Right to Left: Former Managing Director of The Guardian, Mr Lade Bonuola; Editor-in-Chief and General Manager of Vanguard, Mr Gbenga Adefaye; and former Editor of Nigerian Tribune, Mr Folu Olamiti at the 30th Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME), on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) Centre, Onikan, Lagos, where […]
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The threat by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to embark on strike for the umpteenth time, amidst the marginal position of Nigerian universities in the global university ranking, has once again called for deep reflection about the state of the institutions. Such a reflection has become necessary given the quest for foreign education […]
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Nigeria will soon become a defence equipment exporting nation following the recent launch of NNS Oji, a locally-built defence ship by the Nigeria’s Naval Dockyard, the Presidency said yesterday. The Presidency made the declaration in a reply to a remark by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Lagos State for […]
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• APC ordered to refund Moghalu’s N22.5m fees Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba, has said he will appeal yesterday’s court judgment which nullified his nomination as the party’s candidate. Earlier yesterday, a Federal High Court in Abuja had nullified Uba’s participation […]
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A former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, says President Muhammadu Buhari will not sign the Electoral Act amendment bill because governors have pressured him not to approve the provision for direct primary. He said this during a chat ahead of the National Assembly’s recess. The former governor said indeed, mandatory direct primaries would […]
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A voter drops ballot papers into a ballot box during an election in Nigeria. Citing the shortcomings of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the Nigeria Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) has urged the Federal Government to suspend the 2023 general elections. The group, in a statement yesterday, signed by Otunba Shade Olukoya for the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, condemned what it called “the indefensible insensitivity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Federal Government to the escalated killings in Sokoto, Niger, Katsina, Kaduna, Plateau states and other parts of the country by terrorists.” It alleged that “the manifest numbness of the APC leaders to bloodletting, as […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, presented a budget of N305 billion for the 2023 general elections to the National Assembly on Monday in Abuja. Its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the presentation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The committee had invited INEC to present the budget so as to include it in the […]
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The Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has dismissed fears of a possible postponement of the February 2022 National Convention of the party, saying it would soon set up relevant sub-committees in that regard. National Secretary of the CECPC, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe disclosed […]
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The Presidency has said the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill is still unknown. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this when he appeared on Sunday Politics, a current affairs programme on Channels Television which our correspondent monitored from Abuja on […]
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