The screening exercise for the 25 presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress earlier scheduled to hold on Monday has been postponed again. This is the second time that the National Working Committee of the party will be shifting the date of the presidential screening after it failed to hold last weekend. The development was […]
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In peaceful primaries on Sunday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, elected the 35 candidates that will fly its flag in the 2023 House of Representatives and State House of Assembly elections. Of the number, nine will contest the HOR election in the state’s nine federal constituencies in the scheduled elections; while the […]
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By Oludamola Adebowale Ifẹ̀ Oòdáyé, Ilẹ̀ òwúrọ̀. Ibi ojúmọ́ rere gbé ń mọ́ wáyé. (Translation) Ifẹ̀ Oòdáyé. The ancient land Where the breaking of the day began Between 1910 and 1912, Leo Viktor Frobenius (1873 –1938), a renowned ethnologist and archaeologist worked on archaeological sites in Nigeria. Ile-ife in Osun State was one of the […]
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Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo has wept over the beheading of Hon Okechukwu Okoye, who represented Aguata 11 Constituency by gunmen at the weekend. Gunmen had kidnapped the lawmaker and his aide, Cyril Chiegboka, on May 15. The severed head of the lawmaker was found on Saturday evening at Nnobi, Idemili North Local Government Area. […]
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Anambra State House of Assembly has expressed deep shock over the news of the gruesome murder of one of its members, Hon Okechukwu Okoye, by alleged gunmen. Speaker of the House, Mr Uche Okafor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Chief Emma Madu, on Sunday in Akwa, described the act as heart […]
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Chairman, Revenue Allocation, Mobilisation,and Fiscal Commission (RAMFC) Engr. Elias Mbam A bid to rejig the Revenue Allocation Formula for the country should be seen as an initial step to liberalising the politically stifling structure of the polity that has seen the component parts struggling for a small percentage of money generated; while the federal government […]
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The total number of people rescued alive in the building which collapsed in the Onike area of Lagos on Saturday is now five, while four dead bodies were recovered. The Zonal Coordinator Southwest, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to newsmen in the early hours of Sunday. He said that […]
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A three-storey building under construction, yesterday, collapsed under the torrential rainfall at 4 Alayaki Lane, Freeman Road, Lagos Island. Two persons were rescued alive while another two were confirmed dead. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the building was already in violation of building safety protocols. It said it was discovered that […]
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President Returns After Abu Dhabi Visit Nigeria To Partner with UAE On Security, Counterterrorism, Trade There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari has not signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, contrary to the notion in some quarters. The amendment is said to be important for the participation of statutory delegates at the forthcoming political parties’ […]
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Bayo Onanuga, a former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria and the present Director of Media of the campaign train of All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, speaks with Kayode Oyero on the 2023 general elections and some allegations made against the ex-governor of Lagos State by Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Bode […]
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