Why we injected direct primary clause into Electoral Amendment Bill — Gbajabiamila

Technology, new media fostering misinformation, threatening societies — Gbajabiamila Says NASS may remove clause, pass bill after recess NASS, Presidency should go back to drawing board, says ex-ACF scribe, Anthony Sani Cut short your vacation, return to work, PDP tasks NASS Gbaja’s position not surprising — Northern Elders, Ohanaeze 9th NASS rubber stamp — PANDEF […]

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Senate president defends changes to 2022 budget by National Assembly

Following concerns raised by President Muhammadu Buhari over the recently signed 2022 Appropriation Bill, Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said the National Assembly was correct in its judgment. Lawan said this on Friday at the Presidential Villa shortly after signing the budget. Earlier, Buhari had expressed ‘strong reservations on ‘‘worrisome changes’’ made by the National […]

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We’re not part of Mega Political Party, Third Force — SDP National Chairman Agunloye clarifies

The Social Democratic Party, SDP has dissociated itself from the formation of a Mega Political Party Cum Third Force. Its national chairman, Dr Olu Agunloye said ” we are not part of the formation of any mega political party and we have not nominated anyone to represent the party in any proposed positions. Agunloye in […]

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Reps to Buhari: Stop borrowing spree, debt accumulation

The House of Representatives Minority Caucus has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to rethink what it called the reckless accumulation of debts and borrowing spree. It said the development has placed a huge economic burden on Nigeria. In a New Year message signed by the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, the caucus said the government should take […]

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Poisonous ponmo: How Lagos traders sell cow-skin meat roasted with tyres, plastic pellets to unsuspecting Nigerians

A processor roasting ponmo with tyres Deji Lambo investigates roasting of cow skin, popularly known as ponmo by processors in Lagos markets, who use tyres, plastics and disused engine oil thereby exposing millions of Nigerians who consume cowhide to toxic chemicals reportedly capable of causing serious health conditions like cancer and sudden deaths. It was […]

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Buhari signs N17tn 2022 budget into law, laments ‘worrisome changes’

From left: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; President Muhammadu Buhari; and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja signed into law the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill. He signed the documents in the Presidential Villa in the presence of Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Speaker of the House of […]

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Lagos announces second term resumption date for schools

Lagos State Government has announced that all public and private schools below the tertiary level in the state will resume for the second term 2021/2022 academic session on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, made this known in a statement on Friday, titled, ‘Lagos public and private […]

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Nnamdi Kanu releases New Year message, says 2022 year of miracles

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday, released what could be his New Year message for 2022 which, he said, would herald divine grace and favour of unimaginable proportions. According to him, abiding grace and miraculous happenings would punctuate 2022 while sorrow and sighing shall take a sudden and unremitting flight. […]

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Sunday Igboho in New Year message, says ‘I’m not at war with Buhari’

Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, says he is not at war with President Muhammadu Buhari, the six governors in the South-West zone or any government official. He, however, stressed that it was saddening that the Buhari administration has not addressed the security challenges in the South-West zone which was the […]

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PDP urges Nigerians to renew quest for good governance in New Year

Says it’s a miracle to survive Buhari administration The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called Nigerians to use the the New Year to rekindle the virtues of love, unity, social justice as well as the quest for good governance in the land. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, it noted that surviving […]

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