The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 21, and Monday, April 24, 2023, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid el-Fitr celebration. Interior Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, according to a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, on Wednesday. He congratulated all Muslims for […]
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The guilty verdicts pronounced by Justice Jeremy Johnson at Bailey Court in London recently on former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu, and their medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, offer serious lessons for all Nigerians. Given the fact of the average Nigerian mentality that everything is always possible, what happened to […]
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Photo Caption: L-R, Mr. Shehu Ibrahim, a permanent Secretary and representative of SGF, Hon Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola displaying the copy of the launched 5-Year Strategic Plan document, the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, and representative of Minister of State for Budget and Planning, Dr. Philip Ogbudaga, yesterday in Abuja. To establish central […]
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By Charles Onunaiju Despite how passion and emotion have run high and even continued to run on the outcome of the presidential elections held on February 25, the mathematics and politics of why the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively including others lost are evidently palpable. Even […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia Photo: Twitter President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after an eight-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he also performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj). He departed Saudi Arabia via King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday. […]
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The Federal Government said it will conclude the registration of unemployed persons in Lagos State on April 28, 2023, according to the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). Through the NDE on Monday, April 17, it began the registration of unemployed persons within the 20 local government areas of Lagos State. The NDE state office in […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the victory of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in the Adamawa State Governorship election as a momentous triumph for democracy and the expression of the Will of the people. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on Tuesday also described Fintiri’s re-election […]
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•Experts want agency to focus on development agenda With calls on the National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to focus more on developmental issues, stakeholders in the sector have said that passing the pending NITDA Bill into law is a recipe that would engender regulatory and compliance hurdles for businesses in the digital economy. […]
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• Fintiri commends supporters, INEC, journalists, others for defending democracy • Adeleke congratulates Fintiri, hails feat as triumph of democracy • Court ignores Binani’s motion on election tussle • IGP replaces CP on election duty in Adamawa over alleged unprofessionalism • Investigate, prosecute Adamawa REC, PDP, YIAGA Africa tell IGP At exactly 5:48 p.m. yesterday, […]
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•Minister keeps mum as NCAA broker truce with unions Aviation workers’ unions, yesterday, warned of an impending indefinite strike action should the authorities fail to resolve the nagging non-implementation of Condition of Service (CoS), and other welfare-related issues in the next seven days. At the end of their two-day warning strike on Tuesday, the unionists […]
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