Ojukwu’s son, widow hail Anambra for voting for APGA, Soludo

Emeka Ojukwu, a son of the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has described the victory of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the Anambra State November 6 governorship election as divine. Ojukwu (jnr) who spoke in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Thursday, said APGA’s landslide win in the poll was a resolve of the […]

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Abia has been unlucky with leaders since 1999 – APGA

Abia State chapter of the All Progressive Grand Alliance has said the state has been unlucky with the choice of leaders since 1999. The State Chairman of the party, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere said this while briefing newsmen in Aba, on Thursday. He said, “The people of Abia State have suffered serious economic hardship, strangulations and […]

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US university appoints Nigerian, Shitta-Bey, professor of Philosophy

A Nigerian, Olanrewaju Shitta-Bey, has been appointed as a Professor of Philosophy and Humanities by the University of Maryland Global Campus, USA. Until his promotion, the university lecturer was an associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Humanities of the university. In a chat with our correspondent, Shitta-Bey said his promotion will benefit Nigeria […]

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Anambra election: A philosopher-king to the rescue?

By Ayo Olukotun “Until philosophers rule as kings in their cities or those who are nowadays called kings and leading men become genuine and adequate philosophers…cities will have no rest from evils.” – Greek Philosopher, Socrates, in Plato’s Dialogue In the early hours of Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced that a former Governor […]

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FG trains 42 agric workers, plans improved food production

The Federal Government has organised a training programme for 42 selected agriculture extension workers in Osun State, on extension tools, methodologies and selected agricultural value chains. The training was aimed at preventing the drift in the agriculture extension system and help to revitalise the country’s economy. At the programme, which was facilitated by experts from […]

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Five killed, three injured in Bauchi road crash

A Thursday auto crash in Bauchi, involving a tricycle and a bus, took the lives of five persons. Three other persons sustained serious injuries as the tricycle had a head-on collision with the bus. Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the State, Yusuf Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday […]

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Akeredolu recruits 35 engineers, architects, others into Ondo workforce

Ondo State Goveror Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has employed 35 engineers, architects, land surveyors and other professionals into the state workforce. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Richard Olatunde, made this known on Friday in a statement titled, ‘Gov Akeredolu Recruits 35 Engineers, Other Professionals.’ The State Commissioner of Works, Raimi Aminu, stated that such employment was […]

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FG spends N58b on Household Uplifting Programme in two months — Agency

The National Coordinator of the Household Uplifting Programme, Halima Shehu, says the Federal Government has paid N58bn to two million households benefiting from the N10,000 bi-monthly conditional cash transfer programme across the country. She said an additional 23,134 poor and vulnerable citizens of Adamawa state were enrolled on Thursday to benefit from the Conditional Cash […]

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Falana, Adegboruwa, Adedipe ask FG to employ speedy political solution on Kanu, Igboho

Three Senior Advocates of Nigeria – Femi Falana, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, and Ifedayo Adedipe – have asked the Federal Governmebt  to quickly set in motion, dialogue process with the various secessionist groups and arrowheads in the country. In separate interviews, the senior advocates said that Government does not have an option but to dialogue with the […]

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Regional autonomy, best political solution on agitations – Gani Adams

The Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, says autonomy for federating units in Nigeria is the best political solution to resolve the various secessionist groups and arrowheads in the country. He stated this in a chat while reacting to a statement by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), saying that […]

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