PDP may break if Ayu does not resign, Bode George warns

Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman Chief Olabode George has warned that the opposition party may lose next year’s presidential election to crisis. He said the way and manner the protracted leadership crisis is resolved will determine the fate of the platform in 2023 polls. George, warned that PDP may be polarised and […]

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Buhari rewards victorious athletes with N200m, National Honours – Update

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved National Honours and cash awards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championships. Speaking at a presidential reception in honour of the athletes, the President said his government is committed to rewarding excellence, no less for members of Team Nigeria who ignited […]

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Burna Boy appears on popular US TV show

Burna Boy was recently a guest on the popular American TV show: ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ where he spoke on his newest project — the “Love Damini” album and the processes involved in weaving it all together. After an animated and interactive session punctuated with pockets of great humour, laughter and camaraderie, Burna […]

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Buhari rewards Amusan, Brume, others with honours, N200m

President Muhammadu Buhari presenting Tobi Amusan with national honour; Photo: Bashir Ahmad, Twitter President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, approved National Honours of Officer of the Order of the Niger,OON, and cash awards of N200 million for Team Nigeria contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Athletics championships. At an award ceremony held at the […]

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Atiku, Wabara meet aggrieved governors, Makinde demands Ayu’s exit

The newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Senate President, Chief Adolphus Wabara, has begun crucial moves to save the main opposition party from imminent collapse. As a result, he is leading a delegation of the PDP BoT, comprising some former governors, ex-deputy governors, ex-ministers and other […]

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Akeredolu’s mother passes on

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu this morning announced the passage of his mother, Lady Evangelist Grace Bosede Akeredolu. Announcing her death in his tweet handle, @RotimiAkeredolu, the governor wrote: “My siblings and I announce, with deepest regret and total submission to the Will of the Almighty, the passing into glory of our adorable, dutiful and […]

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Appointing credible resident electoral commissioners

INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu; Photo/twitter/inecnigeria Complaints surrounding the president’s nomination of Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are sufficiently potent to deserve careful and dispassionate handling by both the executive and the legislative arms of government. The basic contention is that some persons nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari for […]

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Incessant strikes crippling educational sector, say AYGF

From L- R: Finance Consultant of African Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF), Wilson Woko; Human Resources Manager, AYGF, Phillippa Ogadi; Communications Manager, AYGF, Sakeenah Ahmadu; Executive Director, AYGF, Dr. Arome Salifu; Programs Manager, AYGF, Patricia Akor; Finance Manager, AYGF, Temitope Olayemi and Research, Policy & Advocacy Officer, AYGF, Alex Agbo….during a press briefing on Wednesday, in […]

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Tackle insecurity, CAN, Anglican primate tell FG

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, on Wednesday, said despite all the security and economic challenges facing the nation, there is still hope and the country would rise from the current state of despair and pain to prosperity. This was just as the Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican […]

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Flood kills 5, destroys 500 houses, displaces 100 families in Bauchi

Member representing Jama’are Constituency at the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Saleh Muhammad, yesterday, said that five of his constituents also lost died when a canoe capsized as a result of heavy rainfall and windstorm in Jama’are town. He claimed also that about 500 homes were destroyed, while 100 families were displaced by the flood. […]

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