I’m still searching for my running mate – Tinubu

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday evening said he was still searching for his running mate. He spoke at the presentation of the book “Mr Speaker” and unveiling of the Legislative Mentorship Initiative to mark the 60 birthday of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, […]

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Weep not for Ekweremadu and others

By Martins Oloja At this time of scarcity of almost everything including scarcity of integrity, paucity of high moral standard, absence of strict regulators, shortage of good service providers, poverty of philosopher-kings, dearth of good writing, lack of good judgments, rarity of good men and women, scantiness of good husbands and wives, even uncommonness of […]

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Northern governors’ interest in Tinubu not genuine, may ditch him for Atiku – Prof Akintoye

The 87-year-old leader of Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Banji Akintoye, moved from Nigeria to Benin Republic shortly before the arrest and detention of a leading arrowhead of the Yoruba Nation campaign, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, in the francophone country. Kayode Oyero caught up with the octogenarian in Porto Novo where he […]

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Kanu: Buhari lying to world leaders, IPOB alleges

The Indigenous People of Biafra has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop giving untenable excuses concerning the continuous detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group was reacting to a statement credited to the president at the just-concluded Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali Rwanda, alleging that he was lying to world leaders. Buhari […]

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I made mistake picking Atiku my deputy – Obasanjo

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, described his choice of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar during the 1999 Presidential election as one of his genuine mistakes in life. He stated this while answering questions, posed by students from selected secondary schools that participated in the final of the National Exhibition and Awards, organised by Students for […]

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INEC extends voter registration deadline

Photo; Facebook/INECNIGERIA PVCs For Ongoing CVR Ready In October Don’t Sell Your Votes To Corrupt Politicians, EU Cautions Youths The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, confirmed that it would extend the June 30 deadline for the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR). It was, however, silent on the duration of the extension. INEC Chairman, Prof. […]

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Subsidy fraudulent, economists insist

Photo/Facebook/FemiAdesina Mixed Reaction Trails World Bank’s Insistence On Its Removal CBN’s Programmes Drive Inflation, Will Plunge Economy Into Deeper Mess – Owoh Ife Lauds Apex Bank’s Support For Productive Sector Urges FG To Privatise 20% NNPC Stake To Fund Budget With President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration inching to its twilight, a major assessment of its economic […]

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Police parley Ondo hunters, comb bushes for suspected kidnappers

Policemen attached to Supare Divisional Headquarters on Friday in collaboration with local hunters in the state went on a tour of duty to comb the bushes in the area for possible arrest of suspected kidnappers. This joint operations became imperative based on the information received from a creditable source that suspected kidnappers were lurking in […]

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FG’s autogas plan stalls amid costly diesel, poor planning

Photo: StarTribune Failure frustrates conversion scheme from diesel to CNG, petrol engines FG explains progress despite low enrollment We can’t afford N5m/truck conversion rate, NARTO says IPMAN: Without petrol subsidy, Nigerians would have been paying N900 per litre Almost two years after the Federal Government launched the Autogas Initiative on the back of National Gas […]

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Buhari meets Boris Johnson, insists on respecting nation’s maximum term limit

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Great Britain where he again reiterated his resolve to respect the maximum term limit in the Nigerian Constitution. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja, said the meeting was held […]

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