Says FG behind delay in project take-off Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Friday declared that there would be no going back on the actualisation of the Ondo Deep Seaport Project embarked upon by his administration. The governor, however, noted that though arrangements had been concluded on the project, the approval and declaration from Federal […]
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Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, said on Friday that he was innocent of the charges slammed against him before the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja. Evans, who is facing four counts of kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms, claimed that he was not a criminal but was into the legitimate […]
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Threaten showdown, say collapse imminent if party doesn’t resolve crisis Why we didn’t inaugurate Kano APC chairman – Party secretary, Akpanudoedehe Victory certain, APC belongs to us, ex-governor Amosun insists The internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress may not fizzle out any time soon as aggrieved factions of the party have shifted the battlefield […]
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To meet NNPC boss, Finance Minister, CBN Governor, NEITI, others The House of Representatives has started moves to transfer assets of the defunct Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to NNPC Limited. Section 54 (1) of the Act states: “The Minister of Petroleum and Minister of Finance shall within 18 months of the effective date determine […]
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Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the Deputy Majority Leader of the state’s House of Assembly, Hon Kunle Akande greeting during the submission of his nomination form to aspire for a second term in office to the headquarters of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja
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The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has attributed the current social vices bedeviling the society to lack of parental guide. He stated this on Friday, while hosting the 1975 Set of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko (AKOGRAMS) and their spouses to a banquet in Akure, Ondo State capital He noted that negligence of […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, and former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday in Lagos attended a State Funeral Service for Chief Ernest Shonekan. Shonekan, who served as the Head of Interim National Government from Aug. 26, 1993 to Nov. 17, 1993, died in Lagos on Jan. 11 at the age […]
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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, flanked by the Special Adviser to the President on Media, Femi Adesina (left); and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Garba Shehu, during a press conference on security challenges in Borno, at the State House, Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua • Says $6.9b lost to terrorism in N’ East, […]
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Kwara State government has announced the closure of Baptist School, Ijagbo, to forestall further breakdown of law and order following a free-for-all over the use of hijab by female Muslims in the school. It sued for peace among the warring parties, as the fate of students writing external examinations in the school hangs in the […]
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14 parties sponsor 473 candidates for FCT elections Ahead of the February 12 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area councils’ election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned politicians against violence, insisting no one will benefit from disruption of the process. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this while speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on […]
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