The House of Representatives on Thursday invited the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Yakubu Mahmood to address concerns about the cost of running direct primaries. He is to appear before the House Committees on INEC and Appropriation on the matter. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent importance […]
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Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has stated the reasons why the government is holding off on naming sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria. Malami, who spoke during an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday evening, said the government was not reluctant in naming the sponsors of terrorism but was […]
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Lagos Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu Controversy has trailed the death of a pupil of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), in the Lekki area of Lagos State. While a family member alleged that the Junior Secondary School 2 pupil died from the injuries he sustained during an assault by colleagues who wanted to initiate him into […]
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Lagos State police boss Odumosu A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade, has been murdered by suspected hoodlums in Ijeshatedo, in the Surulere area of the state. It was gathered that the assailants stabbed the 28-year-old at his house and trailed him to a hospital where he […]
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INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye The Independent National Electoral Commission has broken its silence on a letter written to it by President Muhammadu Buhari over the contentious Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Buhari, who received the bill on November 19, has until December 19 to sign it or withhold […]
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Ondo State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of 14 new commissioners. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu had in March this year appointed four commissioners including those of Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo; Finance, Wale Akinterinwa; Justice and Attorney General, Titiloye Charles and Works and infrastructure, Aminu Raimi. With this development, the number of commissioners in […]
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By Oyeyinka Oludayisi Fabowale “In Kumuyi: Defender of the Faith, you have the spherical, stirring and spicy story of a multi-faceted and quintessential cleric many in Nigeria and the global community have always longed to know more intimately. Not told elsewhere before, the presentations amount to a faithful account of this unique man… No aspect […]
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Hundreds of students are graduating with first-class degrees in Nigerian universities, both private and public, in recent times than decades ago. Iyabo Lawal examines the situation and writes that of more importance to the nation will be how these high-flying students can turn their academic excellence into skills for personal and national development. He did […]
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The consequences of the skewed nature of the Nigerian state are boundless. One fundamental area in this regard is the undermining if not ossification of indigenous languages, especially that of the minorities. The Movement of the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) alarmed by this development in the 1990s articulated a response to it in the […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission has announced that three telecoms companies have qualified as approved bidders of the forthcoming 3.5 gigahertz spectrum auction for the deployment of Fifth-generation networks in the country. They include MTN Nigeria Plc., Mafab Communications Limited, and Airtel Networks Limited. In a statement signed by the Director Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde […]
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