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the Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari says his commitment to transparency is serving the government well in the face of severe shortage of resources in the country. The President spoke at the State House, Abuja while receiving the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin. He said, “It has been a very difficult year for Nigeria. Before we came to office, petroleum sold for about $100 per barrel. Then it crashed to $37, and now oscillates between $40 and $45 per barrel. “Suddenly, we are a poor country but commitment to transparency and accountability is not making people know that there is severe shortage”, Buhari said. He urged the UNFPA to bear with Nigeria in whichever area the coun­try could not live up to its responsibilities for now, and thanked the UN agency for its commitment to saving lives in the country, particularly of women and children. president noted that population exp...

On May 1, 2016, Edo state government announced an increment of the minimum wage from N18,000 to N25, 000 for Edo state employees. Adams Oshiomhole has revealed why he increased the minimum wage in the state. The Governor said he made the increase to show other state Governors that wages could be increased and paid promptly. he said “I have increased the minimum wage when my colleagues are debating that it is too high and I insisted that it is too small. “I decided to increase it to show that not only that it is too small but it is possible to increase it and pay it. “We are not in arrears of one month salary in Edo State. We are up to date for all those who are in direct employment in the state government, including teachers at all levels.” Adding that he will also pay the outstanding salaries of local government workers in the state. Speaking on how his government has improved education in Edo state, Oshiomhole said “Only nations with educated citizens can cope with the rigours of co...

A lecturer, Dr. Aondosoo Tondo with University of Mkar, Mkar Gboko local government of Benue State was yesterday assassinated by unknown terrorist. Public Relations’ Officer of the institution, Mr. Suemo Shagba who say this to newsmen in a telephone conversation, said Tondo who resides in the University Stafff quarters was murdered at about 4 am by 4 unknown gunmen. According to him, the assassins came into the lecturer’s room while he was saying his early morning prayer with his family, did not request for anything and just shot him, adding that he later died at a teaching hospital in Gboko. The late lecturer with the Department of Political Science hails from Buruku local government area of the State and is reported to be an aspirant for the local government election which has been postponed indefinitely. Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations’ Officer ASP said the lecturer was murdered in his compound in early hours of yesterday, intimating that investigatio...

sadden, in Nigeria, upon the dawn of a fresh ‘scandal’, the goal is often to applaud the accuser and hasten to convict the accused in the court of public opinion. Just name and shame the fellow(s) concerned, until they are able to prove their innocence, in an inverse application of the standard law which presumes an accused as innocent, until proven otherwise. It does not matter if the pursued, most often in front of the chasing mob, is the one now chanting, ‘thief, thief, thief’ in order to secure a get-away. Victor Afam Ogene “I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I gave you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.” – John Adams, 2nd President of the United states of America. In penning those words to his wife, Abigail and their five children, Adams was obviously under the clear understanding that the legislature was the anvil upon which every hammer of publi...