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The Community Monitoring Team (CMT) of a Pan African NGO, Connected Development (CODE), says on Friday that community members are not benefitting from constituency projects due to poor implementation. Mrs Ladi Bonat, Coordinator of the CMT in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, stated this during a town hall meeting on Friday in Lere. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was on Deepening Citizens Interest in Government Spending and Addressing Accompanied Corrupt Practices (DeSPAAC) project. The DeSPAAC project was being implemented by CODE with support from MacArthur Foundation to mobilize communities and empower them to…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Government has restated that the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) Ltd would be back on stream by December. This is part of the government’s commitment to ending petroleum product importation as soon as efforts are being redoubled to restore the nation’s local refining capacity. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said this, according to a Friday statement by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited Garba Deen Muhammad. He quoted the Minister as giving the assurance during an inspection tour of the rehabilitation work…

Former US President Donald Trump turned himself in at the notorious Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia. He was booked on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia and had his mugshot taken just like his 18 alleged co-conspirators. Mr Trump had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£160,000) to be released from the Atlanta jail while he awaits trial. Afterwards, he described the case as “a travesty of justice”. It was his fourth arrest in five months in a criminal case, but this was his first police booking photo. Mr Trump later posted on…

By Halimah Olamide & Kamil Opeyemi There were high expectations on Monday as 45 ministers assumed offices amidst huge promises being made after their swearing in ceremony in Abuja. President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, watched as members of his newly constituted cabinet took oaths of offices shaking hands with him afterwards as they filed out to their respective ministries to commence work. Henineken Lokpobri, Minister of state for Petroleum Resources, while resuming in his office on Monday, said he has only one agenda. He said, ” Lokpobiri, while stating that he believed in action, and would spend…

England reached the Women’s World Cup final for the first time as they spoiled co-hosts Australia’s party on a historic evening in Sydney. Silencing a sell-out crowd at Stadium Australia, the Lionesses became the first English side since 1966 to reach the final on the world stage. It caps a sensational two years under manager Sarina Wiegman as England, crowned European champions for the first time last year on home soil, showed their superiority and know-how to see off an Australia side spurred on by a nation who have been inspired by the Matildas’ success. Ella Toone gave England the…

By Kamil Opeyemi Notorious terrorist, Dogo Gide, has claimed that his group was responsible for downing a Nigerian Air Force Helicopter in Chukuba area of Shiroro, Niger state on Monday. A video of the crash scene sent out by the terrorists group showed many victims of the crash dead and littering the bushy area where the charred remains of the aircraft was seen. In the video, a voice could be heard speaking thus: “These are bodies belonging to soldiers of the Nigerian Army who attacked us with the intention of causing us harm. “They did this to see the downfall…

By Kamil Opeyemi Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday, lamented that the subsidy removal is having adverse effects on Nigerians just as he urged President Bola Tinubu to tackle corruption and not Nigerians. Speaking on the theme ‘Vice, virtue and time: The three things that shall never stand still’ at the church auditorium, located on Kuditat Abiola way, Ikeja in Lagos, the cleric faulted the proposed military intervention in Niger Republic by ECOWAS. He said: “Local support for Nigeria by Nigeriens is at an all-time low. It is, therefore, counter-productive to engage…

By Halimah Olamide Former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday deplored working conditions that force Nigerian doctors to work for as many as 100 hours in a week. Saraki, himself a medical doctor and former Governor of Kwara State met members of the National Association of Resident Doctors on Saturday said issues with doctors are not just about remuneration but other conditions of service. Saraki said after having lunch with some members of the Association, they apprised him of some of the challenges they face in their daily duties. He wrote, “The one that shocked me most was…

By Kamil Opeyemi Amidst growing controversies over his gaffe in the state on holiday tokens, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project on Sunday said it has dragged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas to court over the plans to spend N110bn on bulletproof cars. SERAP said the National Assembly’s action is coming when about 137 million Nigerians face extreme poverty. In the suit number FHC/L/CS/1606/2023 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP is seeking: “an order of mandamus to direct and compel Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas to review and reduce…

Kamil Opeyemi The Nigerian ambassador to France, Kayode Laro has died, The Ministry, in a statement on Saturday, signed by its spokesperson. Mrs Francisca Omayuli, said Laro died last Friday in Paris, France, after a protracted illness. The statement read: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is deeply saddened to announce the death of Ambassador Kayode Laro on Friday, 11th August, 2023, in Paris, France, after a protracted illness. “Until his death, Ambassador Kayode Laro was Nigeria’s Ambassador to France with concurrent accreditation to Monaco. He contributed immensely to strengthening Nigeria’s relations with France. “The…