This file photo taken in Brussels on February 20, 2020 shows European Parliament President David Sassoli arriving for a special European Council summit, held to discuss the next long-term budget of the European Union (EU). – The president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, died early on January 11, 2022 in hospital in Italy, his […]
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A court in Uganda on Tuesday charged a prominent author and government critic with “disturbing” the country’s veteran President Yoweri Museveni and his powerful son in unflattering social media posts. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was brought to court and charged with two counts of “offensive communication” and remanded in prison until January 21, said Charles Twine, spokesman […]
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Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi said he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his ambition to contest the presidency on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC). His action came barely 24 hours after the National Leader of the Party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, took similar steps. Umahi disclosed his latest move to State […]
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Borno State House of Assembly Speaker, Abdulkarim Lawan (second right) presenting bills to Governor Babagana Zulum (left) for signing into law, in Maiduguri…yesterday Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has signed the state’s N269.7 billion budget into law for 2022 with about one per cent increase. According to him, while capital expenditure takes at N172.53 […]
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The Federal Government has projected that its National Development Plan (NDP) will lift 35 million Nigerians out of poverty and create 21 million jobs within the next three years. The federal and state governments as well as the private sector will fund the plan, with an investment size of N348.1trillion. The funders from the public […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of former Head of the Interim National Government (ING) Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan, GCFR, saying the deceased displayed real sense of patriotism. The President, who also conveyed his commiseration to the widow of the former Head of States, Mrs. Margaret Shonekan, the Shonekan family, the […]
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Soldiers have returned to their correctional centres duty posts in Ondo State, a development which delights Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who has openly welcome the return. The return is coming few days after the governor raised an alarm that withdrawal by the Nigerian Army of soldiers from correctional centres across the state was encouraging jail breaks […]
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As the race to the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State gets intense by the day, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed that power of incumbency will not work for the ruling All Progressive Party (APC) during the poll. Speaking on behalf of the party, one of the three Senators representing the state in […]
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Commends Amotekun, other security agencies on crime reduction Alarmed by the violence and destruction unleashed on Omolege, a serene agrarian community in Ose Local Government area of Ondo State by unknown gunmen, the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has vowed that the perpetrators would not go unpunished. Similarly he promised that the arsonists when arrested will […]
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The National Universities Commission has said universities should be isolated from the Federal Government’s circular on new employment owing to the shortage of lecturers. The commission also stated that 100,000 academic staff members were attending to 2.1 million students in Nigerian universities. The NUC disclosed this in its latest bulletin, which was made available to […]
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