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Views: Visits 6 Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Fayemi Kayode (left); Deputy Chairman, Aminu Tambuwal; and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, during the body’s meeting on the new minimum wage and other issues in Abuja…yesterday. PHOTO: LUCY LADIDI ATEKO State governors in Nigeria have agreed to grant autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary. This is in line with Executive Order 10 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. They, however, gave two conditions to...

Public service institute to design transparency curriculum for states Public service institute to design transparency curriculum for states Share The Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) is to design a curriculum on strengthening fiscal transparency and accountability in the states. The courses would be accommodated under the FGN/World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results. SFTAS National Programme Coordinator, Mr Stephen...

The Leader Newspaper Enjoying Orihuela’s the new tourist routes More than 450 people went to these routes in the months of March and April On Wednesday morning, the Orihuela Councillor for Tourism, Mariola Rocamora, revealed the tourist routes that will be held during the month of May. During March and April, more than 450 people explored the history of the Oriolan city thanks to these guided tours, of which Rocamora said, “they have been a great success, which saw us hav...

);  ); Love Leitrim have joined other groups including Friends Of The Earth Ireland and Safety Before LNG in calling on the Irish  government to urgently deliver their promised policy statement opposing the importation of fracked gas. The policy statement was initially promised in the Programme For Government 9 months ago but up to this point the government has failed to deliver it. Ireland after a long community campaign banned fracking in 2017 and since then there have been calls to also ba...

By Temitope Ponle Abuja, April 5, 2021 The Federal Government has urged state governments to domesticate the National Chart of Account (NCoA). This is to qualify them for performance-based grants under the States’ Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results 2020 Annual Performance Assessment (APA). Mr Stephen Okon, the National Programme Coordinator (NPC), SFTAS Programme, made the call in a statement by Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, Communication Specialist, SF...

Team news West Ham United manager David Moyes will definitely be without Angelo Ogbonna (high ankle sprain) and long-term absentee Arthur Masuaku (knee). However, Michail Antonio (fatigue) and Andriy Yarmolenko (knee) could be available, while Fabián Balbuena (calf strain) faces a race to be fit to face the Spurs side he scored against in October. Speculation is rising that Jose Mourinho may hand Gareth Bale a Premier League start on Sunday after he impressed against Wolfsberger on Thursday e...

By Friday Idachaba Lokoja, Jan. 14, 2021 The Kogi Government has set aside over N3 billion to expand access to livelihood support and food security for the poor and vulnerable. Gov. Yahaya Bello donated the money under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus – Program for Results (Nigeria CARES). He announced the donation, while declaring open a one-day key stakeholders’ sensitisation and training programme on Kogi Government version of NG CARES Programme for Results on T...

Vanguard News Bright future for children’s basic education in Sokoto On By Anslem Okolo The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, MICS, for 2016 to 2017 showed that Sokoto State has made appreciable progress, resulting in over 50 per cent cut in the number of out-of-school children. It gladdens my heart, seeing the commitment shown by the political leadership and the technical teams set up by the government to work with UNICEF and partners in various sectors for the children of the state. THESE...