• Party wades into Yahaya, Goje face-off Former Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on the House of Representatives, Abdulrahman Sumaila, has described the move to make former President Goodluck Jonathan the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a major disservice capable of ruining the party’s chance in 2023. Insisting that Jonathan […]
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Photo/Facebook/ jidesanwooluofficial Capital expenditure bears brunt of IGR deficit Expert seeks curb in corruption, political interference on tax Wants high net worth individuals captured in tax net Lagos State’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for 2021 might have suffered a N180 billion shortfall at the end of the year. The full figure has not been officially […]
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A group, Businessmen For Osinbajo (BFO), has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to join the 2023 Presidential race. The appeal came as his campaign posters and billboards flooded parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. In a statement, yesterday, the group said its members have commenced plans to raise funds to actualise their push […]
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Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Restates removal of subsidies on petrol, electricity Imposes N10/litre excise duty on carbonated drinks Defence consumes 22% of 2021 budget A gloomy picture of how insecurity, low earnings, and inability to meet the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) quota for oil production drove excessive borrowing by […]
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INEC officials accrediting voters during a previous election President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, promised that he would not interfere in the outcome of the 2023 Presidential election, expressing his willingness to accept anybody elected by Nigerians. He spoke in an interview with Channels Television’s crew, where he also admitted having a favourite candidate among presidential aspirants […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has raised an alarm that withdrawal by the Nigerian Army of soldiers from correctional centres across the state is encouraging jail breaks which have recently been on the rise. The governor, who received a full briefing of the situation from the Commissioner of Police, Oyediran Oyeyemi, was worried about the […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a verbal exchange with a police officer who had recently defied an order of the Governor, the so called Chief Security Officer of his state Why state police is not an option, Buhari defends stance PDP Chair: President is comfortable with killings in the land Southwest governors fault current […]
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The stool of Orimolusi of Ijebu Igbo in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, which has been vacant for the past 27 years, has been filled with the election of Prince Lawrence Jayeola Adebajo as the Orimolusi-elect. He emerged winner having polled six out of 10 votes during the election held at the […]
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549 plots within Shangisha to be allocated An amicable resolution of the Magodo Phase II Estate dispute seems to have been reached between the Lagos State Government and the parties in the Magodo/Shangisha land dispute. Under the pact, the state government will provide 549 plots within Shangisha to the affected stakeholders as directed by the […]
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Protest yesterday rocked Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State over suspension of union activities by the management and 13 months unpaid salaries. The management on Tuesday announced suspension of activities of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (NASUP), following an alleged plan by the unions to […]
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