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Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has pledged his support for the community, state and zonal policing to complement the effort of the Federal Government in tackling the security challenges in the country. According to Atiku, the primary responsibility of government, at any level, is the protection of the lives and property of the citizen. In a statement by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, Sunday, Atiku noted that in carrying out the function, “the state would employ different layers of measures to ensure effective and efficient policing.” The statement said, “Atiku Abubakar supports the community, state and zonal police to…

Three Executive Bills currently before the House of Representatives, want three aviation agencies, to stop paying taxes to government and remitting of funds generated from its operations, to the Federation Account. The prayer of the NCAA Bill, especially, contravene section 162 of the 1999 Constitution, which compels all aviation agencies of government to remit revenue generated to the Federation Account. Copies of Bills exclusively obtained by VANGUARD, as sent to the House of Representatives and the Senate, are to repeal Acts setting up the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN and the Nigeria Airspace…

By Akanimo Sampson The International Standard Organisation’s ISO 20022, an international messaging standard is promising to be a game-changer in the global financial payment system. The global financial system is currently undergoing its most far-reaching transformation in recent history as new market infrastructure, such as instant payment platforms, is being implemented worldwide. Underpinning these developments, according to industry watchers, is ISO 20022. The movement of goods and people is fundamental to global trade and is one of the areas where international standards excel. From containers in which to pack goods, to electronic systems that identify contents and help with customs clearance, the headaches of moving…

By Akanimo Sampson A United States-based global rights group, Human Rights Watch, has taken on the President Donald Trump administration, claiming that in 2019, Washington continued to move backward on rights. According to the group, the Trump administration rolled out inhumane immigration policies and promoted false narratives that perpetuate racism and discrimination; did not do nearly enough to address mass incarceration; undermined the rights of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people; further weakened the ability of Americans to obtain adequate health care, and deregulated industries that put people’s health and safety at risk. “In its foreign policy,…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Sunday, stated that in partnership with Waltersmith Petroleum Oil Limited, they would assist Equatorial Guinea in developing modular refineries in the central African nation. In a statement in Abuja, the NCDMB stated that the building of modular refineries in Equatorial Guinea would enable the country to process some of its crude oil and derive increased value from the hydrocarbon resources. It will be recalled that Nigeria is yet to build a modular refinery in the country, despite repeated calls by experts for the same to be built to address the over-dependence of…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, said that the reason governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were defending last week’s Supreme Court judgment on the Imo governorship election is because many of them “are products of huge electoral manipulations.” The party noted that APC governors’ attempt at cheap blackmail will never stop it and millions of Nigerians from demanding a review and reversal of the judgment in which the Supreme Court “manufactured and donated fictitious votes to name a 4th position candidate, winner of the Imo State governorship election. In a statement by its spokesman,…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has commenced a process that would trigger the construction of smart mini-grid systems both in the urban and rural communities across the country. Chairman of NERC, Professor James Momoh, who stated this while speaking with newsmen on the prospect of the 11th International Conference on Energy, Power Systems Operation and Planning, ICEPSOP, Abuja 2020 holding Sunday, at the nation’s capital, declared that centralised national grid system was no longer sustainable for a growing economy like Nigeria. The conference themed “Empowering Micro-Grid with Smart Attributes Development in the United States and Africa,’’ according to Prof.…

The South-South Elders said that it was logical and fair to allow the zone to produce the next President for another for four years so as to complete the zone’s second tenure. The elders said that there would be a crisis that could tear the country apart if the North should insist on retaining the office of the President after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. Speaking in an interview in Abuja, weekend, His Highness, Anabs Sara Igbe, National Coordinator of South-South Elders Forum, said that the zone was better placed in the South to clinch the Presidency in…

Liverpool stretched their commanding lead at the top of the Premier League to 16 points and advantage over Manchester United to 30 as goals from Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah earned a 2-0 win over their historic rivals at Anfield. A 13th straight league win since the sides last met at Old Trafford in October continues Liverpool’s relentless run towards a first league title in 30 years, while United remain five points off the top four in fifth. Liverpool also have a game in hand to come on closest challengers Manchester City and could have been more comfortable winners…

By Israel Umoh Year 2023 is still far away, but not to politicians. It is not even far to clergymen; after all they can prophesy events now to manifest in years to come. As the year approaches, politicians are laying the sub-structure of politics to grab political offices. In so doing, they will work hand in glove with clergymen, herbalists or mediums to snatch their prospective offices. Moreover, the politicians evolve political strategies to outwit their enemies and throw them overboard. It is said that a recent meeting between the Governor Udom Emmanuel and fathers of faith in the state,…