The last time Appolonia Okolo had contact with her brother Clement lmah was in 1994 when he called her from South Korea, where he had traveled to search for greener pastures. Imah had first traveled to Cameroon in May 1993, where he spent seven months before returning to Nigeria. Okolo, a businesswoman in her 60s […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will commence nationwide continuous voter registration (CVR) in the first quarter of 2025. The electoral body said the exercise will commence at the LGA level and later extend to registration areas. In a memo dated November 20, 2024, sighted by TheCable, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, the commission’s secretary, asked […]
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State governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have called on President Bola Tinubu to review his administration’s economic policies to address current hardship in the land. The governors made the call in a communique issued in Jos, Plateau State, after their two-day meeting, which ended on Saturday. The Communique signed by […]
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It’s our collective duty to develop Ondo State – Governor Candidates of political parties that participated in last Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State have pledged their support for the administration of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa. The governor’s spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan said in a statement that the candidates, alongside the chairmen of their political parties, […]
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Agency Report The National Identity Management Commission says Nigerians will have to pay for the new multipurpose national identity card due to limited government revenue. The Head of Card Management Services at NIMC, Dr Peter Iwegbu, said this at a two-day roundtable organised for journalists in Lagos. He said on Friday that the payment was […]
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The Supreme Court, on Friday, struck out a suit instituted by the 36 state governments seeking to, among others, compel the Federal Government to account for earnings from the sale of Liquefied Natural Gas, natural gas liquids and other related products since 1999. A seven-member panel of justices of the apex court presided over by […]
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Oyo State Government may soon be using legal action against residents and business owners domiciled in the state who evade the payment of taxes, an official said on Friday. Mr Olufemi Awakan, the Executive Chairman of Oyo State Board of Internal Revenue, disclosed in a statement in Ibadan it was time to clear all backlog […]
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Govrnor Siminalayi Fubara, on Friday prayed the Court of Appeal to set-aside the judgment that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from releasing monthly allocations to Rivers . The governor, through his counsel Yusuf Ali, SAN, prayed a three-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Hamma Barka, to vacate the high court […]
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Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa (right) meets with Dan Walkovitz with Ondo State set to host entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers during the Global Entrepreneurship Festival (GEF) in November Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has urged investors to focus attention on the state, stressing that potentials abound with his administration’s determination to roll out incentives. While describing […]
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The Labour Party (LP) has dismissed the video making the rounds in the social media that its leadership was partnering with President Bola Tinubu ahead of 2027 general elections. Mr Obiora Ifoh, National Publicity Secretary, LP said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to Ifoh, the party has on several occasions debunked […]
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