Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has told delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State that if he secures the party’s ticket and wins the election, he will take the war to bandits. He said: “The one problem that our PDP government (under me if elected) must solve is to bring down the […]
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A United States-based presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Nwachukwu Anakwenze, on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with former president Olusegun Obasanjo at his penthouse of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta. Speaking with newsmen after the brief meeting, Anakwenze said Nigeria should have become a manufacturing nation to be regarded […]
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By Ibrahim Mustapha Corruption is one of the endemic viruses hampering the growth and development of Nigeria. Since the attainment of independence in 1960, Nigeria has been battling with corruption as resources meant for national development are diverted or squandered by those entrusted with leadership at all levels. In the last six decades of independence, […]
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The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON, has said that it is currently reviewing relevant laws with a view to dispensing the stipulated punishment to Sterling Bank over its provocative and insensitive Easter Celebration advert. Earlier, the apex advertising regulatory body had called out the commercial bank for allegedly demeaning the resurrection of Jesus Christ […]
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Some Civil Society Organisations on Thursday criticised the Presidency’s justification of the recent pardon granted to some convicts that include former governors of Plateau and Taraba States, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame. President Muhammadu Buhari, on the advice of the Council of States, had last week pardoned 159 convicts, including Dariye and Nyame. The pardon […]
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An All Progressives Congress group, The Progressive Project, on Thursday in Abuja said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s presidential aspiration wasn’t about personal ambition. Addressing a press conference at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the TPP Chairman, Senator Kabiru Gaya, said the presidential race for Osinbajo was about a positive response to popular calls from a […]
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The Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja said Ogoni Cleanup Project would not be completed within the remaining time left under the current regime. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting he had with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]
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Dental surgeon, Chinelo Megafu, who was killed in the Abuja-Kaduna train attack of March 28 has been buried in Lagos. This was after a funeral service was held in her honour at Shepherdhill Baptist Church, Obanikoro, Lagos, with her family, friends and well-wishers present to pay their last respects to her. Megafu had taken to […]
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Thursday said it had projected that Nigerian pilgrims may pay as much as N2.5 million to participate in the 2022 pilgrimage exercise. The amount is over 50 per cent increase from N1million paid by pilgrims in 2019 before the outbreak of COVID-19, which stalled Hajj operations. This is […]
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PDP National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu The opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday extended the deadline for the submission of forms for a fourth time. However, impeccable sources said that the party decided to extend the sale of forms in order to accommodate defectors from the All Progressives Congress across the 36 states. The last […]
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