Few weeks to the deadline, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has confirmed that the All Progressives Congress has not informed it of the party’s planned February 2022 National Convention. Section 85 (1) of the Electoral Act says, “A registered political party shall give the commission at least 21 days notice of any convention, congress, […]
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Induction of the A-29 Super Tucano jets. Photo: Olatunji Obasa The United States has warned Nigeria that the use of the Super Tucano must comply with international norms as articulated in the United Nations Charter. The US gave the warning on Thursday as the Nigerian military was set to deploy the Super Tucano aircraft in […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that if the leadership of the All Progressives Congress fails to get its act together on time, the Peoples Democratic Party will take over. This is as he said, there will be no kingmaker roles in the party, and all aspirants must work hard to earn their ranks. He said […]
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The Federal Government on Thursday said it was putting measures in place to ensure further reduction in the cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas. It disclosed this while reacting to the recent marginal drop in the cost of cooking gas. According to findings, the price of 12.5kg LPG has dropped from N8,800 […]
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The pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Thursday said that Indigenous People of Biafra’s banning the singing of the National Anthem and the transportation of livestock to the South-East was a declaration of war. The National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents while […]
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Travelers at at motor park Land travel recorded one of its bumpiest rides last year. Besides the poor infrastructure that afflicted both road and rail paths nationwide, worsening insecurity made safe travel a luxury that only a few could afford. The free rein of daredevil ‘bandits’, killer herders, kidnappers, and armed robbers literally stifled inter-state […]
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By Olukorede Yishau On Tuesday, we all got another piece of evidence that we are deceiving ourselves as a nation. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was at an estate in Magodo to intervene in a crisis that has seen policemen from Abuja, the nation’s seat of power, lay siege and make the new year start […]
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In this file photo taken on April 23, 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu gestures during a press conference about the first 20 years of freedom in South Africa at St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town . – South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, described as the country’s moral compass, died on December 26, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari (right) and former President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House, Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Facebook •Receives Jonathan for an update on the crisis in the landlocked nation President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, declared that nobody could love Mali more than Malians themselves, just as he counselled on the need for everyone to work within […]
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A fatal road accident at Bagauda village, near Kano Campus of the Nigerian Law School, yesterday, claimed 19 lives, while 26 others sustained injuries. A baby, his mother, adult females, and elderly men were among those who perished in the crash. The accident involved 45 passengers of two commercial buses, with registration numbers KBT 152 […]
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