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Opposition party, the DPA has condemned  the Lagos State for not having a clear cut on implementation of Free Education

The party also accused the Lagos State Government of not committing adequate funds to the  development of education in the state. (more…)

The House of representative has commenced a midterm assessment of the implementation of the 2009 budget by the executive arm of Government

Speaker of the House,Honorable Dimeji Bankole, said the assessment will determine the extend of compliance with the 2009 Appropriation Act.

The child rights Act is being debated by the Kebbi state House of Assembly

It is expected   that this will be modified  and passed  as new act on Child rights at the end  of legislative  debate.

Kebbi is one of the 15 states in the country yet to enact a legislation on children’s  rights

Nigeria’s  National Football team, the Super Eagles this evening played a goaless draw with their Tunisian counterparts in a 2010 world cup qualifying

With this result, Tunisian still leads the Group with 7 points followed  by Nigeria with 5 points

A decisive second encounter between the two teams holds in two weeks time in Abuja, Nigeria

• 200 members of Nigeria Football supporters club leave for Tunis to cheer the Super Eagles to victory in tomorrows World Cup qualifier #

The European  Commission  http://www.delnga.ec.europa.eu/ will soon commence the implementation of a new Micro Projects Programme (MPP 9) worth  €45.5Million or about N9.2b in nine states of the Niger Delta region

 

The objective of the programme is to accelerate social and economic development and to assist in resolving the conflicts in the Niger Delta region. (more…)

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee investigating the activities and operations of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed that the corporation and its subsidiaries failed to remit a total of $3.8b to the Federation account between 2004-2007

Senate President, David Mark, last week traced the failure of governance in Nigeria  to lack of political will to strictly implement government laws, policies and programmes
    
Coupled with this is corruption largely fueled by people who are benefitting illegally from the present status quo

Speaking at the opening of a public hearing on the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Council of Nigeria (Establishment) Bill, 2009, organised by the Senate Committee on Gas, Mark said

“It is best for us  to legislate; but have we got the will power, after legislation, to deal precisely with what we have addressed and what we want to do without allowing those who are in the business now, who have the monopoly to derail us and do things the old way, and do business the usual way still?

I think that is the key issue we have to address at the end of the day.

Members of the House of Representatives, organised a retreat last weekend,  in Kano and Uyo,  on the review of the 1999 constitution

Declaring the event open, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole,  said  the retreat was to expose members to the intricacies of Constitution Amendment process and avoid the mistakes of past efforts in constitutional amendment

A Borno State Human Rights Activist, Malam Aliu Biu  died on Sunday June 7, 2009 and has since been buried according to Islamic rites

Malam Biu until his death was Transition Monitoring Group’s state coordinator for Borno state and the Executive Director of Human Rights and Political Awareness (HURPA) in Maiduguri Borno state.