The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised the order by the House of Representatives asking the Police and Department of State Services (DSS) to shut down the Edo State House of Assembly as unconstitutional. The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, Thursday in Abuja also described the order as […]
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Edo State Governor Andrew Obaseki Edo State Government has said the House of Representatives lacks the Constitutional powers to shut down the State House of Assembly. The state government’s statement is a response to the purported orders by the House of Representatives to the Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General of the Department of State […]
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For years, the Niger Delta witnessed armed struggles, which only abated after the introduction of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). But, activists have pilloried the programme for marginalising women— an allegation refuted by the programme’s coordinator. Hannah Ajakaiye reports. On a dry dusty road in Agarha-otor, Delta State, a frail woman pushes a rickety bicycle […]
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By Emeka Anyaoku In the face of the current state of affairs in our country, I would like to take this opportunity to deliver a message principally to our president and members of the National Assembly. But I must first deal with the business that has brought us together this morning. When Dillibe Onyeama, the […]
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Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress national vice chairman, Inuwa Abdulkadir, has been suspended by the National Working Committee of the party. APC’s spokesperson, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement on Thursday said Abdulkadir was suspended “over anti-party activities” He said: “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has upheld the disciplinary actions […]
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The Federal Government said 994 Nigerians have been deported from Ghana through the land borders in the last 18 months. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, explained that 508 Nigerians were deported within the last six months, while 486 were repatriated in 2018. She disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, while meeting […]
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President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick has been removed from his position as First Vice-President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Pinnick, who served in the position since July 2018, has been replaced by South Africa’s Danny Jordaan. His removal by CAF President Ahmad came after Ahmad signed an agreement on behalf […]
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– Abductors demand N70m ransom A former Coach of the Super Eagles, Samson Siasia, has spoken to his mother, Beauty Ogere and two others abducted from his Odoni community, Sagbama Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, by unknown gunmen. The gunmen, who reportedly called Siasia with a foreign number, were said to have demanded N70 million […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight at the International Religious Freedom Award conferred on Imam Abubakar Abdullahi by the U.S. Department of State. On behalf of the Federal Government, President Buhari heartily congratulated Abubakar on the well-deserved honour by no less a credible and formidable government agency of the United States. The President, in a […]
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The Custodian of the Throne of Oduduwa, the ancestral father of the Yoruba speaking people worldwide and foremost Royal Father, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday said that his people do not want to experience any other war. Specifically, he told President Muhammadu Buhari that his people want peace. The monarch spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with the […]
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