• Groups, others kick on the proposed amendment • Urge National Assembly to ignore the president • Constitutional lawyer backs presidency on the planned revision • Passage is a landmark for the nation, says Garba Shehu The lead up to President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the long-awaited Electoral Act 2022 was attended by protests. The […]
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A picture taken on November 26, 2021 shows a man receiving a vaccine card from a health official after being administered a dose of Astrazeneca’s Vaxzevria Covid-19 vaccine at Secretariat Community Central Mosque, Alausa, Ikeja in Lagos. – Fearing a surge in coronavirus cases over the Christmas travel season and wary of the emergence of […]
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Despite Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s promise of additional supply of fuel, scarcity of the product persists across the country …yesterday. Photos: Philip Ojisua • Marketers sell above N300/litre • IPMAN worst hit as depot owners, MOMAN operate at a loss • NACCIMA calls govt, stakeholders to find solution Almost a month after the scarcity […]
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Veteran actor, Chief Lari Williams, has died at the age of 81 following a long illness. Williams, who was famous for his roles in hit soap operas such as Village Headmaster, Ripples, and Mirror in The Sun, died peacefully on Sunday at his home in Ikom, Cross River State. This was disclosed in a statement […]
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Bandits have attacked over 10 communities in Niger State, killed eight persons, abducted a bride and left several others injured. The gunmen, who were said to have numbered over 100, invaded the communities in the Lavun Local Government Area of the state. According to a resident of the Ndakogitu community, who spoke on condition of […]
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Oil marketers have commenced the compilation of losses incurred by filling stations as a result of the purchase of bad fuel imported into Nigeria in January and shall be demanding compensation from the Federal Government, it was learnt on Sunday. Filling station owners under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, the […]
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The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, on Sunday, said it would soon shut down universities because of the failure of the Federal Government to implement the Memorandum of Action it signed with the union. SSANU said it had been reluctant to resume its suspended strike because of its effect on students, university education and […]
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The clamour for resource control and state police by the Southern Governors’ Forum seems to have suffered a setback going by the details of the 68 amendments proposed by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives’ Special Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution. Also, the gains brought by the Federal High […]
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• More vessels avoid Black, Mediterranean seas over attacks, sanctions The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine may further prolong the over three-week scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in Nigeria, as bulk of the refined products coming into the country from the warring region and its adjoining areas are likely to face […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Saturday led his other siblings to celebrate the 90th birthday of their mother, Lady Evangelist Grace Akeredolu. Family members, friends and well-wishers gathered at St. Mathias’ Anglican Church, Orogun, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to praise and give thanks to God for His divine mercy and favour over […]
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