Nigeria's 14 leaving governors and their deputies along with lawmakers to receive over N2bn pay-off

FOURTEEN of Nigeria's outgoing governors and their deputies along with 434 state lawmakers who will not be returning to government will be going home with a whopping pay-off of N2.06bn ($5.5m) when they leave office on May 29.

 

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APC picks up another senate seat after Inec gives certificate of return to Bauchi's Lawal Gumau

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has gained another seat in the senate after the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) presented a certificate of return to Lawal Gumau declaring him duly elected in the Bauchi South Senatorial District.

 

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Ijaw Youth Council tells Buhari it is unacceptable that Zamfara gold is local while Niger Delta oil is national

IJAW youths have called ion President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately alter Nigeria's constitution and allow states to harness and control the resources in their domains in response to recent revelations that Zamfara State is mining and exporting gold.

 

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APC's NWC suspends Ondo State's Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for anti-party activities

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu has been suspended from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by its national working committee (NWC) for anti-party activities over his role in the recent general elections.

 

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Our mangrove forests in the Niger Delta could easily generate more revenue than crude oil

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) In these trays here are a marine algae that we should long ago have started mass producing in Nigeria. They eat up oil slicks but do no damage whatsoever to marine wildlife. If we were a thinking people, we would have let these loose in the Niger Delta to clear up all the oil slicks so the area can return to normal

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Education ministry step up adult literacy programme in bid to educate Nigeria's 60m illiterates

EDUCATION ministry officials have published startling statistics showing that there are almost 60m illiterates in Nigeria pointing out that there is a need to address the crisis as part of the government's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) programme.

 

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National Universities Commission approves second Imo State-owned university in Umuagwo

NIGERIA'S National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the newly-opened University of Agriculture and Environmental Science in Umuagwo of Imo State making it the

171st university in the country.

 

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North East Consultative Forum endorses Danjuma Goje as its candidate for senate president

SENATOR Danjuma Goje has been endorsed by the North East Consultative Forum (NESF) made up of five groups from the geo-political zone as their candidate for the office of the senate president in the forthcoming ninth National Assembly.

 

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Buhari challenges Nigerian workers to justify new minimum wage by improving their output

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian workers to justify the new N30,000 ($62) national minimum wage by showing more commitments to their work after he signed a new bill into law increasing it from N18,000 a month.

 

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Justice Onnoghen appeals against his conviction saying it was a premeditated fait accompli

JUSTICE Walter Onnoghen has filed an appeal against his conviction for false asset declaration after the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) found him guilty earlier this week and banned him from holding public office for 10 years.

 

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