Tag: cso
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Kidnapping: Travellers suffer in gridlock as Edo communities barricade Benin-Lagos highway
Ten communities of Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo barricaded the Lagos-Benin Highway on Wednesday to protest incessant attacks by herdsmen.
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CSO Engages IOCs, FG: Demand Remediation of Degraded, Polluted N’Delta Environment
A Civil Society Organisation known
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Anti-graft war: FG protests as Nigerian CSO rates Buhari’s administration poor
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has rejected the assessment of Bubari administration by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC). Reacting to the current rating by CISLAC, Mohammed described it as unfair and unacceptable. CISLAC, a non-governmental organisation, had on March 23 in Abuja addressed a press briefing where it allegedly accused…
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Politicians plotting to truncate NDDC forensic audit, CSO raises alarm
An Oil and Gas Industry Watchdog has cautioned the National Assembly to stop actions capable of distracting the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), from completing the forensic audit on time as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. The organisation, Transparency In Petroleum Exploration and Development Initiative (TIPEDI), lamented that the current…
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CSO berates demolition of houses during lockdown
Enough is Enough Nigeria, a civic society organisation has condemned the demolition of houses in the Ogba area of Lagos State amid the coronavirus lockdown. It said demolition exercise carried out by the Lagos State Government contradicted the stay-at-home and social distancing order of the government. It stated, “Reports reaching us say, Lagos State Government…
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9th N/Assembly: Nigeria Needs A Female Speaker- CSO Coalition
From Jonas Ike, Abuja As the politicking for who becomes speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th Assembly hots up, a human rights and advocacy group, Coalition of South East Civil Society and Human Rights Organizations is drumming support for the candidacy of Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, who so far is the only female…
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Buhari orders CSO to proceed on immediate ‘strategic course’
…as presidency announces replacement President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of his Chief Security Officer (CSO), Bashir Abubakar and accepted a replacement. Abubakar was the president’s CSO until this week when he was ordered to proceed on an immediate “strategic course” at a university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to top presidential sources, he…
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Why we posted Tinubu’s former CSO to Kwara few days to general elections – Acting IGP
The acting Inspector-General of Police,Mohammed Adamu, has explained that the posting of Kayode Egbetokun, a former chief security officer to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to Kwara State as Commissioner of Police was only based on merit. Adamu stated this at a one-day summit organised by the Vanguard for Transparent…
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2018 budget: CSO tells NASS to avoid another budget padding scandal
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has called on the National Assembly to diligently scrutinise the 2018 Budget to avoid another budget padding scandal in the country. Legal Adviser of the organization, Mr Adesina Oke, made the call while addressing newsmen in Abuja and said that it was imperative to eliminate…
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Boko Haram: Buhari praised as CSO hails Buratai
President Muhammadu Buhari has earned accolades over the administration’s conquest of Boko Haram and other rising insurgencies threatening the stability of peace and unity of the country in recent times as it also hailed the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai for his leadership and sportsmanship. President Muhammadu Buhari has earned accolades…