• Nabena insists Buni committtee can’t be stampeded • Rebirth group cries foul, urges Buhari to wade in • Ex-PGF DG blames scramble by governors, wants CECPC reorganised The last is yet to be heard on the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following the shift of its national convention to March 26. […]
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Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, was absent at his Ifofin Ward 8, Ilesa East Local Government, even though primary election was held in the area and Governor Gboyega Oyetola was declared the winner. Oyetola won by 309 votes against 146 recorded for Moshood Adeoti, the candidate supported by Aregbesola. Speaking with our correspondent, factional chairman of […]
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A coalition of civil society organisations has declared Tuesday, February 22 2022 as a national day of protest to demand immediate assent to the reworked Electoral Amendment Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari. The CSOs said they would organize peaceful public direct-action activities to further the demand to assent to the Bill. The coalition urged its […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that for Nigeria to move forward, it requires “more rebels” that are bold to speak the truth to power. He said Nigeria needs more rebels who would speak the truth to power not minding whose ox is gored. The former president spoke on Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, while […]
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Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, on Saturday emerged winner in his ward, Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary. Announcing the result of the direct primary at St. Peters Primary School, ward 001, Iragbiji, Mr Samson Oyebade, the electoral officer, said Oyetola scored 1,612 votes, to beat […]
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Benin Republic traders, licensed agents lament continued closure of Nigeria border Two years after the Idiroko end of the Nigeria/Benin border was shut by the federal government, traders, residents, and business operators are calling on the government to consider reopening the border to save them from hunger and death, reports Kunle Akinrinade It was a […]
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• Mulls Use Of Existing Laws, Readjustment Of Election Dates • Commission Has Extensive Powers Under Existing Laws To Conduct Credible Poll — Lawyers • Delayed Assent By Buhari Deliberate, Say CSOs • Human Tendencies, Not Laws Bane Of Nigeria’s Electoral Process, Former INEC Commissioner Declares There are strong indications that unless the Independent National […]
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The Lagos State Government on Friday said it had approached the Supreme Court for clarification on the settlement of a judgment delivered by the apex court on the ownership of the Shangisha/Magodo land. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement on Friday, said there was a serious division among the judgment […]
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An uneasy calm has settled over Osun State as the All Progressives Congress holds its governorship primary on Saturday (today). The tension is a result of a fierce battle for the sole ticket of the party between the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola and a former Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti. Adeoti, […]
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Some students of the University of Jos have appealed to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to find a common ground toward ending the incessant strikes in the universities. They made the appeal in an interview on Friday in Jos. ASUU had on Monday declared a one-month warning strike to drive […]
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