Some of the 3,600 delegates expected for the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party have started arriving in Abuja, the nation’s capital. One of our correspondents, who visited the Eagle Square, venue of the event, on Thursday, observed that the PDP flag had been hoisted in the venue, while banners and decorations adorned the […]
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Says bandits collecting taxes doesn’t mean they’ve taken over The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the fact that bandits are imposing levies on communities does not mean they have taken control. Mohammed said this during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday while reacting to an article by The Economist magazine titled, […]
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Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday said he was prevented from boarding at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, for failing to obtain what the airline staff described as a ‘permit to travel’ to Nigeria. Soyinka spoke in Lagos on the theme, ‘COVID, technology and citizen banishment,’ during an interaction with journalists. […]
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Less than twenty-four hours to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) national convention, the party is back to the precarious position it found itself shortly after losing the 2015 general election. But, unlike the immediate post 2015 dilemma, PDP is bogged by twin challenges of zoning the 2023 Presidential ticket and what to do with the […]
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The Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt has turned down President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request for Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (SURWASH) under the Ministry of Water Resources. This came 24 hours after the Ministry of Health appeared before the panel to seek approval for $200 million for procurement of […]
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National President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim • UI chapter vows continued protest Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has begun mobilisation of members for strike in the event that the Federal Government fails to review the allowance-sharing formula […]
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• Railways demand security for crew, passengers • Cleric rallies Christians for peace The military high command has said that troops fighting terrorists in the North East have killed the new leader of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), Malam Bako, and 37 other terrorists. Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, […]
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• 14 members, HURIWA discredit exercise Plateau State House of Assembly is in disarray as eight of the 24 members, yesterday morning, reportedly impeached the Speaker, Abok Ayuba, and installed Yakubu Sanda (Pengana-Bassa constituency of Jos North Local Council) in his place. The Guardian gathered that the eight members were loyal to Governor Simon Lalong. […]
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Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has said the agency recovered 301 houses from two public officers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The revelation came at the inauguration of the House of Representatives adhoc Committee on Investigation of the Operations of Real Estate Developers, […]
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Prof. Wole Soyinka at the media parley titled, COVID, Technology and Citizen Banishment, in Lagos…yesterday. Photo: Femi Adebesin-Kuti • Narrates tortuous ordeal with COVID-19 travel processes returning to the country • Tasks FG on efficient management of international travel portal The venerable writer and Africa’s first winner of Nobel Prize in Literature, Prof Wole Soyinka, […]
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