Tag: Names
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Omotetobore and our vanishing names – By Sunny Awhefeada
Growing up, whether it was in Kaduna, Ibadan, Evwreni or Ughelli, we were given indigenous names that reflected significance and wisdom. Some of our names were influenced by happenings and cultural nuances. A mere mention of such names evoked memories, good or bad, of such happenings. The generations before mine had even more profound and…
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Names as a Fetish – By Lexzy Ochibejivwie
The names we bear do matter, but the spirit of the persons behind names matter more. It is persons that house the spirit behind names and make them compelling. Take away persons, and you would have made names empty. So, the emphasis on names could be uneccessary. The point I am pushing here is that…
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Akpabio releases names of lawmakers that got contracts from NDDC [Full list]
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has finally named members of the National Assembly who allegedly got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Recall that the minister had last week said some lawmakers got contracts from the NDDC, a claim which the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila…
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Publish ‘names of contractors that disappeared with money for power projects’, SERAP tells Fashola
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information request to Babatunde Fashola, SAN, Minister of Power, Works and Housing urging him to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently provide information on specific names and details of contractors and companies that allegedly collected money for electricity projects but failed…
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We’ll soon publish names of Nigerians who acquired properties with looted funds – FG
The federal government on Thursday promised to release the names of 200 individuals who own property that was purchased with illegally-acquired funds. The Chairman, Special Presidential Investigative Panel for the Recovery of Property, Okoi Obono-Obla, said this at the “Tackling corruption through improving transparency in property ownership” project which was held by ANEEJ in Abuja…
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Ekiti guber: INEC announces May 15 deadline for submission of candidates’ names
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given all the political parties for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State May 15 deadline to submit the names of their candidates and their running mates. The National Organising Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Col. Austin Akobundu (retd.), stated this while handing over the nomination…
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Looters’ list: FG compiles fresh names of former governors, ministers, others
Indications emerged on Saturday that the Federal Government may release fresh names of people who allegedly looted Nigeria’s treasury under the former ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Investigations revealed that the fresh list might contain names of those who have yet to be arraigned in courts for corruption. The list may also include names…
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Corruption: FG releases fresh 23 names of alleged looters under PDP
In a what appears to be a fresh and more detailed response to the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Federal Government on Sunday released more names of alleged looters under the party (the PDP). The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, in a statement released on Sunday also criticised the opposition PDP for its reaction…
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2019: We discovered names of 299 foreigners in Nigeria’s voters register – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Friday said it discovered and removed 299 “aliens” from Nigeria’s voter register. The chairman of the commission, Mahmoud Yakubu, stated this on Friday at the quarterly consultative meeting of the commission with security agencies under the auspices of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES). A copy…
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Produce names of Nigerians unlawfully detained by Police, Reps tell NHRC
The House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights on Thursday mandated the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to furnish it with the list of Nigerians unlawfully detained by the police. The Committee also urged the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to curb the rising incidences of human trafficking across the…