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A dance of desperate politicians, by Ekanpou Enewaridideke

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A dance of desperate politicians by Ekanpou Enewaridideke Desperation in politics pursued singlemindedly with a chronically pathological forgetfulness of Isaac...

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Odimodi community swears-in new EXCO as Burutu LG chairman calls for peace

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Odimodi community swears-in new EXCO as Burutu LG chairman calls for peace By Samuel Abai As part of efforts to...

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BREAKING: Delta APC governorship candidate, Omo-Agege, picks Friday Osanebi as running mate

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Delta APC Governorship Candidate, Omo-Agege, picks Friday Osanebi as running mate The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Delta...

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2023 PRESIDENCY: I’m Waiting On God To Know If I’ll Support Atiku – Ortom

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2023 PRESIDENCY: I’m Waiting On God To Know If I’ll Support Atiku – Ortom The governor of Benue state, Samuel...

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2023: After Buhari, It’s Southern President or Nothing – Fayose

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2023: After Buhari, It’s Southern President or Nothing – Fayose The former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has thrown...

NUPRC inaugurates committee to revive inactive oil well to meet Nigeria's OPEC oil quota

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News

FG unveils template for Host Communities Development Trust under PIA

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FG unveils template for Host Communities Development Trust under PIA The Federal Government, in a bid to implement Section 235...

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Timipre Sylva charges 57 marginal oil field investors to quickly develop assets to enjoy full PIA benefits

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Timipre Sylva charges 57 marginal oil field investors to quickly develop assets to enjoy full PIA benefits ...Presents Petroleum Prospecting...

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Give your house to Yahoo boys, spend 15 years in jail – EFCC warns landlords

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The Economic and Financial Commission Commission (EFCC) has warned that landlords risk 15 years in jail for renting houses to...

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Church

Using Church to Unify People: An Analysis of RCCG’s Izon Nativity Sunday

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Using Church to Unify People: An Analysis of RCCG's Izon Nativity Sunday The Redemption Hall of the Redeemed Christian Church...

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Breaking News

Court grants Farah Dagogo bail after 62 days in detention

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Court grants Farah Dagogo bail after 62 days in detention The Rivers State High Court, Tuesday, granted bail to Hon....

BREAKING: Tension in Ogulagha as military men kill young man around Forcadoes terminal

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Breaking News

[UPDATED] Tension in Ogulagha as military men kill young man around Forcados terminal

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Tension in Ogulagha as military men kill young man around Forcados terminal ...Police calls for calm while investigations begin Palpable...

Drama as human rights lawyer attends Supreme Court proceedings in native doctor's attire

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Court declines hearing lawyer’s case over native doctor’s attire

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Court declines hearing lawyer’s case over native doctor’s attire Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on...

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Federal government set to issue prospecting licences to winners of marginal oil fields today

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The Federal Government announced that the successful investors in Nigeria’s 57 marginal oil fields of the 2022 bid round would...

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BREAKING: Justice Olukayode Ariwoola takes oath of office as acting CJN

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Justice Olukayode Ariwoola of the Supreme Court on Monday took the judicial oath of office as the acting Chief Justice...

BREAKING: Justice Tanko Muhammad resigns as CJN

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BREAKING: Justice Tanko Muhammad resigns as Chief Justice of Nigeria

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BREAKING: Justice Tanko Muhammad resigns as Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has resigned as the Chief Justice...

Vice Presidency: Straw poll result and Okowa phenomenon

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Opinion

African leaders, gender equality and demographic dividend

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African leaders, gender equality and demographic dividend By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Recently, MS Keiso Matashane-Marite, the Chief Section, Gender Equality,...

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Personality Profiles

Meet the First Lady of Edo state, the beautiful Ijaw woman behind Governor Godwin Obaseki

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Meet the First Lady of Edo state, the beautiful Ijaw woman behind Governor Godwin Obaseki Mrs Betsy Obaseki is the...

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NOSDRA confirms crude oil spill at OML 18 in Niger Delta

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NOSDRA confirms crude oil spill at OML 18 in Niger Delta The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA)...

Meet Engr. (Mrs.) Tamunominini Olufunke Makinde, the first lady of Oyo State, who is an Ijaw woman

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Personality Profiles

Meet Engr. Tamunominini Makinde, the first lady of Oyo State, who is an Ijaw woman

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Meet Engr. (Mrs.) Tamunominini Makinde, the first lady of Oyo State, who is an Ijaw woman Engineer (Mrs.) Tamunominini Olufunke Makinde...

US supreme court overturns landmark verdict that legalised abortion

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WORLD NEWS

US supreme court overturns landmark verdict that legalised abortion

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US supreme court overturns landmark verdict that legalised abortion The United States supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional...

The Federal Government has disbursed the entire $322.5 million Abacha loot of 2017 to 1.9 million poor and vulnerable Nigerians. Before making the disbursement, the money accrued an interest of $11 million where it was deposited. Mr. David Ugolor, Executive Director of ANEEJ, an independent monitor providing independent report on the use of the funds, made this disclosure in Abuja yesterday. Mr. Ugolor told reporters that “the Abacha loot is exhausted. An interest of $11 million was accrued in the money where it was saved and it was disbursed to around 1.9 million poor Nigerians”. Ugolor added that “no politically motivated data was used in selecting the beneficiaries; the National Social Register was used to determine those who will benefit and the register is updated regularly to remove those who have died”. According to the ANEEJ Executive Director, “the Abacha loot that was recovered have been exhausted, we have a responsibility to inform Nigerians and then to make sure to tell them what the money was used for”. He noted that, “it is a very controversial issue that people sit down at home and begin to point fingers that Abacha’s money has been stolen. What we have done with this monitoring is very ground breaking”. Ugolor said ANEEJ will publish by the end of next month, state by state data of how the money was disbursed. According to him, “four states have not been benefiting from the distribution of these N5,000, so we started an advocacy and the advocacy yielded the results and the government responded through the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) and we have since paid all these four states. The four states are Edo, Ondo, Kebi and Enugu. In December 2017, Switzerland returned USD322.5 million of stolen funds (illicitly acquired by the late General Sani Abacha’s family) to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Federal Ministry of Finance requested that the funds be used to finance the $500 million IDA-financed National Social Safety Net Program (NASSP) in the form of Conditional Cash Transfers to poor and vulnerable Nigerians, which is one of the poverty alleviation programmes under the National Social Investment Programme. A Swiss court in March 2015 ordered that the funds be repatriated on the condition that the World Bank monitors their use. Consequently, a Memorandum of understanding was entered into between the Nigeria government, the Swiss government, and the World Bank, which also identified Network on Asset Recovery (NAR) made up of civil society organizations led by ANEEJ as an independent monitor for the purpose of providing an independent report on the use of the funds. The Federal Ministry of Justice then developed and finalized terms of reference for civil society organizations monitoring the $322.5million recovered Abacha loot and recognized ANEEJ as one of the CSOs representing the NAR in interactions with the Federal Government of Nigeria. The task was to monitor and report on the use of the funds to targeted beneficiaries. In 2018, ANEEJ commenced the monitoring exercise under the Monitoring of Recovered Assets in Nigeria through the Transparency and Accountability (MANTRA) project. Through the MANTRA project, ANEEJ worked with six regional partners, and engaged a total of 35 CSOs and over 500 monitors for the exercise in six geopolitical zones of the country. The exercise produced the first disbursement report of the $322.5million covering the August/September 2018 payment round to beneficiaries in 19 States.

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News

Federal Government shares $322.5m Abacha loot to 1.9m Nigerians in 4 years

7 days ago GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

The Federal Government has disbursed the entire $322.5 million Abacha loot of 2017 to 1.9 million poor and vulnerable Nigerians....

Leaders of Ayakoroma community appeal to Okowa to complete bridge before May, 2023

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Leaders of Ayakoromo community appeal to Okowa to complete bridge before May, 2023

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Leaders of Ayakoromo community appeal to Okowa to complete bridge before May, 2023 ...Posit this is only reason they will...

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Entertainment & Events

[PHOTOS] Ogulagha Chief, Ebike Benidiwei, donates food items to orphanage to mark birthday

7 days ago GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Ogulagha Chief, Ebike Benidiwei, donates food items to orphanage to mark birthday As part of activities marking her birthday, the...

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Pere of Gbaramatu gives royal blessings to NNPP Delta South Senatorial Candidate, Omatseye Nesiama

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Pere of Gbaramatu gives royal blessings to NNPP Delta South Senatorial Candidate, Omatseye Nesiama ...Promises rapid development for Maritime University,...