House of Representatives sp, Abbas Tajudeen, has withdrawn the controversial Counter Subversion and Other Related Bills. He announced the withdrawal through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi on Wednesday, August 14. Part of the statement reads, “In response to the voices and concerns of the people, the Speaker of the House […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It is a troubling question that is not likely to go away very soon. It is a subject the perplexity of which is dismissed with a wave of the hand as inscrutable: What’s in a name? It is even our attitude to it that will make the question to be with us […]
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The national leadership of the Labour Party (LP) on Tuesday, in Akure, Ondo state capital, unveiled the Secretary General of the Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Sola Ebiseni, as its candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo. Ebiseni told reporters that he emerged as the LP candidate through withdrawal of the party’s candidate […]
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Political associates of a former governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko have decamped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. The 29 associates who served with Mimiko as governor included a former Chairman of PDP, Hon Ebenezer Alabi, former commissioners; […]
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The people will decide the next governor of Ondo State in the coming November 16 Governorship Election. Chairman of the National Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ondo State election and Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke stated this on Wednesday in Akure the Ondo State capital. He said the ultimate deciders […]
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– Physically challenged benefit Osun State Government has spent about N2 billion on over 267 micro projects across the state. This is to ensure that basic and social amenities get to the urban and rural development areas of the state Many physically challenged people, and widows and the poor were major benefitaries. The General Manager […]
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Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir, reiterated on Wednesday that he stands by his criticism of the Federal Government led by the APC and the President, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The governor has said he has no apology for criticising the policies that have inflicted untold hardships on Nigerians. He spoke at the commencement […]
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– Tinubu committed to peaceful, seamless process — Ribadu INEC boss charges security agencies, Edo protest INEC , INEC voters register, 2023 general elections INEC, AA state chairmen urge INEC to reinstate party’s national chairman Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has urged security agencies in the country to be […]
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Britain’s annual inflation rate rose in July for the first time this year and is now back above the Bank of England’s target official data showed on Wednesday. The Consumer Prices Index, CPI, climbed 2.2 percent in the 12 months to July compared with a 2.0 percent annual gain in June, the Office for National […]
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The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies has grilled Mr. Josiah Dangut, the Head of the National Office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Nigeria, and others over a N6 billion deficit incurred by the agency in the 2023 financial year and a N5 billion loan obtained in 2022 for the purchase […]
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