INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday cleared 16 political parties to contest the coming Ekiti State governorship election. This was sequel to the publication of the personal particulars of the candidates last month. Tagged: ‘Final list of candidates for the 2022 Ekiti State governorship election’, the Commission in […]
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The face-off between Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, deepened yesterday. Obaseki took exception to Wike’s attacks on him and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not the personal property of the Rivers governor. The Edo governor said he will not accept political […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its warning strike by two months. It took this decision at its National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Abuja on Sunday night. ASUU had a month ago declared a 30 days strike action in the first instance in its face-off with the Federal Government. An […]
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Bakers under the aegis of Premium BreadMakers Association of Nigeria are mulling a total shutdown of operations, following steady and fast increases in the price of diesel in the past few days. The association said the continued rise in the price of diesel had made the price of the commodity to be doubled, warning that […]
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Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo Kwara State Police Command said on Sunday that all the 13 victims of Saturday auto crash which occurred at Lasoju in Asa Local Government Area of the state have been given mass burial. The 13 passengers were burnt beyond recognition on Saturday in the crash that involved a […]
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Failure of the Nigeria police system may have contributed to the unwarranted death of 22-year-old Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who got missing after boarding a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit vehicle (BRT) bus. A source had branded Bamise’s killing as “one of the most widespread institutional failings in modern history.” The late Bamise’s body was found lying […]
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• As countries ban food, raw materials export • At over N700 per litre, diesel becoming scarce, firms struggle to sustain operations • War between Ukraine/Russia will make hunger crisis tougher to fight, says Olawale-Cole After months of relief from spiking inflation, Nigerians may have to brace for another round of prolonged rise in food, […]
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• GenCos lose N1.6tr to stranded electricity as liquidity hits N3.7tr • Grid plunges, Nigerians pay N7tr for darkness, govt removes subsidy • $2.3b Siemens deal, Buhari’s borrowings, others fail to revive sector If the projection of the World Bank is anything to take seriously, Nigerian businesses may have lost nothing less than $232 billion […]
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By Tony Adesemoye Gracious Almighty Father! Many of us are calling to Thee to intervene in what is happening across the world – the anger and hate for our fellow men, the fear of disease, and now, especially, the fear of war. At this moment, we lift Thy children who are fighting for their lives, […]
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Yobe governor to conduct a national convention National chairmanship race was thrown open In a last-ditch effort to save the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC from the brink, President Muhammadu Buhari, has waded into the leadership crisis ravaging the party after various leaders took the battle for the soul of the APC to London where […]
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