Buhari and some of the governors A federal cabinet member’s recent accusations that state governors are primarily responsible for the excruciating poverty in the country and their push-back highlight the woeful incompetence of Nigeria’s leaders. Clement Agba, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, rebuked the governors for neglecting the rural areas and […]
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The Director, Strategic Communications of the National Election Management Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Dele Momodu, Tuesday, chided the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, over what he called his less than impressive engagement with his audience at the Chatham House, United Kingdom, on Monday. Momodu said chieftains of the APC were […]
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A Cape Town pub drew a rebuke from the South African government and widespread condemnation on Tuesday after it allegedly barred a black man from entering without a white escort. The government urged police to probe “with speed” the “appalling” and “racist incident”, which it said saw 25-year-old Thabiso Danca denied entry at Hank’s Olde […]
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This picture taken on December 5, 2022 shows activists holding a protest against the new criminal code outside the parliament building in Jakarta. – Indonesia’s parliament approved on December 6 legislation that would outlaw pre-marital sex while making other sweeping changes to the criminal code — a move critics deemed as a setback to the […]
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Governor explains delay in payment of workers’ November salary Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke and the state House of Assembly, yesterday, agreed to put their differences in political parties aside for the transformation and development of the state. Adeleke, who paid a courtesy visit to the Assembly to seek the lawmakers’ support in moving […]
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The Body of Benchers (BOB) has cautioned the National Assembly against giving effect to its proposal to regulate the establishment of Law Schools in the country. BOB Chairman, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) said this while admitting 4711 new lawyers at the Call to Bar ceremony held in Abuja on Tuesday. He said: “May we plead […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has placed limits on over-the-counter cash withdrawals, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) withdrawals, and point of sale (PoS) withdrawals. CBN’s director of banking supervision, Haruna Mustafa, in a statement on Tuesday, directed that over-the-counter cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities should not exceed ₦100,000 and ₦500,000, respectively, per week. […]
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (C) waves outside the NASREC Centre in Johannesburg, on December 05, 2022 after a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Africa National Congress (ANC) to discuss the fate of the President. – Ramaphosa will not resign, the South African president lifted the suspense over the weekend. But hampered for […]
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has appointed Mr Samuel Aina as the new Head of Service. This is contained in a statement by Adeleke’s spokesperson, Mr Olawale Rasheed, on Tuesday. Rasheed disclosed that Aina attended the University of Ibadan, between 1984 and 1987, and obtained B.Sc. Hon (2nd Class Upper Division) in Geography, and […]
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that further attack on G-5 Governors will attract the wrath of the Integrity Group as they will not hesitate to strike back. He urged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to caution members of the presidential campaign council of the party and […]
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