As political parties begin primaries to elect their candidates, former Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar has counselled them to rise above sectional sentiments and consider competence. To him, Nigeria at this stage of nationhood should not be debating zoning but should concentrate on getting any competent Nigerian, irrespective of his state of origin […]
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Suspense over consensus option as Jonathan, Daura meet Okorocha: Tinubu is distressed, and feels APC should reward him with the presidency Candidates with forged academic credentials will be prosecuted, says INEC The confusion within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was palpable, yesterday, when the National Working Committee (NWC) released yet another revised timetable and […]
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Pledges: ‘Declaration of state emergency on power outage in Ondo South my first assignment in Senate’ By Banji Ayoola Billionaire businessman and senatorial aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Jimoh Ibrahim, has promised to end the blackout that has pervaded the Ondo South Senatorial District, for about 20 years […]
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The Federal Government on Tuesday said N999 million would be spent daily to feed approximately 10 million pupils in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) across the country. Hajiya Aishatu Digil, the Team Lead of NHGSFP disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting on disbursement modalities for the review cost of feeding in the […]
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The Federal High Court, Lagos Division has restrained a former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos branch, Alhaji Musilu Akinsanya, a.k.a. MC Oluomo and seven others from collecting union dues and levies from commercial drivers that are non-union members in all motor parks in Lagos State. The seven others are […]
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The National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) has lamented the high rate of deaths from trafficking in the country. It said that in 2018 alone, over 20,000 Nigerians were victims of trafficking in Mali alone. Director General of the agency, Julie Okah-Donli, stated this in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital during the inauguration […]
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Imo House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill for the establishment of the Imo Public Complaints, Financial Crimes and anti Corruption Commission and other related matters. The 67 section bill was presented by the Majority Leader, Mr Kanayo Onyemaechi (APC Owerri) at the plenary session of the house and granted accelerated passage. Onyemaechi said […]
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• asks Nigeria to return to electronic wallet for fertiliser distribution • tells African leaders there’s no pride in begging • AfDB to spend $12b on continent’s food sufficiency programme With 65 per cent of the global arable land and available cutting-edge technologies, Africans cannot afford to go to the rest of the world with […]
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says instability in neighbouring African countries causing influx Govt not serious about ban, says security expert Amid security reports that some of those parading as commercial motorcyclists are indeed hoodlums and bandits, who have invaded Lagos, the State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, the Task Force, said it will intensify the crushing of seized […]
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An ex-Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has cried out that he is being held hostage at his Abuja home by operatives of the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He condemned the Tuesday’s invasion of his Maitama residence as continuation of the agency’s violation of his fundamental human rights. Okorocha who is […]
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