By Francis Onoiribholo Nigerians United for Democracy (NUD), Edo State Chapter, has warned the federal government against any attempt to send the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, on compulsory leave, insisting that he should be allowed to conduct the 2015 general elections. Representative of the Stakeholders on Conflict Resolution and Early Warning (SCREW), Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, […]
February 2, 2015 by By CHARLES IYARE. The survival and effectiveness of a state is paramount to self serving interests of certain individuals, no matter how highly placed they may be in the society. It is important that the general well being of Nigerians is not sacrificed on the altar of possessive minded leaders. This therefore raises an important question […]
By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku On March 28th 2015, it is expected that Nigerians would troop out to elect a new president or continue to be managed according to the blueprint of the present administration of the PDP. Whatever reason was given for the shift of the presidential elections from February to March 2015 and the conspiracy theories that trailed the […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), with support from Justice for All (J4A) a window of funding of DfID, organised a two-day workshop from February 3-4, 2015 at the Hotel De Horizon, Wuse 2, Abuja. The workshop was part of activities of ANEEJ “Advocacy against impunity in oil subsidy regime in Nigeria” project. Twenty Two (22) participants […]
January 7, 2015 by Innocent Edemhanria The need to develop effective and efficient tools to hold government accountable to the people on issues of transparency and accountability in resource management has become increasingly important especially as we hit 2015, being the target set by United Nations to achieve millennium development goals (MDGs). Before now, in Edo State, the regulation of […]
The United Kingdom yesterday commenced the enforcement of the “Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014” which was signed into law by Business Minister Jo Swinson MP on 28 November, 2014. The regulation provides for anti-corruption provisions for the oil, gas, mining and logging sectors as contained in Chapter 10 of the 2013 European Union Accounting Directive. “As a leading […]
Nov 19 2014 – 10:41am (The News Online) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: states want money from ECA The Chairman, State Finance Commissioners Forum, Timothy Odah, said that the Nigerian states want two billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account to enable them complete ongoing projects, as revenue allocations to them decline for the third month running. At the moment, the account has […]
BY SANDRA EGUAGIE Can you imagine a residential building without toilet? Can you imagine a school without toilets? Can you imagine a business Centre without toilet? Can you imagine not having a toilet? Can you imagine defecating in the bush? Can you imagine defecating in plastic or polythene bags and throwing it into the bush, school compound, open field, gutter, […]
Kelly Ovie Umukoro 11/05/2014 11:02:15 Barack Obama, US President Recently, world leaders came together in New York to brainstorm on ways to tackle the challenges of climate change. President Barack Obama was among scores of world leaders at the gathering, which followed by days of mass demonstration in New York City in support of action to combat global warming. Among […]
By CHARLES IYARE The history of human right abuses in Nigeria is as old as Nigeria, herself. This is because the creation of the nation, Nigeria, was an abuse of the fundamental human right of the various entities that make up the Nigerian state. The high level of corruption in Nigeria especially in the government makes it absolutely impossible to […]