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Stakeholders seek review of education curriculum for children
Stakeholders in the education sector in Nigeria have called on government to do more to ensure that the curriculum for children is reviewed to make them more God-fearing and respectable.
This was made known during the launch of 6 books, tagged "My Children Must Prosper" [...]
FoI request: Media group mocks customs over non-compliance
Media Rights Agenda, MRA, has inducted the Nigeria Customs Service into its enhanced Freedom of Information, Hall of Shame for its non-compliance with its FOI Act obligations.
The group stressed that by its refusal to be transparent, the Service is unwittingly lending credence to [...]
INEC publishes candidates for Kogi, Bayelsa elections
The Independent National Electoral commission, INEC, has published the names and particulars of all candidates contesting in the 2019 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states.
This according to INEC is to afford electorates the opportunity to examine the candidates and make any claims [...]
The problem with diaspora voting – INEC chair By Emmanuel OGBECHE
Seven months after the last general elections in Nigeria, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has explained why it is still a long way for diaspora voting.
Poor revenue: NASS indicts MDAs, warns against diversion
As the country seeks for ways to shore up its revenue base, the National Assembly has blamed Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, for the poor revenue generation.
Only last week, the federal government announced a 7.5% percent VAT regime from the initial 5%, raising concerns across the c [...]
Only those who sow in PMB, should reap – BMO · Kicks against Onigbinde’s appointment · Ezekwesili, Kperogi clash
Barely three months after Senate President Ahmed Lawan was ‘forced’ to drop Dr. Festus Adedayo as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, a similar scenario is playing out in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning over the engagement of Mr. Seun Onigbinde as technical adviser.
NASS backs NNPC’s drive to increase oil production
The National Assembly has endorsed efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to significantly grow oil production to boost the nation’s revenue base.
Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum, Upstream, Hon. Musa Sarkin-Adar, made this known last Wednesday while touring t [...]
Nigeria sends three-man delegation to Bande’s inauguration as UNGA president
The federal government has dispatched a three-member team to witness the assumption of office of Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, as the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The ceremony will take place at the UN New Yor [...]
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