Ex-Governor Oni dumps PDP for Ekiti 2022

Ahead of the June 18 governorship poll in Ekiti State, former Governor Segun Oni and first-runner up in the just-concluded governorship primaries of the opposition People’s Democratic Party(PDP) has withdrawn his membership of the PDP. The Director of Media and Publicity of Segun Oni Movement Adebayo Jackson confirmed this in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state on […]

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2023: Osinbajo’s presidential campaign launched in Ondo

Over 90 delegates from across state endorse him By Banji Ayoola The presidential campaign of the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo was formally unveiled and launched on Saturday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, where 90 delegates from across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas on behalf of their people at the grassroots endorsed his […]

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Corruption: Nigeria now depends on IMF, World Bank loans to pay workers’ salaries —Tomori

​A Professor of Virology and member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition, Oyewale Tomori, has lamented the refusal of successive administrations in Nigeria to invest in science and technology. Tomori said rather than investing in what would bring positive returns on, Nigeria, consistently invested in corruption and immorality stressing […]

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No going back on Ondo Deep Seaport Project -Akeredolu

Says FG behind delay in project take-off Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Friday declared that there would be no going back on the actualisation of the Ondo Deep Seaport Project embarked upon by his administration. The governor, however, noted that though arrangements had been concluded on the project, the approval and declaration from Federal […]

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I was into haulage business, not kidnapping, Evans tells court

Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, said on Friday that he was innocent of the charges slammed against him before the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja. Evans, who is facing four counts of kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms, claimed that he was not a criminal but was into the legitimate […]

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Aggrieved APC factions shift battle to court, accuse party of contempt

Threaten showdown, say collapse imminent if party doesn’t resolve crisis Why we didn’t inaugurate Kano APC chairman – Party secretary, Akpanudoedehe Victory certain, APC belongs to us, ex-governor Amosun insists The internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress may not fizzle out any time soon as aggrieved factions of the party have shifted the battlefield […]

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PIA: Reps move to transfer assets of defunct NNPC

To meet NNPC boss, Finance Minister, CBN Governor, NEITI, others The House of Representatives has started moves to transfer assets of the defunct Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to NNPC Limited. Section 54 (1) of the Act states: “The Minister of Petroleum and Minister of Finance shall within 18 months of the effective date determine […]

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Aregbesola blames social vices surge on lack of parental guide

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has attributed the current social vices bedeviling the society to lack of parental guide. He stated this on Friday, while hosting the 1975 Set of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko (AKOGRAMS) and their spouses to a banquet in Akure, Ondo State capital He noted that negligence of […]

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