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Senate berates Ogoni cleanup despite $360m provision
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday expressed disappointment over the slow pace of work on the Ogoniland cleanup project despite the $360m released for it. The Committee on Environment, through its Chairman, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, stated this at an investigative hearing. He lamented that no single site out of the 65 contaminated sites marked
Five dead, three missing after Jakarta floods
Five people were killed, three more are missing and thousands are unable to return to their waterlogged homes after floods submerged parts of Indonesia’s capital, officials said Wednesday. The muddy deluge inundated the presidential palace, a major hospital and entire neighbourhoods across Jakarta on Tuesday, only weeks after 70 residents of the low-lying megacity died
Our ordeal in the hands of Nigerian police – Footballers
Following the horrific death of Remo Stars assistant captain Kazeem Tiamiyu after he was arrested by SARS officials on Saturday, JOHNNY EDWARD and KELVIN EKERETE write on the experiences of some of the country’s star footballers in the hands of policemen, in this report The gruesome death of Remo Stars defender and assistant captain Kazeem
Why pre-election cases must be decided before polls (1)
Femi Falana, SAN In a unanimous judgment delivered on February 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of Nigeria sacked the Bayelsa State Governor-elect, David Lyon and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo who had run on the platform of the All Progressive Congress. The judgment was nullified on the grounds that Degi-Eremieoyo presented false information to the Independent
200,000 wealthy Nigerians, biggest tax evaders – Agusto
’Femi Asu A former Director General, Budget Office, Mr Bode Agusto, has said 200,000 wealthy Nigerians are the biggest tax evaders in the country. Agusto stated this on Tuesday at the 17th Annual Aret Adams Memorial Lecture in Lagos, with the theme, ‘Nigeria’s economy after oil: How prepared are we?’ He said there was a
Guardiola: City haven’t broken rules, I’ve seen proof
Pep Guardiola says he has been shown proof Manchester City are innocent of the financial irregularities that have seen the club hit with a European ban. City, who face Real Madrid in the last-16 of the Champions League on Wednesday (today), have been handed a two-year suspension after being found guilty of breaching Financial Fair
How Buhari regime depleted ECA by N1.5tn
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja Between 2015 and 2019, the Federal Government withdrew N1.5tn (about $4.92bn) from the Excess Crude Account, statistics obtained from the Ministry of Finance have revealed. The ECA, which was created by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2004 for the purpose of saving oil revenue in excess of the budgeted benchmark, rose from
NFF shortlists two local coaches for Falcons job
’Tosin Oluwalowo Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Bitrus Bewarang, says two local coaches have been shortlisted for the vacant Super Falcons coaching job. In a chat with our correspondent, Bewarang also revealed that seven other coaches have also been listed for the roles of goalkeeper trainer and assistant coach. He revealed that their
Remo Stars player: IG disbands zonal SARS, dismisses inspector
• We won’t stand police brutality anymore, Reps vow Leke Baiyewu and Daud Olatunji The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, on Tuesday, announced the disbandment of the Zonal Intervention Squad, Obada-Oko, Ogun State. The disbandment followed the death of a player of Remo Stars Football Club, Kazeem Tiyamiyu. The victim and his friend had been arrested
Oluwo: A monarch and his many controversies
In this piece, BOLA BAMIGBOLA examines the controversies of the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi, since his enthronement as the 16th Oluwo in 2016 The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi, has been one of the most controversial monarchs in the country since he was installed in 2016. He has been in the news
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