Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has said the agency recovered 301 houses from two public officers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The revelation came at the inauguration of the House of Representatives adhoc Committee on Investigation of the Operations of Real Estate Developers, […]
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Prof. Wole Soyinka at the media parley titled, COVID, Technology and Citizen Banishment, in Lagos…yesterday. Photo: Femi Adebesin-Kuti • Narrates tortuous ordeal with COVID-19 travel processes returning to the country • Tasks FG on efficient management of international travel portal The venerable writer and Africa’s first winner of Nobel Prize in Literature, Prof Wole Soyinka, […]
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Former Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko (left); Governors, Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto); Nyesom Wike (Rivers) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), during the visit of the governors to invite Mimiko to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo …yesterday • Members fear another Caretaker Committee arrangement if ruling goes against party • Fintiri upbeat, says […]
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The eNaira Speed Wallet app is back on Google Store 24 hours after its disappearance. Recall that yesterday, the app went missing on Google Store after its launch on Monday. The app had met with criticism as users struggled to link their emails and BVNs. Before it went offline, the app had been downloaded by […]
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An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Thursday reserved ruling on an appeal filed by the suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, urging the court to suspend the party’s national convention scheduled for October 30 and 31, 2021 in Abuja respectively. The three-man panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, after […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the purported impeachment of the speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abok Ayuba, as a ridicule of democracy and governance, vowing to challenge it. Ayuba was on Thursday impeached by eight of the 24 Assembly members over alleged abuse of office and financial misappropriation.- But […]
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The Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Engr. Elias Mbam on Thursday said the commission will deliver a new Federal Allocation Formula by December. Speaking at the North East zonal public hearing on the review of Revenue Allocation Formula in Gombe, he said the Commission was determined to achieve this onerous task […]
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A video of former BBNaija housemate, Omashola Kola Oburoh aka Sholzy in rags, looking malnourished and sitting on the street with a polythene bag beside him has caused an uproar on social media. The video was shared on October 27 by his colleague Ike Onyeoma, who expressed deep concerns and hoped it was barely a […]
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The Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, on Wednesday thumbed up the university’s multi-system hospital for the various exploits it had been doing since establishment, saying it had come to end outward medical tourism in Nigeria. Babalola, who spoke against the backdrop of the first kidney transplant in the hospital, said, “This […]
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; son, Uchechi Iweala. Source: Twitter; Center for Advanced Orthopedics Dr. Uchechi Iweala, son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, has broken a medical record in Maryland, United States. On Thursday, the WTO boss announced that her son was one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a […]
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