Floyd by a white officer in Minneapolis in May has a Nigerian father, the New York Times reports. Alex Kueng joined the police largely because he believed diversity could force change in a Police Department long accused of racism. […]
George Floyd – The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing appeared before a judge on Monday, June 29. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane, who are accused of aiding and abetting in Floyd’s death, appeared before Judge Peter Cahill on Monday afternoon in a courtroom at the Hennepin County Jail in downtown […]
President Muhammadu Buhari – Inside sources say the latest step by the President could further stir the bad blood among different power blocs in Aso Villa, especially with the First Lady vowing to take a pound of flesh for being embarrassed President Muhammadu Buhari has fired his security details and other persons in Aso Villa […]