Gombe stakeholders emphasise public service accountability

Stakeholders at a two-day workshop in Gombe have harped on the need to ensure accountability, integrity, and transparency in public and civil services. reports that the engagement was organised by Accountability Lab in collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation and Ford Foundation to expand the coast of integrity icons in the state. Speaking in an interview…

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ACF urges urgent action on economy, insecurity

The pan-northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Tuesday, called for urgent action as it said the hard times faced by the average Nigerian citizen were becoming unbearable. While calling on Nigerians to pray for divine intervention, the group warned that Nigeria was gradually drifting into chaos as a result of the fuel subsidy removal….

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Delta agric institute bill scales second reading

The Federal Government will soon establish the Agricultural and Energy Technical Institute in Aboh, Delta State, as the bill for an Act to establish the institute passed the second reading in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by the member representing Ndokwa/Ukwani Federal Constituency, Delta State, Nnamdi Ezechi, the proposed law seeks to amend the Agricultural…

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Reps move to increase police retirement age

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed for second reading a bill seeking to increase the retirement age of policemen from 60 to 65 years. In the alternative, the bill seeks to raise the service year of a policeman from  35 to 40 years. If it becomes a law, a policeman in the country will…

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Oil theft: Bayelsa meets monarchs, Tantita seizes crude-laden vessel

Men of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, on Tuesday, morning apprehended a V6 200 horsepower engine speedboat carrying unquantified illegally-refined crude oil stored in sacks. Tantita Security Co-ordinator for Ugbodede and Iffiekporo Communities,  Samson Uwatse, said the boat was intercepted at the Ogunu Creek, in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State. Speaking to journalists…

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Boat operators decry crimes on Lagos waterways

The Association of Tourist Boat Operators and Water Transport of Nigeria has called for more marine police officers to combat crimes on the Lagos State waterways. The ATBOWATN President, Tarzan Balogun, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday. Balogun said with the security challenges in Nigeria,…

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Sanusi, Moghalu for Rivers investment summit

The 14th Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi, a former deputy Governor of Central Bank, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, as well as former presidential aide, Prof. Magnus Kpakol, are expected to lead discussions at the Rivers State Economic and Investment Summit, 2024 hold between today (Wednesday) and…

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