September 16, 2022

[GIST] ICPC uncovers N400bn fraud in 2021, 2022 budgets

[GIST] ICPC uncovers N400bn fraud in 2021, 2022 budgets

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•••N100bn dubiously inserted •••N50bn manipulated as salaries for ghost workers The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission,  on Thursday, disclosed that the N13.59trillion 2021 budget was padded by the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies, with duplicated projects worth N300bn. The Chairman of the anti- graft  agency,  Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, during an interface with


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[GIST] Buhari rewards Amusan, Brume, others with honours, N200m

[GIST] Buhari rewards Amusan, Brume, others with honours, N200m

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday approved National Honours of Officer of The Order of The Niger and cash awards of N200m for Team Nigeria’s contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the World Athletics Championships. At an award ceremony held at the State House, Abuja, the President congratulated the athletes for


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[GIST] Stakeholders condemn police invasion of LMC office

[GIST] Stakeholders condemn police invasion of LMC office

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Following the invasion of the Abuja office of the League Management Company by the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday, the Club Owners Association of Nigeria has condemned the act, describing it as unlawful. The LMC is the body in charge of organising the Nigeria Professional Football League, but last Friday, a circular from the sports


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[GIST] How scary is UNICEF’s 20 million Nigerian children out-of-school statistic

[GIST] How scary is UNICEF’s 20 million Nigerian children out-of-school statistic

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It has been well acknowledged that primary school education is the foundation of individual and national development. The skills learned at that level are the base on which the capacity for future economic productivity is built. Primary School Education takes up the first six years of Nigeria’s nine-year Basic Education Curriculum which seeks to give


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[GIST] Time to revitalise anti-drug war strategy

[GIST] Time to revitalise anti-drug war strategy

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THE seizure by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of huge assets from drug barons between January 2021 and August 2022 is a clear indication that Nigeria’s illicit drug problem is deteriorating. The assets include 249 luxury cars and 37 mansions, and 600 frozen bank accounts. Also seized were N871.53 million, proceeds of crime within


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[GIST] Lagos govt decontaminates markets to prevent bird flu

[GIST] Lagos govt decontaminates markets to prevent bird flu

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The Lagos State Government has said it has commenced the decontamination exercise of 35 major bird markets in the state to prevent avian influenza and other bird-borne diseases. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, adding that the first phase of the decontamination commenced at Awolowo market in


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September 15, 2022

[GIST] Olayinka eyes Red-Whites all-time top scorer place

[GIST] Olayinka eyes Red-Whites all-time top scorer place

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Super Eagles striker, Peter Olayinka, will be aiming to become Slavia Prague’s all-time scorer in European competitions, when he leads The Slavists out against Ballkani in their Europa Conference League match-day two encounter at the Eden Arena on Thursday (today), PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Olayinka became Slavia Prague’s joint top scorer in Europe after scoring


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[GIST] Amuneke appointed coach of Zambia’s Zanaco

[GIST] Amuneke appointed coach of Zambia’s Zanaco

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Former Super Eagles assistant coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has been appointed as the head coach of Zambia’s Premier League side, Zanaco FC. The ex-international will be in Zambia to take over as the new head coach of the Super League giants. Details of his contract are sketchy as at the time of this report, but the


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[GIST] WSCIJ presents report on gender-based violence

[GIST] WSCIJ presents report on gender-based violence

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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism will publicly present a media justice status report on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria on September 21, 2022. According to a statement on Wednesday by the Executive Director, WSCIJ, Motunrayo Alaka, the report titled, ‘Missing data, missing justice,’ was an activity under its 2021 Report Women: Female


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[GIST] Firm committed to wellbeing

[GIST] Firm committed to wellbeing

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The Country Manager, Dexa Medica Nigeria & West Africa, Mr Dhanang Anggoro, has said the firm is committed to improving Nigerians’ wellbeing. A statement said during the Medica West Africa conference in Lagos, Anggoro stated that the firm’s objective was to ensure that consumers lived a healthy and pain-free lifestyle. He said, “To achieve our


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[GIST] Serena Williams teases tennis return, hails Brady’s comeback

[GIST] Serena Williams teases tennis return, hails Brady’s comeback

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Serena Williams, who seemed to make a farewell to competitive tennis at the US Open, dropped a hint she might not be done on Wednesday by evoking a famous retirement U-turn. Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, said on ABC’s Good Morning America that she liked the example of 45-year-old NFL star quarterback, Tom Brady,


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September 14, 2022

[GIST] Perpetual tax defaulters commit economic crime – NEITI boss

[GIST] Perpetual tax defaulters commit economic crime – NEITI boss

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The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Orji Ogbonnaya-Orji, tells OKECHUKWU NNODIM how NEITI audit reports have revealed the trillions of naira in unpaid taxes and royalties by oil, gas and mining companies, among other industry issues When are we expecting the 2021 audit report of the oil and gas sector and what is


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[GIST] Invest in judges’ welfare, NBA president tells FG

[GIST] Invest in judges’ welfare, NBA president tells FG

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The Nigerian Bar Association’s President, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), has urged the Federal Government to make deliberate investments in the welfare of judges and justices in the country to improve the dispensation of justice. Maikyau made the call on Monday when he delivered an address at the Annual Legal Year ceremony of the Court of Appeal,


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[GIST] Insecurity and Nigeria’s 2023 elections

[GIST] Insecurity and Nigeria’s 2023 elections

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As Nigeria prepares for 2023 one of the major challenges to contend with is the epidemic of insecurity. Violence has been recorded across the country’s six geopolitical zones, further dividing it along ethnic, religious and political lines. Incidents have been notably higher in the North-West and South-East where banditry, terrorist activities, herder-farmer conflicts and secessionist


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[GIST] Lagos Assembly summons commissioner for ignoring committee invitations

[GIST] Lagos Assembly summons commissioner for ignoring committee invitations

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The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed the state’s Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure, Kabiru Abdullahi, to appear before its Committee on Waterfront Infrastructure unfailingly on Thursday. The lawmakers, during plenary on Tuesday, complained that Abdullahi disrespected the House of Assembly by his refusal to honour an invitation of a House Committee which has oversight


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[GIST] Lagos advises cooperative members on new business models

[GIST] Lagos advises cooperative members on new business models

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The Lagos State Cooperative College has advised its members on the need to embrace new approaches and business models in a post-COVID-19 era. The Provost of LASCOCO, Akorede Ojomu, gave this advice on Tuesday at the start of a four-day intermediate training for managers, trustees and members of cooperative societies, held in Agege. He said,


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[GIST] FG may miss smartphone target amid low affordability

[GIST] FG may miss smartphone target amid low affordability

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The Project Director, Broadband Implementation Steering Committee, Abubakar Maina, has disclosed that the Federal Government may fail to meet its target to provide cheaper smartphones in line with the Nigerian National Broadband Plan 2020–2025. This was according to a presentation document he made on the implementation status of the NNBP 2020–2025 to the National Digital


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[GIST] Lagos govt partners private sector on smart city project

[GIST] Lagos govt partners private sector on smart city project

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The Lagos State Government has disclosed its plan to partner with the private sector on the smart city project through the use of innovation and technology. The General Manager of Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency, Bisoye Coker-Odusote, disclosed this on Tuesday, during a press briefing in Lagos. She said, “Our third annual stakeholders’


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September 13, 2022

[GIST] Maintain political neutrality, FRSC charges officers

[GIST] Maintain political neutrality, FRSC charges officers

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The Federal Road Safety Corps has charged commanding officers nationwide to ensure that their staff members maintain political neutrality, avoid any form of participation in political rallies and campaigns, and avoid piloting political convoys. The charge was issued by the Acting Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Ali, on Monday. The charge was in


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[GIST] Agriculture key to resolving FX crisis – NGX CEO

[GIST] Agriculture key to resolving FX crisis – NGX CEO

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The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, Oscar Onyema, has said that the agricultural sector will have a huge role to play in solving Nigeria’s foreign exchange crisis. Onyema spoke during the 26th Annual Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers conference held in Benin City, the Edo State Capital. Citing the recently published Q2


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