Buhari, middle; Sanwo-Olu, 3rd right; Dangote, 2nd left and others at the commissioning President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday predicted agriculture and economic boom following the coming on stream of the $2.5 billion Dangote Fertiliser Plant in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. He spoke while inaugurating the plant – the world’s second-largest – with an installed capacity of producing three […]
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai Kaduna State Government says no fewer than 34 persons, including two military personnel, were killed in the Sunday night attack on Agban Kagoro in Kaura Local Government Area of the state by bandits. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who made the confirmation on Tuesday, […]
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The police in Ekiti State have rescued a girl who was abducted in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, three years ago on her way to an extramural lesson in preparation for her Senior Secondary School Examination. The victim, who was 15 years old when she was kidnapped in March 2019, was, however, carrying an eight-month […]
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A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Nice Ominnikoron, a suspect in the murder of his 22-year-old passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwola, was yesterday arraigned at a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. He was brought before Justice Sherifat Sonaike charged with conspiracy, murder and rape. Miss Ayanwola, on February 26, went missing after […]
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• Denies saying South can’t win Presidency Sokoto State governor and a presidential aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has asked the party to strategise and work towards winning the elections rather than making zoning its principal objective. He spoke, yesterday, when he met with the caucus of former […]
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The Southwest zone of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday aligned with the decision of Southern governors that the next President should come from the region. The zone also reaffirmed its position on restructuring the country in the interest of fairness, justice and equity. It expressed the desire for fair distribution of federal positions and […]
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Senate President, Ahmad Lawan The Senate will today debate a Federal High Court (FHC) judgment that voided Section 84(12) of the new Electoral Act. The decision followed a motion by Senator George Sekibo challenging the judgment. and what he considered as the destruction of “our work for over one year.” Sekibo, who demanded that the […]
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Senate to debate court ruling on Section 84 (12) of Electoral Act Lawmakers seek recovery of N3tr debt owed by oil, gas firms House of Representatives, yesterday, began probe into the recent nationwide power outage, directing the Ministry of Power to take measures that would immediately address the challenge. Chairman, House Committee on Power, Magaji […]
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Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N590.546 billion as February allocations among the Federal Government, states and local councils. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a virtual meeting of the committee for March released yesterday in Abuja. The sum comprises distributable statutory revenue of […]
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Let’s focus on getting power, says Tambuwal Party’s Southwest leaders insist on power shift The North-South divide in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over zoning of the 2023 Presidential ticket is widening. Presidential aspirant Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto State governor, said yesterday that instead of talking about zoning, the party should give the ticket to the […]
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