‘Five Offices Have Been Attacked After We Re-built Them’ Says Commission Will Reprint All Destroyed PVCs, Continue With Preparations Secessionists Bent On Stopping Polls — IGP We’ve Not Received Request To Prosecute Any Suspect, AGF Reveals 18 Political Parties, 14 Guber Candidates, Others Sign Peace Accord In Kaduna Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has insisted that it is the turn of Ondo State to produce the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). According to him: “Going by the provisions of the NDDC Act, 2000, and with specific reference to the position of the Managing Director, it is […]
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By Garba Shehu First thing to know is that President Muhammadu Buhari, retired General and former Military Head of State, was born in Daura on December 17, 1942. He lost his father at the early age of three years. He was enlisted in primary school by the District Head of Daura, Waziri Alasan and fell under […]
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All Progressives Congress APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed his sadness over the death of Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, Ademola Seriki, saying “he has lost a friend, associate and a Nigerian patriot, who served the country in various capacities.” In a statement by his Media Office signed by Mr. […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke Madam Grace Ojiwusi and her colleague landlady at Awolumate Zone 3, Opa, Ile-Ife, Osun State, identified as Funmilayo Adesogbon, were sweating profusely after a heated argument with some miners, who arrived the area to commence work sometime towards end of October. The cause of the disagreement was the obvious plan […]
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By Greg Odogwu I had earlier planned on discussing the newly discovered mosquito species in Nigeria, but the trending news about killer geckos has forced me to adjust the conversation a little bit. Yet, it is worthy of mention that the gecko news is not entirely based on a water-tight premise. The screaming headline says, […]
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The rate at which inflation has been accelerating in the country has been a major source of concern for the Central Bank of Nigeria. It has adopted different measures to tame the surging inflation which hit a 17-year high of 21.47 per cent in November. Some of the latest steps taken by the monetary authority […]
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Fake LASTMA Official The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a fake traffic officer in the Lekki area of the state. The agency’s Director, Public Affairs Department, Taofiq Adebayo, in a statement, said the General Manager, LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, confirmed that the suspect was nabbed by a patrol team monitoring […]
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Cashiers ration new notes, lenders allot N100,000 per teller in banks Suspicious customers snub new notes as local traders reject new currency Court declines to stop CBN withdrawal policy, Emefiele meets Reps Tuesday Mixed reactions greeted the disbursement of the new naira notes that officially went into circulation on Thursday with many bank customers demanding […]
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed that tackling fuel subsidy and foreign exchange challenges to reposition Nigeria’s economy to the right trajectory may cost Nigeria’s next president a second term. Despite this, the governor explained that the country needs such a leader that could rise beyond consideration of office and take painful but necessary […]
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