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Vanguard News Interrogating leadership direction of Federal Character Commission On By Bola Bakare NIGERIA, since attainment of independence in 1960, has experienced recurrent tensions due to severe horizontal inequities that exist between different regions and ethnic groups where one divide of the country appears to be better placed than the other. The Nigerian civil war was fought and ended with a declaration of ‘no winner, no vanquished’, so consecutive regimes embarked on a reform proc...

Nigeria’s Biosafety Agency Funding Challenge Nigeria’s Biosafety Agency Funding Challenge The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), an agency under the Federal Ministry of Environment, was established in 2015 with the mandate to provide regulatory framework, institutional and administrative mechanism for safety measures in the application of modern biotechnology in Nigeria, thereby preventing any adverse effect on human health, animals, plants, and environment. According to the Act e...

At last, the lawmakers have done the right thing With her confirmation last week by the Cross River House of Assembly, Justice Akon Ikpeme is now set to become the Chief Judge of the state. We are delighted that this unfortunate saga has finally come to an end and that reason ultimately prevailed. But it should never have happened and the assembly members recognise that. “It was a unanimous decision. We didn’t give room for voting,” said Hon. Efa Esua, who explained the process leading to...

Edo APC chieftains deny rifts over NDDC chairmanship, litigation On By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state during the September 19th, 2020 governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has denied reports that there is a crisis in the APC over his alleged ambition to submit himself for the position of chairmanship of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). A statement by Ize-Iyamu said he is focused on the legal que...

th January) directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to cite Guidelines, Circulars, Notifications, office Memorandum Rules and Regulations, etc under which two different look-out circulars were issued, in October and November 2015, against Vijay Mallya, who is an accused in loan default of Rs 9,000 crore. The Information Commissioner, Saroj Punhani was hearing the petition by RTI Applicant Vihar Durve who was denied information by the CBI pertaining to lookout notice/detent...

In a pre-budget representation, seeks inclusion of them under MSMEs

By Emma Amaize, ASABA SECRETAY-GENERAL, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Mr Frank Pukon, yesterday, accused President Muhammadu Buhari administration of dividing Niger-Delta and bequeathing a strange legacy to the oil-rich region. Pukon, in a statement challenging Mr President to openly declare his legacy to the region, stated: “The Niger Delta today has not been divided in any other time, then this time when you are the commander-in-chief with regard to the region’s socio-economic development and ...

In Surat’s power looms, ‘ease of doing business’ norms leave workers vulnerable to exploitation Wages are low, hours are long and rates of injury are high. Representative image: A scene in a power-loom factor during the coronavirus lockdown in April. | Francis Mascarenhas/AFP This is an excerpt from the sixth edition of the India Exclusion Report, a collaborative effort involving institutions and individuals working with a shared notion of social and economic equity, ju...

Translate NDDC: Timi Frank commences legal action against FG over appointment of Sole Administrator On Kindly Share This Story: Political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank has instituted a case against the Minister of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC following his refusal to rescind its appointment of a Sole Administrator to pilot the affairs of the Commission. Frank, in a statement, had ...

Possession of skin of dead cows, bullocks not an offence: Bombay HC The bench led by Justice Deshpande observed, “There is no doubt that the skin is not covered under the provisions of the Act of Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, 1976." Updated: December 22, 2020 4:51:10 pm The state cabinet had last week decided to promulgate the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance- 2020, which has now received the Governors assent. The Nagpur be...