Demonstrators gathering in Ouagadougou to show support to the military hold a picture of Liutenent Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba the leader of the mutiny and of the Patriotic Movement for the Protection and the Restauration (MPSR) on January 25, 2022. – In the aftermath of the coup d’etat in Burkina Faso which overthrew President Roch […]
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Photo/facebook/OfficialSeyiMakinde Ibadan business owners, residents lament outage, fuel scarcity Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated Governor Seyi Makinde for allegedly allowing the entire state to be thrown into total darkness, following government’s closure of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) offices on Wednesday. Chairman of the party, Mr. Ajiboye Isaac Omodewu, […]
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Stranded commuters at the Federal Secretariat Abuja as fuel scarcity bites in Abuja…yesterday. Credit: Philip Ojisua • Stop your comedy of anger, buck-passing, PDP replies Buhari • Reps probes NNPC, SON, others over sale of bad fuel • MRS, Emadeb deny involvement in adulterated fuel supply • NARTO threatens strike, insists on rate review Nearly […]
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• Advises ACF, CNG to purge themselves of South-hates-North notion • Yoruba Ronu berates NEF over North as kingmakers comment • CNG: Akeredolu’s statement an empty threat, North will field candidates The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, yesterday, expressed full support of Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF)’s position on the need to shift power to the South […]
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Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo (left); Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; his Bayelsa counterpart, Douye Diri and his wife, Gloria during the inauguration of 4.5km Igbedi community road in Kolokuma/Opokuma council of the state…yesterday Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has promised that his administration will construct more roads to link communities in the […]
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‘The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited may need an estimated N201bn worth of clean Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to bring 170.25 million litres of adulterated product imported the country up to standard, an analysis of industry data has shown. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority had said on Tuesday that for every 200 […]
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A member of the House of Representatives, Gabriel Zock, was on Thursday arraigned before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on criminal charges of advanced fees fraud otherwise known as 419. Zock, who is representing Kachia Kagarko Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, was put on trial by the Economic and Financial […]
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The National Assembly on Thursday dismissed a threat by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), that he would oppose the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill if it was based on selfish interest. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, specifically dismissed Malami as […]
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Burkina Faso junta chief Burkina Faso’s new military strongman, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been declared president by the country’s top constitutional body after a coup last month, legal sources said Thursday. They said the Constitutional Council on Wednesday determined that “Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, lieutenant-colonel in the national armed forces, president of the Patriotic Movement for […]
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By Banji Ayoola Hope has brightened for ace photographer Remi Aye who is battling for survival as Owena Press Limited, the publisher of The Hope Newspapers, his former employer, responded this afternoon to the distress call to help one of its former staff now in his critical hour of need. When contacted at about 4.30 […]
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