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Ogun State Government Asks Job Seekers To Pay N10,000 For Application Form

5 months ago743 min

The Ogun State government has asked persons seeking employment into its civil service to pay a fee of N10,000 for application form. This was communicated in a memo seen by SaharaReporters and signed by the Permanent Secretary Commission, Jacobs R.O on behalf of the Ogun State Civil Service Commission. The document noted that “Applicants are to obtain tellers from Room A261 at the Civil Service Commission for application form on payment of a...

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Falana Asks State Govts To Account For Over N400billion COVID Intervention Fund

5 months ago694 min

In his nationwide broadcast on Sunday, Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, revealed that the government disbursed over N400billion to states. Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on the state governments to account for the sum of N438billion disbursed to revitalise businesses following the COVID-19 pandemic.In his nationwide broadcast on Sunday, Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, revealed that the government disbursed over N400billion to states.Falana demanded for accountability from the state governments in a statement he...

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Adegboruwa Asks Tinubu Govt To Hold Accountable Policemen Who Injured, Shot Dead Nigerian Protesters

5 months ago1307 min

Human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, has urged Nigerians to sustain their support and solidarity for peaceful protests as a crucial step towards freeing the nation from the grip of hunger, hardship, and poor governance inflicted by the elected officials. In a statement released on Thursday, Adegboruwa emphasised the resilience of a united people, asserting that collective action would overcome “even the most formidable obstacles, including suppression, threats, intimidation, and harassment perpetrated by the...

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SERAP asks CBN to account for N100bn dirty notes

5 months ago945 min

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria “over the failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the over N100bn ‘dirty and bad notes’ and ‘other large sum of cash awaiting examination’ which are kept in various branches of the CBN.” In a suit marked FHC/L/MSC/441/2024 filed last week at the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP is asking the court to “direct and compel...

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BREAKING: Senate Sacks Ndume As Chief Whip, Asks Him To Resign From APC

5 months ago955 min

Senator Mohamed Ali Ndume (Borno South) has been removed as Chief Whip by the Senate. The decision was supported by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senate Caucus through a voice vote led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during the plenary session on Wednesday. Tahir Mungono (Borno North) has been appointed as Ndume’s replacement. This move follows Ndume’s recent criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In response, the APC’s national leadership, represented by national...

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EXCLUSIVE: National Steel Council Uncovers ‘Over N1Billion Fraud’, Asks Nigeria’s Steel Development Minister To Suspend Executive Secretary, Musafari Pending Probe Conclusion

9 months ago8913 min

The National Steel Council (NSC) in Abuja has informed Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, of an alleged over N1 billion fraud that it linked to its Executive Secretary, Ambassador Abdulqadir Musafari. The council, in a March 15, 2024 letter, told the minister that Musafari had allegedly “failed, refused and/or neglected to avail the Council of any information concerning his activities on behalf of the council, if duly authorized.” It advised that the Executive...