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Making The Local Government System Work For The People

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 7 August 2024 0

By Uche Nworah, Ph.D There is actually a lot already placed on the plates of local governments by the constitution. Local government Chairmen whether elected or appointed can be creative about this. There are templates and models from all over the world they can learn from. In my many years of

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Haiti’s current constitution: Werley Nortreus’s petition asks Government to amend it

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2023 0

The founder, and top leader of a Haitian political party and movement called Jeunes Dirigeants Haïtiens Progressistes, started an online petition that is currently asking the Haitian Government to amend the current Haitian constitution. There are presently two versions of the petition. An English and French version is available for anyone who encourages the idea. […]

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Military opens up on calls for Interim Government

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2023 0

…As OBJ calls 2023 polls, ‘Show of Shame’ BY ANDREW OROLUA The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that the call for Interim Government by some politicians and commentators is mischievous and unconstitutional. The Director of Military Operations, DMO, Major General Musa Danmadami who spoke on the issue while fielding questions during the biweekly briefing on […]

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How huge decline in revenue force FG to borrow more for survival

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2022 0

By Motolani Oseni As the federal government continues to struggle with her 54 per cent decline in revenue, and at the same time disturbed on how to settle interest payment obligations on its large public debts, the Nigerian managers had returned to the local debt capital market to borrow more for survival. This is even […]

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Buhari-led government Conspires to hunt down whistle-blower who exposed Late Abba Kyari, Kingibe, other cabal members

Ihesiulo Grace 26 May 2021 0

The Nigerian government has concluded plans to illegally arrest and deport Ambassador Mohammed Dauda, former Acting Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), SaharaReporters has gathered. Saharareporters had consistently reported the corruption and money laundering activities of former Director-General of the NIA, Ambassador Ayodele Oke, which resulted in

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Columnist: Nigeria’s weakest government

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2020 0

By Tony Afejuku Since this APC central government came into power when it did – and that was in 2015 in which many citizens thought they saw an ideal picture of Nigeria in their patriotic horizon – nothing but one disappointment after another has been their experience – and sadly so. After the long regime […]

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Government Of Lies

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2020 0

Buhari’s government has become government of lies by liars to perpetuate lies. Propaganda, lies and killings have become the order of the day. They lie over things they should not lie about. They lie not only to the citizens but also to themselves. They have blurred the line between truth and lies. They will want […]

Politics

Buhari challenges Nigerian youths to back his government to secure their future

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2020 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the youths of the country to cooperate with his regime, telling them that they are endangering their future if they do not back the government. Buhari spoke during his visit to Borno State where about 30 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday, to reassure the people […]

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Kwara to digitalise education management information system

Ihesiulo Grace 3 February 2020 0

Kwara state government says it will digitalise education management information system to promote efficiency in the sector. Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs. Fatimah Ahmed, disclosed this on the sidelines of the official presentation of the scheme organised by the ministry in Ilorin. Ahmed said the present administration is already going

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Just in: Buhari has returned government to ordinary Nigerians – BMO

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2019 0

Abuja – The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari who will be 77 on Tuesday Dec. 17, describing him as avatar, visionary and futuristic leader who was determined to take Nigeria to the loftiest height.  BMO, in a birthday felicitation with the President, also described him as “akin to a man who […]

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See who is 59!

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2019 0

Mathematically, Nigeria is said to be 59 years of post-independence in the sense that it was on October 1st 1960 that some foreign occupying forces (Great Britain) retreated by general consensus of both the occupier and the occupied. It was on that day that political scholars reckon that Nigeria gained flag independence with the lowering […]

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Group to Saraki: ‘Government within Government your imagination’

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2018 0

A Group, Buhari Media Organization (BMO) has said that the allegation of Government within the Government of the present administration is the imagination of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Saraki who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in a press conference accused the present

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774 LGs strategise for inclusive growth – SGF

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2018 0

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha has called on the 774 local governments in the country to develop strategy for an inclusive development for them to achieve inclusive growth. Such strategies, he said, should encompass appropriate structural transformation in the context of which intra-and inter sectorial resource flows are driven […]

Politics

Osun 2018: Group petitions Oyegun over alleged illegal alteration on APC delegates’ list

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2018 0

Crisis appears imminent in the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as a group of aggrieved stakeholders alleged massive illegal alteration on the list of the party’s Local Government and Ward Executive officers towards the coming primaries.   The aggrieved stakeholders that go by the name Osun APC Progressive Group, in a […]

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NAFDAC Returns to Ports, Borders to Check Drug Smuggling

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2018 0

The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Christianah Adeyeye, has said that the return of the agency to the nation’s ports and borders, would significantly tackle the increasing cases of smuggling of harmful drugs, narcotics and other chemicals of concerns into the country.   Adeyeye noted that the return

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One-Way Drive : Lagos Mobile Court to Forfeit 55 Vehicles to Government

Ihesiulo Grace 9 February 2018 0

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force has impounded 55 vehicles around Adekunle Fadeyi Road, Ikeja for driving against up coming vehicles (One-way) thereby causing obstructions to motorists driving towards Railway-lines at Shogunle, Lagos. The 55 vehicles were impounded for contravening Schedule (1) Item 27 of the Lagos State Road Traffic Law of 2012. […]

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Sokoto distributes 45,000 desks to schools

Ihesiulo Grace 19 January 2018 0

Sokoto state government said it has distributed a total of 45,926 desks to various schools across the 23 local government areas of the state from 2015 to the end of 2017. Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam, disclosed this while giving an update on the successes […]

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GPN challenges FG to stop `senseless killings’ in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2018 0

The Green Party of Nigeria (GPN) on Saturday challenged the Federal Government to end what it described as the “senseless killings” across the country as soon as possible. The Chairman of the Edo State Chapter of the party, Mr Roy Oribhabor, said in an interview with journalists in Benin City that the call became necessary […]

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Frequent missing car hire operators unsettles Delta

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2018 0

…Police search for perpetrators The incessant missing of car hiring operators across Delta State has continued to unsettle the State Government including Law Enforcement Agencies. While investigation revealed that no fewer than ten car hiring operators between December 2017 and January 2018 had been reported to have been missing by the police, strong indications are

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Human Trafficking: Edo partners FG to check scourge – Obaseki

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that his administration is working with the Federal Government on a programme that will assist skilled people to migrate legally. Obaseki who said this on Monday in his New Year broadcast, explained that the initiative is part of efforts to dissuade people from embarking on […]