You’re a political beggar, PDP, Umahi, others knock Fani-Kayode

The Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West on Friday lambasted a former Aviation Minister,  Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, over his claim that he had wrongly criticised President Muhammadu Buhari in the past. Speaking through its Publicity Secretary, Chief Sanya Atofarati, it said nothing had changed about Buhari as the socio-political and economic situations in the country […]

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PDP inaugurates convention committee

Charges zoning committee to submit report next week Former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara (left); House of Representatives Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu; another former senate president, Bukola Saraki and Senator Dino Melaye during the inauguration of members of the 2021 National Convention Organising Committee in Abuja…yesterday Credit: NAN The Peoples Democratic Party on Friday in Abuja […]

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Arewa chieftains fault Southern governors on zoning 2023 presidency

Southern Governors Irked by the insistence of the Nigerian Southern Governors Forum that the next president of the country must come from the southern part of the country, some northern leaders have declared that nothing could stop any Nigerian from contesting the 2023 presidential election. The southern governors had at their meeting in Enugu last […]

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‘Playing small does not serve the world, go big’

Toyin Odulate is the founder of Olori Cosmetics, an African hair, bath and body care company formulating products for women and children. Her love, passion and obsession for beauty started as early as age seven, but her dream to establish Olori took 15 years to actualise. A former L’Oreal executive and consumer goods expert with […]

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Cannabis Bill: The sweet and bitter sides of Indian hemp

Cannabis | Image: WSVN The philosophical saying in some cultures that whatever that is sweet is also bitter seems to capture the hardline positions taken by those agitating for the legitimisation of cannabis cultivation and use in the country and those against the campaign. While the protagonists of the idea are looking at the economic […]

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Victory for Igboho as court awards N20b damages against FG

• Afenifere, YCE, Yoruba Ronu, Hail Judgment An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, yesterday, granted a relief sought by the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho and ordered the Federal Government to pay him N20 billion for breaching his fundamental rights. The court also dismissed an application filed by the Attorney […]

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Knocks as FIRS orders CSOs to register, obtain TIN or be sanctioned

• It’s Plot To Cripple Anti-corruption, Human Rights Organisations, Say CISLAC, Others • CLO Threatens Court, Political Actions • SERAP Differs, Says FIRS Should Proceed If Backed By Law The decision of the Federal Government to extend its tax net to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the country has attracted the bashing of some of […]

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Strike continues as doctors move to appeal court ruling

The National Association of Resident Doctors has directed its lawyers to appeal a ruling ordering its members to return to work. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by NARD President, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, and the union’s Secretary-General, Dr Jerry Isogun, on Friday The doctors said they have begun the process to appeal the […]

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Conflicting orders: Three judges to face NJC probe panel

The National Judicial Council has set up a probe panel to investigate three High Court Judges who issued conflicting ex-parte orders on the same subject matter. NJC, saddled with the power to discipline judicial officers directed the three judges who granted ex-parte orders over the same case with the same subject matter to appear before […]

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Buhari never invited me for coffee but received Fani-Kayode, Lagos APC chieftain, Igbokwe laments

All Progressives Congress chieftain in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has lamented the defection of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to the APC as well as the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to personally receive Fani-Kayode at the Presidential Villa. Igbokwe said in a Facebook post that it was unfortunate that Buhari could give […]

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