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Netflix Rolls Out Calendar for Nollywood Projects Coming Out This 2024

October 2, 2024

Netflix Rolls Out Calendar for Nollywood Projects Coming Out This 2024

Netflix Naija has announced its upcoming projects for release in the remainder of 2024. In celebration of Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day anniversary, Netflix revealed that it has upcoming projects, some based on actual events in Nigeria. The rights to the movies and series were obtained to showcase Nigeria’s incredible history and the talent that goes... Read More

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The Big 5: Buhari billed to inaugurate five projects in Lagos; Court asked to declare Justice Muhammad unfit, order new selection | Other top stories

Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Court asked to declare Justice Muhammad unfit, order new selection The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has okayed a fresh suit seeking to bar President Muhammadu Buhari from appointing the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, to take over the... Read More

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Buhari, debt, lagos, projects, The Big 5

December 28, 2017

Lagos Global Shapers launches developmental projects, renovates Lagos Island Library, train girls on internet and digital safety

The Lagos Hub of the Global Shapers Community has announced several developmental projects that it is executing this December to shape its community. These projects include a training program for girls in Lagos Island on Internet and Digital Safety, a mentorship platform for young professionals, the establishment of a Startup Dome which is a platform... Read More

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September 15, 2017

FG undertaking 24 projects in Kwara, Kogi, Niger –Senate

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Senator Kabiru Gaya, has said that the Federal Government has 24 projects in Kwara, Kogi and Niger states. Gaya spoke in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Thursday during a courtesy call on the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, by the Senate Committee on Works. He said nine... Read More

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You are not deserving of a reply | Fashola fires back at Goje

The Minister of Power, Work and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has knocked the chairman Senate committee on Appropriations, Danjuma Goje for asking him to quit if the job was overwhelming. In a statement signed on Thursday from Zimbabwe, Fashola said the Senator’s utterances were “unparliamentary and therefore not deserving of a reply.” He added that the... Read More

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Backstory: Between a “deceitful” Fashola, the “ignorant” NASS and a stalled budget

If you have been paying keen attention to local politics, you’d know that there’s an ongoing rancour between the National Assembly and the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. On 12 June, 2017, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo signed the 2017 budget into law after months of deliberations, drama and needless controversy. Shortly after this belated... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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Fashola vs NASS: The waste of money bit is about right

by Alexander O. Onukwue One of Fashola’s arguments against the change of projects in the budget provisions of the executive is the waste that accrues from the process. The former Lagos Governor who has served as a Federal Minister since August 2015 made the remark while criticizing the National Assembly’s decision to alter parts of... Read More

Story of the day, Thinking Through

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Fashola vs NASS: Five quips from the Minister that totally shades NASS

by Alexander O. Onukwue He made observations that, as a Federal Minister, he was well entitled to make, and they came for him. In his response, he has taken no prisoners. Babatunde Fashola’s response was long and bruising, fending off the personal attacks against him from the National Assembly. Here are five of the best... Read More

Story of the day, Thinking Through

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Mind the gap: How inept are Nigerian lawmakers?

by Alexander O. Onukwue At a time when the United States Senate is being grilled in the media and by the Congressional Budget Office over the numbers involved in replacing the Affordable Care Act (alias Obamacare) with the American HealthCare Act, the Nigerian Senate is facing questions as to the rationale behind replacing mega road... Read More

Story of the day, Thinking Through

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Explainer: The fuss between Fashola and the senate

by Alexander O. Onukwue The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has been in a war of words with the National Assembly over the recently signed 2017 Budget. In an interview , Fashola argued without any apologies that the Senate had tampered heavily with the budget of its Ministry adding items which he... Read More

Story of the day, Thinking Through

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National Assembly thinks the budget is its personal property – Sagay

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on Sunday agreed with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo that the National Assembly has no powers to introduce any project into the budget. Speaking in Abuja at a programme organised by the National Association of Seadogs (the Pyrates Confraternity), Sagay said the legislature was... Read More

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Buhari has abandoned all FG projects in Rivers – Wike

Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has said the Federal Government ‘deliberately abandoned’ its projects in the state. Buhari said this while speaking at a Town Hall meeting with people of the state in Port Harcourt, on Friday. He said, “As I speak, all the core economic assets of the Federal Government located in the state,... Read More

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Despite limited resources, Wike has executed more projects than Buhari – Akpabio

by Azeez Adeniyi Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio has said the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has executed more projects than the Federal Government in the last two years. Akpabio said this while speaking with journalists in Port Harcourt shortly after accompanying Wike on inspection of projects on Monday. He said Wike has judiciously used... Read More

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February 28, 2017

Dr Joe Abah: Africa has too many pilots, none of them taking off!

by Dr Joe Abah No! Not aircraft pilots, donor pilot projects. The world of development is littered with “pilots.” Demonstration projects that show it can be done. We know that with donor funding, donor expertise, discrete initiatives and clearly defined “results” certain things can work in developing countries. We know that! Doing new pilots do... Read More

africa, China, Governance, Joe Abah, opinion, projects

January 30, 2017

Release project details of capital releases, BudgIT tells FG

BudgIT has demanded that the Federal Ministry of Works, Power and Housing release information on the projects currently being implemented and the actual cost released for each project. In a statement on Monday, Budgit wondered what project the ministry spent N170bn on, after a recent revelation that no new project has been awarded lately. It asked... Read More

Budgit, capital releases, details, FG, Housing and Power, Ministry of Works, projects

January 10, 2017

There is no more APC in Rivers – Wike

Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been completely dislodged in the state. Wike, stated this on Monday while commissioning the Ozuoba-Rumuoparaeli-Choba road in Obio/Akpor local government area said the APC was rendered ineffective because of the projects embarked upon by his administration. The governor said, “There is... Read More

APC, Nyesom Wike, PDP, projects, Rivers

November 5, 2016

Eye on Ambode: Governor inspects project sites, Senate Committee on Marine Transport visit Lagos

As we keep our watchful eye on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, this weekend again, we bring you a recap of some of his activities during the week and it appears the governor gave a lot of time to supervising infrastructural projects. On Thursday, Governor Ambode paid an inspection visit to the ongoing Lagos-Badagry expressway expansion project.... Read More

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August 20, 2016

Eye on Ambode: ‘Omo-Onile’ must go, New Pen Cinema fly-over and more (PHOTOS)

Last week on Keeping an Eye on Governor Ambode, he commissioned a new helipad for the Lagos State Teaching Hospital, commenced the training of over 2,000 youths to mark Youth day and more. This week, the governor is not relenting in his strides even as he announces the commencement of the construction of Fly-over bridge... Read More

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‘Niger Delta Avengers, neglect, fraud’ | Why Reps failed to pass NDDC budget

The location of most of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) projects in the constituency of the Chairman, House Committee on NDDC, Nicholas Mutu, has torn the committee apart. The committee members expressed their disgust when NDDC Acting Managing Director, Ibim Semenitari, appeared before it on Tuesday, to present the commission’s 2016 budget for approval.... Read More

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‘PDP is not an issue… they are lighter than a loaf of bread’ – Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole has declared ahead of the September 10, 2016 governorship election in Edo state, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not an issue to be worried about. The Governor noted that the APC will focus its attention on other political parties and ignore the PDP as the former ruling party is currently... Read More

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We’ll complete all ongoing, abandoned projects in 3 years – Fashola

All ongoing and abandoned projects in the country will be completed within 3 years, by the Federal Government, says Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola. Speaking on Saturday after inspecting work at the Loko-Oweto Bridge which connects Loko and Oweto communities in Nasarawa State and Benue – Fashola said the completion of government... Read More

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February 5, 2016

Amaechi continues South-West tour, visits Oyo state (PHOTOS)

The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has continued his verification tour of Federal Government projects in the South West as he visited Oyo state on Friday, February 5. Amaechi was received by party colleague and governor of the state, Abiola Ajimobi. See photos from his visit below. Photo credit: Israel Ibeleme

Amaechi. Ajimobi, federal roads, projects, transport

January 27, 2016

Fashola goes on project verification tour of his ministry (PHOTOS)

Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN on Monday, embarked on a verification tour of projects being carried out by the Ministry of Works, Power and Housing in the North Central. See below, some pictures from the tour. Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN (right) and the... Read More

Fashola, housing, Power, projects

September 6, 2015

“I didn’t borrow in 8 years as Governor” | Lamido blows his trumpet

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has said that he did not borrow money from any bank to fund all the projects he carried in the state for eight years. Lamido, who disclosed this during an interview in Kano also said that the total contractual liability of the state at the time he left office... Read More

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September 16, 2014

Cash strapped: Akwa Ibom says its unable to pay contractors for new projects

by Azubuike Azikiwe The Government of Akwa Ibom state says it does not have the financial capacity to pay contractors for new projects due to the the fact that it is yet to realise its projected revenue of over N400 billion. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, stated this while reacting... Read More

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Opinion: We need more focused constituency projects from legislators

by Abdullahi M.Seidu Allegations abound about how some members of the National Assembly ‘corner’ the funds of the constituency projects into their personal pockets without actually executing any projects. In the last couple of months, battles have raged between the executive and the legislative arm of government over the functionality of the 2013 budget. And... Read More

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Kayode Komolafe: Dangote and creative capitalism

by Kayode Komolafe It takes a genuinely anti-poverty president or governor to focus more on those policies that would democratise access to basic needs rather engaging in propaganda of executing “projects” all over the place… Politicians and their publicists talk so much about “dividends of democracy”; yet the meaning of the phrase has become imprecise.... Read More

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Opinion: We need a whole new specie of politicians, these ones don’t mean well

by Maple Dapapa Each time the people get the opportunity to interact with their leader, the leader has nothing else to say apart from recounting the projects he or she has done. And have kept the people deceived with these antics. In the last couple of weeks, the ongoing political discord in Rivers State has... Read More

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