Ondo PDP criticises Akeredolu over N1.5b bulletproof cars

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has criticised Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for allegedly buying two bulletproof Lexus 670 LXE SUVs valued at N1.5 billion despite government’s inability to pay workers salaries In a statement by its spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, it said the governor’s open display of affluence was an […]

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Rivers floors FG over police trust fund deductions

• Wike says its victory for democracy A Federal High Court, Abuja has declared as unconstitutional the Federal Government’s deduction of funds directly from the Federation Account to fund the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in line with Section 4(1)(a) and (b) of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (Establishment) Act 2019. Justice Ahmed Mohammed made the […]

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Fayose’s anointed candidate Kolawole wins Ekiti PDP primary

• Voters to queue behind aspirant’s poster for APC primary, says Badaru Candidate of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, Chief Bisi Kolawole, was last night declared winner of the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held yesterday to fly the party’s flag in the June 18 governorship election in the […]

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Reps rejects immunity for Senate President, Speaker, others

Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Photo/Facebook/SpeakerGbaja House of Representatives Special Committee on Amendment of the 1999 Constitution has rejected a bill seeking to confer immunity on presiding officers of the National Assembly and judicial officers. The presiding officers of the National Assembly are Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives […]

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Governors, Labour kick as NNPC presents N3tr subsidy bill to FEC

• NGF, Labour leaders seek forensic probe of NNPC’s figures • Allege fraud in consumption, distribution numbers • Nigeria will pay price of more borrowings, Presidency confirms OPS concerns The controversies surrounding continued payment of fuel subsidy may not have ended as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, yesterday, presented a bill of N3 […]

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Government will borrow more as states struggle to survive, OPS warns

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Strategic Communication, Oge Mordi (left); Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipreye Sylva at the weekly State House Briefing at the Presidential Villa in Abuja…yesterday Photo: NAN • Buhari suspends PIA by 18 months, NLC shelves protests • Says no law […]

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Lagos suspends NURTW operations in Idumota

Lagos State Government on Tuesday suspended the operations of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the Idumota area of Lagos Island following the deadly clash recorded in the area. Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, announced the suspension. The suspension was announced after the arrest of two of its leaders in […]

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Alleged $9.8m fraud: Ex-NNPC GMD, Andrew Yakubu, knows fate on March 31

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed March 31 for judgment in the 9.8 million dollars fraud charge filed against Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the date after counsel to the EFCC, Farouk Abdullah, and the defence lawyer, Ahmed Raji, SAN, adopted […]

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Olashore International School sets up panel to investigate allegations of sexual assault

Owners of Olashore International School (OIS), a private boarding secondary school in Iloko-Ijesha, Osun State, have set up a panel to look into an alleged sexual assault claim by an ex-student Obiamaka Azubuike. Azubuike was a student of the school between 2004 and 2008. In a letter she published on social media in December 2021, […]

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