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Vanguard News Translate Home » News » Family of four, three others killed as armed herdsmen invade Makurdi outskirts, five others injured Family of four, three others killed as armed herdsmen invade Makurdi outskirts, five others injured On Peter Duru – Makurdi A family of four and three others were Saturday morning shot and butchered by suspected Fulani militia at Mbamondu Community, Makurdi Modern Market Council Ward in Makurdi Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue Sta...

The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong, who disclosed this while briefing Government House correspondents after a State Executive Council at Government House, Uyo said, following the report presented to the Council by the Chairman Technical Committee on Ibom Deep Seaport Actualisation and Development, Mrs. Mfon Usoro, said all steps towards the actualization of the Akwa Ibom dream project was on track. According to him, the Joint Project Committee by the NPA ...

The Senate Committee on Public Account has accused the Ministry of Solid Minerals of alleged non-remittance of N2 billion into the Federation Account. This is just as the committee, chaired by Senator Mathew Uhroghide, also uncovered how the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) allegedly spent N966 billion to repair pipeline between 2010 and 2015, as contained in the report of query by the Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF) over alleged unremitted N4 trillion by NNPC into the Fe...

The Senate committee is probing the spending of federal government’s agencies. “It was observed from the examination of NNPC report to the Technical Sub-Committee of Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting held in December 2016 that a cumulative total of N4 trillion was unremitted to the Federation Account by NNPC as at 31st December 2016,” the report said. But the corporation, in response as indicated in the report, claimed that the unremitted N4 trillion was arrived at without t...

Deji Elumoye and Udora Orizu in Abuja The Senate Committee on Public Account has accused the Ministry of Solid Minerals of alleged non-remittance of N2 billion into the Federation Account. This is just as the committee, chaired by Senator Mathew Uhroghide, also uncovered how the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) allegedly spent N966 billion to repair pipeline between 2010 and 2015, as contained in the report of query by the Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF) over alleged unre...

In Ekiti, where election of a governor after the tenure of Dr. Kayode Fayemi will take place mid-2022, politicians are already in trenches.

In commemoration of 2021 International women’s Day, Udora Orizu writes that the Federal Government should ensure inclusion of more women in leadership positions, towards attainment of the 35 percent affirmative action Yearly on March 8, the International Women’s Day is celebrated globally and this year is no different. The annual celebration is marked today, Monday March 8, with the theme, ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.’ The theme for this year is a...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has explained that it spent N966bn to repair pipelines between 2010 and 2015. NNPC stated this in response to the query raised in the 2016 report of the Auditor General for the Federation The Chairman of the Senate Public Account Committee, Senator Mathew Urhoghide, is currently scrutinising the AuGF report. The Senate panel insisted that the NNPC had a case to answer on why it allegedly failed to remi...

In Ekiti, where election of a governor after the tenure of Dr. Kayode Fayemi will take place mid-2022, politicians are already in trenches.

Last week, rape, gender inequality, sexual harassment and other issues that concern the girl-child and women witnessed an upward swing as high network women, including the former Minister of Education and Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, converged on zoom platform to discuss women’s safety in workplace. Organised by African Women on Board (AWB), an African women-led independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to reshaping the future for African women and girls global...