moves to reconcile substituted aspirants The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has defended its substitution of the 2027 election candidates’ list following the recommendations of the primary election appeals committee. It confirmed that it replaced at least 26 candidates to correct irregularities and urged aggrieved members in states like Ondo, Benue, Kwara, Kogi to shelve […]
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The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two suspected kidnappers during a gun battle with operatives at Ilu-Abo along the Akure–Owo Expressway. A statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, said the incident occurred after officers attached to the Federal Highway Patrol Unit, Ilu-Abo, responded to a distress call over the […]
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APC’s primary elections and Morka’s sound arguments By Sẹhinde Ilẹgbusi The controversy surrounding the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee’s (NWC) review of certain primary election results has generated considerable debate. Critics have described the exercise as an unlawful substitution of candidates after the primaries. However, a closer examination of the Electoral Act 2022, […]
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Dangote refiner: Dangote Industries Limited has commenced preliminary works on its proposed $17bn, 700,000-barrels-per-day refinery in Kenya, marking the first major step towards what is expected to become East Africa’s largest refining project. The company said the project has advanced beyond the planning stage, with the site already selected, soil tests ongoing and engineering and […]
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President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has directed a probe of the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council within 30 days. A statement on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu specifically directed the commission to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of the […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Political campaigns ahead of the August 15 governorship election in Osun State gathered momentum on Tuesday as both the Accord Party and the All Progressives Congress (APC) announced fresh defections from each other’s ranks in separate parts of the state. The development underscores the increasing political realignments as parties intensify efforts […]
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By Oreoluwa Dikko There are songs that entertain, and there are songs that educate. Then there are songs that become mirrors in which a nation sees its face. Chief Dr. Sikiru Ayinde Barrister’s The Truth (SKOLP 052) belongs to the third category. Released in the mid-1990s, the album was more than a collection of Fuji […]
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By Steve Otaloro President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not waste time to declare his vision for Nigeria as a Nation from day one of his administration starting with the solid minerals sector being a strategic sector in our industrialization. For him, the future of a nation’s manufacturing is inextricably linked to how this space develops. […]
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L-R: Director of Assessment, Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja, Mrs. Rofikat Adebukunola Odetoro; Managing Director, Infrastructure & Logistics, Dangote Industries Limited, Capt. Jamil Abubakar; Alara of Araromi Seaside Kingdom, HRM Oba Adeoloye Olawole, and Chief Executive, Amiable Consulting & Logistics, Mrs. Aina Elizabeth Egharevba, at the Community Engagement in presence of government officials on the […]
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The Senate on Tuesday warned that the abduction and killing of retired military officers by terrorists and criminal gangs represents a dangerous escalation of Nigeria’s security crisis. Expressing grave concern over the country’s worsening security situation, it said the growing pattern of attacks on serving and retired military personnel poses a serious threat to national […]
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