A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Chief Audu Ogbeh, has died. The ex-Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the departed President Muhammadu Buhari administration, died on Saturday at 78. His family said in a statement on Saturday that the elder statesman died peacefully on Saturday. According to the statement, “It […]
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By John Dike Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will advance voting right to inmates in correctional facilities natiomwide in future elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave this assurance on Friday during a courtesy visit by the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, at the Commission’s headquarters in […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo A member of the National Assembly Service Commission and former lawmaker, Hon. Taiwo Oluga, has raised serious concerns over the alarming rise in teenage and underage pregnancies in rural communities across Nigeria. Speaking after a recent community engagement programme, she described the trend as a pressing public health and social crisis […]
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Ghana’s defence and environment ministers were killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday. That country’s presidency disclosed this, hours after the armed forces reported a chopper carrying three crew members and five passengers dropped off the radar. Everyone onboard was killed in the accident, authorities said. Shortly after President John Mahama’s swearing-in in January this year, […]
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President Bola Tinubu has directed the expedited rollout of the free healthcare access initiative for low-income retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). A statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy), said the president described the measure as a critical component of social protection and dignity in retirement. He […]
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Floodwaters submerge major roads, streets, and buildings, leaving debris and devastation in their wake after heavy rainfall The Federal Government has forecasted heavy rainfall over a five-day period that may trigger flooding across 19 states and 76 locations. The warning, issued on Tuesday by the National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre of the Federal Ministry […]
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Doyin Abiola Trailblazing journalist, former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of National Concord, and one of Nigeria’s most influential media figures, Dr. Doyin Abiola, has died at the age of 82. She was one of the wives of the departed winner of the June 12 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola. One of the sons of MKO […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo A House of Representatives candidate for Ekiti South Federal Constituency I underthe banner of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2019 general elections, Hon. Abiodun Adetimehin (popularly known as Omolu’Abi), has described the ADC coalition as a credible alternative and necessary intervention to rescue Nigeria from deepening socio-economic crises. Reflecting on […]
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The pump price of petrol may hit N900 per litre this week if the price of crude oil continues to hover around $70 per barrel. This was even as OPEC+, a group that comprises non-members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, agreed on Sunday to raise oil production by 547,000 barrels per day for […]
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A non-governmental organisation, the Initiative for Transparent Strategy and Good Leadership, has dragged the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), the Attorney General, and the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission before a state High Court presided over by Justice Else Thompson, over the proposed August 30 local government elections. The group, led […]
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