•Dr Ini Adiakpan The Dean, Commissioners of Women Affairs in Nigeria, Dr Ini Adiakpan, has called for a broader partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to address the challenges of gender-based violence in the country . Adiakpan, leading other Commissioners of Women Affairs from the 36 States of the Federation, spoke y...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives at the weekend foiled a plot to convert the N50 billion bailout facility given by the Federal Government to airlines to an intervention fund. The move was frustrated by the House Committee on Public Accounts, chaired by Hon Bamidele Salam during the resumed investigative hearing into the m...
•House of Reps The leadership of the House of Representatives last night unveiled plans to commence an investigative hearing on the alleged mismanagement of COVID-19 Intervention Funds expended between 2020 and 2022. Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Akin Rotimi gave the hint via a statement made available to Parliame...
One month after the federal government promised to crash the cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, households and businesses are still paying high prices for every kilogram of the commodity. This is because the price has remained on the high side, as investigation revealed that not much has been achieved […]
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu The intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the crisis between Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has generated ripples with some Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), including a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, expressing concern that the truce brokered by the president might have breac...
Senators in the Committee on Gas Resources today expressed disaffection over the blame game between the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over disbursement of N135Billion for the Nigeria Gas Expansion Programme. The Senate Committee had last week asked the beneficiary oil and gas companies to appear before i...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, says that all is set for the smooth take-off of the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) in 10 pilot states. He made this known in his address at the opening ceremony of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers at the Landmark Event Centre […]