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SERAP accuses Kwankwaso, Akpabio, Sani Yerima, Amaechi, Egwu, Jang, Lafiagi, others of double pay, backs Saraki on single pay for ex-governors
Also, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has backed the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki on his call that all ex-governors still serving in government should not receive pensions from their states.…
Falana to ex-governors, others: Emulate Saraki on pensions; urges Lagos Assembly to stop plan to extend largesse to House Principal Officers
Femi Falani, (SAN) Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and human right activist, Mr. Femi Falana has praised the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for stopping the collection of pension as a serving senator, with a call…
Saraki to States:Emulate Kwara,stop ex-governors’ pension
By Ifeanyi Nwoko The President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki has called on states of the federation to emulate Kwara state and stop payment of pensions to former governors still holding elective or appointive…
Obaseki help! my community besieged
By Louis Odion As the second week of Lent opened last week, the mostly Catholic folks of Odiguetue community could not have envisaged murder and mayhem while in a solemn pursuit of the state of…
Serve with humility, respect, Okowa charges political office holders, swears in Chinye as commissioner
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has charged commissioners and other political office holders in the state to at all times, serve the people with humility and strict adherence to relevant oaths they took. The…
Asaba Airport to be fully functional in July, says Okowa
Delta State Governor,Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has expressed confidence that commercial activities will be in full swing at the Asaba International Airport in July, this year. Speaking during an inspection visit to the airport today (01/03/18)…
Delta Assembly debunks detractors’ false claim of 1% budgetary allocation to Isoko Nation
The Delta State House of Assembly has debunked reports that the Isoko Nation was allocated a mere one percent of the 2018 budget of the state government, describing peddlers of the untruth as enemies of…
Princess Tutu, Ben Enwuonwu’s painting sells for African record N508million
Ben Enwonwu’s paint of Ile-Ife princess, Adetutu Ademiluyi, known as Tutu, has fetched in a London auction £1, 205,000, four times more than expected. In naira terms, it was sold for N508, 358, 301, an…
DSS Detains Tony Ezimakor, INDEPENDENT’s Abuja Bureau Chief
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Tony Ezimakor, INDEPENDENT Newspapers’ Abuja Bureau Chief. Ezimakor had walked into DSS headquarters in Abuja about 10.30a.m on Wednesday to honour an invitation from the security agency,…