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Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has said that Nigeria could have been on the right path but for past constitutional amendment proposals that were botched.   He said that present challenges of insecurity and poor state of the economy could have been successfully navigated by the solutions...The Advocate

Share The Federal Government has commenced implementation of the new enhanced salary structure for its teachers as approved recently by President Muhammadu Buhari. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education,  Sonny Echono, who made this known during the weekend, said the ministry is working in collaboration with the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation and National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission on the computation of the approved allowances for the federal teac...

FCTA moves to resolve multiple taxation FCTA moves to resolve multiple taxation Share The Director, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Department of reform coordination and service improvement, Dr. Jumai Ahmadu, on Sunday, said the administration had begun moves to end multiple taxations in Abuja and ensure a smooth business environment for entrepreneurship to thrive. Ahmadu, who disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja, said a high-profile meeting between the FCTA and major stake...

NGO supports indigent students with scholarship  NGO supports indigent students with scholarship  Share In a bid to encourage education among indigents in the country, a non-governmental organisation, Akande Tunde Movement (ATM) has awarded a scholarship to indigent students. The organisation which was founded by a philanthropist and businessman, Dr Akande Kazeem, was aimed at giving support to the underprivileged among Nigerian students. While speaking at the event, the founder, who is also...

Edo ADC guber candidate dumps party for PDP Edo ADC guber candidate dumps party for PDP Share After months of speculations and denials, the gubernatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State, Mabel Oboh, on Sunday dumped the party and joined the ruling Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). Justifying her action in Benin City while speaking to newsmen, Oboh hinged her decision to join the PDP on the need to move to a platform w...

The lawmaker representing Oyo North in the Senate, Fatai Buhari, yesterday, challenged anyone that wants President Muhammadu Buhari impeached to come with one good reason to do so. The senator stated this when he paid a Sallah visit to former Governor Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo State. He said that impeaching a President has a process, cautioning against causing problems that could not be easily solved. He said: “Impeaching the President has a process. Anybody calling for the impeachment of the Pre...

•IG to reorganise police to check promoters of separatist agenda Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Olawale Ajimotokan and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja But for the various interventions of the 36 state governments, the security crisis currently bedeviling Nigeria would have worsened, governors have said. The governors, rising from a meeting, which began late Wednesday in Abuja, and ended in the wee hours of yesterday, expressed concerns about the growing insecurity in the country. Also, the Acting Inspe...

Nigerians Generated Over N10bn To Ease Petrol Supply To Non-functional NNPC Floating Stations In Three Years Each of these stations costed the federal government between N700m to N950m but several have been out of commission for an estimated five years now. by Kelechukwu Ogu Apr 12, 2021 In October 2006, George Marks, the then Managing Director of Julius Berger, described the mega stations it constructed with the NNPC as ‘technological wonders.’ Fifteen years later, some of these technologi...

The Senate and Its Hasty Passage of A Phoney Forensic Bill, By Innocent Okwuosa Members of the Senate and House of Representatives should disassociate themselves from this bill, lest Nigerians become a laughing stock. ADVERTISEMENT When quacks gather together to label themselves as professionals, quackery first rears up its ugly head in the uncertainty of what is being promoted: Is it Forensic Investigative Professionals or Forensic and Investigative Professionals? Let me remind Nigerians that ...

On Tuesday, the National Assembly will resume from its Christmas vacation to attend to pressing national issues, including the outstanding bills, writes Udora Orizu The two chambers of the National Assembly, which have been on Christmas break since December 22 2020, will resume plenary on Tuesday, February 9 for the commencement of the 2021 legislative calendar. The lawmakers, who were initially billed to resume plenary on Tuesday, January 26th postponed their resumption by two weeks to enable ...