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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 process intended to address the sensitive issues of inequality and ethnic domination. This included the ...

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 establishing NBMA, the objectives of the Agency are to: (a) establish and strengthen the institutiona...

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 the confirmation. “The first time we didn’t do it right and having seen that there was an error...

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 quest of the party to obtain justice “and establish the truth in court over subsisting suits on issue...

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/detention notice/circular (LoC) issued in October/November 2015 relating to Vijay Mallya. The CPIO, on 30...