Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch contesting the position of United Kingdom prime minister was voted out on Tuesday. She was voted out of the race leaving other contestants – Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, and Liz Truss – still in the race. Chairman of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady while reading the results indicated that Truss is […]
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NLC to embark on nationwide solidarity protest on July 26, 27 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, to resolve the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. He gave the marching order following the directive by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to […]
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INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has proposed a life ban for any politician or political parties caught in the act of vote buying. Speaking on Channels Television, ‘Morning Rise’ Returning Electoral Commissioner , REC, Akwa Ibom State Mike Igini said the menace of vote buying has assumed “the level of […]
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Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said that he would have lost last Saturday’s election to Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, if President Muhammadu Buhari had not signed the amended Electoral Act 2022 into law. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Adeleke commended President Buhari for reaching out to him […]
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A former Presidential Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze, has congratulated the Party’s Candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, over his victory in last Saturday’s Governorship Election in Osun State. Also, he commended the Party’s Presidential Candidate, His Excellency, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over his statement recently that other former Aspirants who contested with […]
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All aggrieved members constitute danger, we are talking to Babayemi – PDP spokesman The camp of the Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, is worried over a suit filed by his rival in the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary, Prince Dotun Babayemi, at the Court of Appeal, Akure. Members of the group, in separate interviews on Monday, […]
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By Peter Dada After Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, our correspondent, Peter Dada, who visited Iragbiji, the hometown of the outgoing state Governor, Gboyega Isiaka, on Sunday, captures the mood of the town after the defeat of their son. The social activities in the ancient town of Iragbaji, the headquarters of the Boripe Local […]
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By Sola Fasure Saturday July 16, 2022, loss of the Osun governorship election by the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party was long in coming. It will take naivety or dishonesty or both not to acknowledge this. It was an election the APC could have won hands down for many reasons. The first […]
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Monday announced that power distribution companies collected a total revenue of N193.53bn from consumers across the country in the third quarter of 2021. Power supply in Nigeria has remained unstable since the sector was privatised in November 2013, as millions of consumers have repeatedly complained of the poor state […]
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Explain how to tame $26.4b oil theft OPEC report says Nigeria lost N703b worth of crude oil in Q2,2022 Crude stolen by vandals more than 65% of 2022 budget Experts insist FG unserious over ending oil theft Stakeholders have expressed cautious optimism as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) transits today, insisting that most […]
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