Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday swore in his commissioners and special advisers at an event held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa, Ikeja. This followed the confirmation on Monday, of 35 persons as members of Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet. Three persons were not confirmed. Following are the cabinet members’ names their portfolios and […]
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seeking access to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s sever. The Dattijo Muhammad-led five-man panel, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the appeal, saying there was no basis to interfere with the earlier decision of the Presidential […]
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Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank, has applauded the office of the Auditor General of the Federation and the United States Department of State on their latest reports allegedly indicting the presidency and the ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, of absence of openness and transparency in their […]
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Footage has emerged of the moment operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, shot in the air in Epe, Lagos State, as they attempted to search the country home of ex-Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday morning. A 35-second video posted by Coldblooded on Twitter shows people surrounding a minibus and a white pickup truck with […]
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‘We defeated Babangida, Abacha, we won’t allow another dictator’ We only prevented breakdown of law, order – Police The attack on Nigeria’s immediate past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, in Nuremberg, Germany during the annual New Yam festival has continued to elicit reactions from Nigerians, both at home and in the diaspora. The spontaneity of […]
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Banks, state government offices and other establishments in Osun State were shut for business on Tuesday, as workers observed a public holiday declared by the state government for the celebration of the traditional religion’s “Isese Day”. A visit to banks and local government secretariats in Osogbo showed that all activities were suspended as no staff […]
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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has appointed Mr. Babatope Okeowo as Deputy Chief Press Secretary in the Office of the Deputy Governor, Hon. Agboola Ajayi. Until his appointment, he served as the Ondo state correspondent of New Telegraph newspaper. His appointment, which takes immediate effect, acccording to a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press […]
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) agents on Tuesday raided the Epe home of the immediate former governor of Lagos state, Mr Akinwumi Ambode. Its spokesman, Mr Tony Orilade, EFCC, who confirmed this, said that the anti-graft agency had received petitions against the governor. He said that the raid was in connection with an ongoing […]
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Nigeria on Monday declared that she would appeal a British court decision permitting an Irish company to seize $9.6 billion (N2.946 trillion) of her assets. In fact, the Governor of the Country’s apex financial institution, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, told reporters in Abuja, the nation’s capital, that the bank would […]
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Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi has debunked the rumour of his dumping the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement by his Press Secretary, Babatope Okeowo, Ajayi said that he remains a bonafide APC member describing the rumour as the handwork of those he referred to as ‘attention seekers’. According to the statement: […]
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