Slams ex-SGF Babachir Lawal A support-group, The Asiwaju Progressive Movement, TAPM, has said that the 2023 election will not be about religion, but about competence in leadership. The group stated this over the weekend in Lagos following a statement credited to former Secretary to the Government of the federation, Babachir Lawal. The Group claimed that […]
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Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, the Araba Awo of Osogbo, Chief Yemi Elebuibon, a Professor of Legal History, Prof. Akinkunmi Adegbola Alao, and other culture advocates have stressed the need to constantly look into ways of harnessing the intellectual foundation of an indigenous genre of music, ‘Ijala’, in developing […]
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Nigeria Union of Journalists President, Mr Chris Isiguzo, has advised journalists to be professional in the discharge of their responsibilities. He gave the advice on Thursday in Abuja at a two-day workshop for journalists and civil society organisations in north central on the coverage of the 2023 general elections. The event was jointly organised by […]
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Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Tonye Cole, from contesting the 2023 general elections. Cole was disqualified on grounds of dual citizenship and failure by his party to comply with the Electoral Act. The Peoples Democratic Party in the state had taken Cole to […]
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Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke will sack the 30 permanent secretaries appointed on Thursday by the state governor, Gboyega Oyetola, by Monday, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has said. Adeleke said he would sack Oyetola’s newly appointed permanent secretaries on Monday, after his inauguration as governor of the state on Sunday. Oyetola had, on Thursday, […]
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Five Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party led by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, the G5 governors, did not campaign for the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, as they flagged off the 2023 elections campaign in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Thursday. Speaking during the campaign, Wike vowed that the […]
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We are not aware, local airlines say Nigeria and 16 African countries have agreed to begin implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), starting with the test-run of the initiative. By the new agreement, the 17 countries, out 35 SAATM signatories, will fully open their air transport markets immediately to one another and […]
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Submerged house in Delta As floods recede after weeks of destruction and agony in parts of the country, homes, communities and businesses have started picking bits and pieces of ruins left behind. From Kebbi to Jigawa, Benue, and Rivers, cries of despair are as loud as they are deep. Bayelsa, Delta, Jigawa, Anambra and Niger […]
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An ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has said that the northern Christians are in support of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Speaking at an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, he said Obi had more chances of winning the election than the presidential candidate of the All […]
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Thirteen years after it was abolished, Federal Government, yesterday, formally announced the return of history as a stand-alone subject in the country’s basic education curriculum. Also, 3,700 history teachers have been shortlisted for the first round of training for enhanced teaching of the subject. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, speaking at the reintroduction ceremony, lamented […]
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