Day: September 27, 2021

GOCOP To Host Business Lunch With Corporate Affairs Managers

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Members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has incorporated a business lunch to interact with Corporate Affairs Managers of firms in the country. The event, which will hold at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, will enable the publishers of online newspapers and blogs to network with the managers on mutually beneficial relationship. GOCOP in a statement on Sunday said that the event is part of the activities lined up for its two-day fifth annual conference. The theme for this year’s edition is “COVID-19 Pandemic: Recovery and Reconstruction in Nigeria.”…

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Disclose Names Of Suspected Looters Of N6trn NDDC Funds SERAP Tells Buhari

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, to widely publish the names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6trillion in the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2000 and 2019, as documented in the recent Forensic Audit Report on NDDC.” SERAP also charged Buhari “to direct Mr. Malami and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly bring to justice anyone suspected to be responsible for…

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Nigeria Seeks UN Support Against Counterterrorism, Violent Extremism

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Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno retired, has solicited the support of the UN Office of Counterterrorism (UNOCT) to tackle the scourge of terrorism and violent extremism in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. Monguno stated in New York that Nigeria and the sub-region needed the international community to support and sustain the country’s efforts in the fight against terrorism and insurgency. Monguno also expressed Nigeria’s readiness to collaborate with UNOCT in rendering humanitarian support for victims of terrorism in Nigeria’s North-East. The NSA said Nigeria has had…

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