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The Nigerian government has arraigned eight Chinese nationals and one Nigerian over illegal mining activities in the Lokpaukwu community, Umuchieze, in the Umunneochi Local Government Area…
A lawyer and policy analyst Daniel Bwala says he has left the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and is “close” to being in the ruling…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights activist, Femi Falana has called on Nigerians, to be prepared to monitor the activities of the local government…
Senator Ali Ndume, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, has issued a scathing indictment of the Nigerian government, characterising it as a “kakistocracy”, a system…
FOSAD commends Supreme Court judgment on financial autonomy for LGAs, Says ruling will stimulate grassroots development
By Dailyblast
The Forum of South-East Academic Doctors (FOSAD) enthusiastically commends the recent Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria. This landmark…
President Bola Tinubu has paid tribute literary icon Prof. Wole Soyinka by renaming the National Theatre as Wole Soyinka Centre for Arts and Culture in honour…
Operatives from the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) have rescued about 200 people including students from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik) Awka, Anambra State from…
The Ebonyi State House of Assembly (EBHA) has passed a motion prohibiting the practice of exorcism, disguised as a religious activity, in Izzi land in Ebonyi. …
A Ugandan court has sentenced a 24-year-old man to six years in prison for ‘’insulting” the president and the first family through his video posted on…
A bill proposing the creation of a new state in the South-East geopolitical zone has successfully passed its second reading in the House of Representatives. The…