Category: #Governance
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PRESIDENCY TO HONOUR RETIRING STAFF YEARLY, ENDS ‘SILENT EXIT’ ERA
The State House is changing the script for civil servants’ retirement, as Permanent Secretary Temitope Fashedemi says the Presidency will now hold annual honours for outgoing staff so they no longer “end their careers in silence” after decades of quiet service. Speaking at a reception for retirees in Aso Rock, he said the new tradition…
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MICROSOFT’S FG PARTNERSHIP SKILLS UP 4M NIGERIANS IN DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Microsoft dropped a bombshell Tuesday: its team-up with Nigeria’s Federal Government has digitally empowered over four million folks since 2021, with 350K diving into student programs—63K finishing pathways, 43K snagging global certs—and now gearing up another 350K for AI mastery via the National Skills Initiative (AINSI) alongside Data Science Nigeria and Lagos Business School. West…
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KADUNA CURES 30K MALNOURISHED KIDS IN 2025 NUTRITION TRIUMPH
Kaduna State smashed a massive win by curing 30,089 severely malnourished children across all 23 LGAs this year via Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) services—treating over 60K admissions despite rising national trends like stunting up to 40%, wasting to 8% and underweight hitting 27% from 2018-2024. State Nutrition Officer Ramatu Musa, via Jibril Isah,…
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KOGI GOV ODODO UNEARTHS MASSIVE ARMS HAUL, VOWS CRIMINAL CRUSH
Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo just unveiled a monster arms bust—24 AK-47s, 23 pump-actions, Tavor and FN rifles, Barrett pistols, Browning rifles, 520 GPMG rounds, mags, cartridges, holsters, tear gas and submachine parts—ripped from criminal lairs in a week-long intel blitz with security squads, supercharged by President Tinubu’s no-praise pep talk to lock down…
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NSSRCC SLAMS STATES FOR SKIPPING SCHOOL SAFETY CENTRES
The National Safe School Response Coordination Centre is calling out state governments for dragging their feet on setting up local control centres, leaving schools vulnerable to bandit attacks and kidnappings due to weak surveillance. NSSRCC Commander Emmanuel Ocheja told NAN in Abuja that federal pleas for state-level hubs—staffed by police, military and NSCDC reps—would enable…
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EX-MINISTER NGIGE REMANDED OVER N2.2BN FRAUD CHARGES
Former Labour Minister and ex-Anambra Governor Chris Ngige faced a dramatic Friday court showdown in Abuja, where an High Court judge ordered his remand at Kuje Prison pending bail hearing after EFCC hit him with eight counts of fraud and bribery tied to his Buhari-era tenure. Prosecutors accused Ngige of dishing out juicy NSITF contracts…
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FG UNVEILS N1.23TN BOND PUSH TO WIPE POWER SECTOR DEBTS
Nigeria’s government is pulling out all stops to fix the power crisis, launching a N1.23 trillion bond issuance over the next four months to pay off long-overdue bills to Gencos and gas suppliers—part of President Tinubu’s sweeping debt reduction plan. Special Adviser on Energy Olu Verheijen announced the first-phase bonds at a virtual investor forum…
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SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS TINUBU PARDON, UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MARYAM SANDA
The Supreme Court dropped a bombshell Friday, slapping down President Bola Tinubu’s recent pardon and reinstating the death-by-hanging sentence for housewife Maryam Sanda, convicted of killing her husband Bilyaminu Bello in a 2020 domestic brawl. Justice Moore Adumein led the 4-1 ruling, saying prosecutors nailed the culpable homicide case beyond doubt, the Court of Appeal…
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ECOWAS LEADERS VOW IRONCLAD STAND AGAINST COUPS & TERROR WAVE
West African powerhouses united in Abuja Sunday at the 68th ECOWAS summit, vowing a bulletproof front to halt Sahel coups and terrorism’s chokehold—recognizing these borderless beasts demand collective firepower, not lone ranger tactics, amid recent jolts like Guinea-Bissau unrest and Benin’s foiled putsch. President Bola Tinubu lit the fuse, blasting incessant takeovers, arms bazaars, cyber…
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EBONYI GOV GIFTS N150K CHRISTMAS BONUS TO ALL CIVIL SERVANTS
Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru just made yuletide merry for workers, announcing a fat N150,000 Christmas bonus for every civil servant big or small despite lean state revenues over the past year. He dropped the bombshell during Sunday service at Government House Chapel in Abakaliki, framing it as rock-solid proof of his admin’s worker-first vibe,…
