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3 weeks ago | 
thecable.ng | Ebunoluwa Olafusi
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) says the World Bank water privatisation reforms are failing Nigerians. Akinbode Oluwafemi, CAPPA’s executive director, spoke on Friday at the media presentation of a report titled: “Big Debt, Big Thirst: A Case Study of World Bank Supported Projects in Ekiti, Rivers and Bauchi States”.
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2 months ago | 
thecable.ng | Ebunoluwa Olafusi
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
thecable.ng | Ebunoluwa Olafusi
Bisi Adegbuyi, former postmaster general of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), says there is a need for local governments to be integrated into the national identity management system. Speaking on Monday, Adegbuyi said local governments are the missing link in Nigeria’s identity management system, adding that the integration would accelerate progress in achieving universal identity coverage in Nigeria.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
thecable.ng | Ebunoluwa Olafusi
Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo, has described the withdrawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the state local government polls “as an act of cowardice”. The PDP had withdrawn from the LG polls, citing doubt about a credible election. Speaking after casting his vote at ward 4, polling unit 5 in the Ilaje LGA of the state, Aiyedatiwa, however, said he believed ODIEC would conduct a free and fair election. “I just cast my vote without any crisis.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Ebunoluwa Olafusi
Bello Goronyo, minister of state for works, says the federal government is committed to investing in and delivering the infrastructure Nigerians need. The minister spoke on Tuesday during a courtesy visit to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, at the government house. Goronyo said the visit was to strengthen collaboration between the federal and state governments on infrastructure development.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Ebunoluwa Olafusi
Bello Goronyo, minister of state for works, says the era of abandoned road projects is over in Nigeria. Goronyo spoke on Monday at a meeting with Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) zonal coordinators and Federal Roads Maintenance Engineers (FRMES), south-west zone, during a 3-day working visit to Lagos state. The minister noted that FERMA needs to be up to the task by ensuring that Nigerians get value for their money and enjoy solid infrastructural projects. “We have to tighten our belts.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Ebunoluwa Olafusi
Uzodinma Nwafor, candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), has been declared the winner of the chairman seat of Etche LGA of Rivers state. The LG elections was held on Saturday. Adolphus Enebeli, chairman of Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commission (RSIEC), announced the Etche LGA result on Sunday in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Enebeli said the AA also won all the 19 councillorship positions in Etche LGA.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Ebunoluwa Olafusi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all 23 chairmanship seats in the local government elections conducted in Benue state. Richard Tombowua, chairman of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), announced the results on Sunday in Makurdi, the state capital. Tombowua said the APC also won all 276 councillorship seats in the state. The chairman said the election was held in all the 5,102 polling units in the state, spread across 276 council wards in the 23 local governments.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Ebunoluwa Olafusi
The Rivers political elders and leaders forum has urged residents of the state to exercise their civil rights without fears during the Saturday local government council election. The elders spoke on Friday when they visited Siminalayi Fubara, the governor, in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | Ebunoluwa Olafusi
Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) protested outside the collation centre in Benin over alleged attempts to manipulate the outcome of the Edo governorship election. Police used teargas canisters on the protesters around 2:45am on Sunday and chased them off the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
