FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

UN Women Regional Director for East Africa, West, and Central Africa, Maxime Houinato, has said that in order to bridge the multi-sectoral gender gaps in Nigeria and improve the standard of living for women and girls, there is need for the federal government to commit specific percent of national budgets and development funds to interventions that address gender disparity in …

A pro-Nigerian democracy group, The Natives has embarked on the slogan “All Eyes on Ministries and MDAs”, asking the recently inaugurated ministers to either perform to deliver on the Renewed Hope Agenda or resign from office. The Natives, which comprises of various ethnic, religions and cultural backgrounds with about 20 millions members across the country, vowed to focus on all …

September 22, 2023 Bode Olagoke News 0 ontrary to reports by some online media that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, under the leadership of Group Chief Executive Officer Mr. Mele Kyari is conducting secret recruitment without board approval, this medium reliably gathered that it’s false. The report had claimed that about 35 people were allegedly recruited secretly into the …

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics, Senator Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Senate President Godswill Akpabio for his remarkable achievement in breaking a 59-year-old jinx by being elected to the Global Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Dankwambo, in a congratulatory message shared with journalists on Saturday, said, “This prestigious …

A global human rights group, the African Centre for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR), has faulted what it called a campaign of calumny against a Nigerian oil magnate, Benedict Peters. Peters is the founder of the nation’s largest independent oil producer, Aiteo. The ACJHR, in a statement on Thursday by its Coordinator, Nduka Edede Chinomso, described the attacks as malicious …

Following the recent launch of a probe into illegal foreign exchange deals and money laundering running to a whopping $3.4billion allegedly perpetrated by a major player in Nigeria’s private sector under the Godwin Emeifele-led Central Bank of Nigeria over the past 10 years, President Bola Tinubu-appointed Special Investigator, Jim Obazee, has been receiving fresh death threats from anonymous callers, it …

…Sets up committee for November triennial delegates conference The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has passed unanimous vote of confidence on its President, Comrade Ladi Bala and the Central Working Committee (CWC) members. A press statement by NAWOJ National Secretary, Helen Udofa, Wednesday in Abuja, said: “The confidence vote, which came during an …

An IT expert and emerging renewable energy proponent Osunleke Akinwumi Opeyemi,  has urged government at all levels to take alternative energy solutions seriously.  Opeyemi made the call Tuesday while speaking exclusively to Blueprint on the recent national grid collapse which affected the entire 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He expressed worry that the grid has collapsed multiple …

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has advocated for the extension of the fight against corruption to states instead of focusing on the Federal Government and its agencies alone. Fagbemi who made the call at a one-day ‘Hybrid Sensitisation Workshop on Revised Guidelines on Negotiation and Drafting of Contracts and Agreements …

An International College of Arts, Science and Technology (ICAST), Elebu in Ibadan at the weekend petitioned the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over non release of certificate of one of its students in 2021. ICAST in a letter signed by its Principal, B.J. Adewumi, said one of the school students, Joseph-Oduntan, Oluwatomisin Daniel sat for WAEC in year 2021 with …