Day: December 11, 2020

Niger Govt reaffirms commitment to end security challenges ….. As forum of secretaries to 19 Northern States Govt meets in Kaduna

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Niger State Government has reaffirmed that it will not relent its effort in addressing security challenges in the State. This was disclosed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane at the meeting of Forum of Secretaries of the 19 Northern States Government held at Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina House, Kaduna. The SSG reiterated the commitment of the present administration led by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello to ensure lasting peace and security in all the communities affected by the activities of bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements.…

LG Election : Nasarawa Govt assures NASIEC of adequate supports

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Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule,has assured that his administration will provide the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC), with the necessary tools to enable the commission conduct the upcoming local government election in the state. Engineer Sule gave the assurance while being presented with the report of the Gangaren Tudu electoral ward bye-election in Keffi Local Government Area, by the NASIEC Chairman, Barrister Ayuba Usman Wandai, at the Government House, on Thursday. According to the Governor, as the commission is preparing towards the conduct of the local government election, …

NHRC tasks Nigerians to hinge COVID-19 recovery efforts on inclusiveness, equal opportunities …. As World marks Int’l Human Rights Day

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The National Human Rights Commission has identified inclusiveness and equal opportunities as the cornerstone of any COVID-19 recovery efforts that will ensure the full realisation of human rights in Nigeria and beyond. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq. who stated this at an International Conference on the Future of Human Rights, in commemoration of the 2020 International Human Rights Day tasked all government agencies to mainstream human rights into their post COVID-19 recovery efforts, added that such efforts will assist the nation to achieve the SDG and the…

SEC : We’re not against Unclaimed Dividends Trust Fund, But…..

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has stated that it was not against the proposal by the Federal Government to set up unclaimed dividends and balances trust fund. This was disclosed by the Head, Securities and Investments Services (SIS) Department, SEC Mr. Abdulkadir Abbas while making clarifications on the Commission’s presentation at the one (1) day Public Hearing on the Finance Bill, 2020 in Abuja. He said the Commission was requesting to be allowed to continue to constructively manage the issue of unclaimed dividends for the development of the nation’s capital…

SALAMI PANEL’S REPORT ON MAGU: A GLARING CASE OF MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE

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The use of raw power to settle personal scores against ones perceived enemies, is a dastardly but palpable contemporary political reality. Our own nation’s political landscape has not been devoid of this aberrant behavior. Even though, our democratic dispensation is still in its infancy, yet it could be seen as being fully replete with these clearly very unpleasant but ubiquitous phenomenon. Just when broad sections of our country are savoring the constitutional order and the rule of law which were being ushered by the dawn of democracy in our great…