By Ayodele Akinkuotu On August 17, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), joined the ranks of Octogenarians. And even among that lucky species in Nigeria, a few elder statesmen stand out; that’s the group that should welcome IBB into their fold. Interestingly, in a nation where sycophants are two for a kobo, a few of them […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed a review with dispatch, of 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country to determine the levels of encroachment. He also directed that the assignment be undertaken with dispatch to bring more understanding on the Grazing Reserves, and implementation. As statement by a presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu on Thursday […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commision has replaced Mr Michael Umeoji with a former Central Bank governor, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the November 6 governorship election. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by INEC National Commissioner and chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), […]
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By Banji Ayoola Oyo State Government has refuted claims that the State has not accessed its N715 million counterpart funds for the Universal Basic Education Commission/SUBEB Year 2020 Intervention Projects. While reacting in Ibadan to allegations that the state government has failed to pay its counterpart fund to access the projects, the Executive Chairman, Oyo […]
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There is tension at Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, after a student was shot dead at a cafeteria on Thursday morning. It was leant that a group of suspected cultists had trailed the victim to a cafeteria near the faculty of management science about 9:20am, where one of the assailants brought out a gun and […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Abia Governor, Sen. Theodore Orji and his son, Chinedu, over alleged N48 billion security votes. The two leaders are also expected to account for N2 billion Ecological Fund and conversion of Sure-P funds. While the ex-Governor was intercepted at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in […]
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The Police Service Commission has set up an in-house panel to study in details documents related to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari, a former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force indicted by a Report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. Spokesman […]
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The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has said a trust fund would be set up to take care of the 3% allocated for the host communities to avert any crisis that may arise in the implementation of the just-assented Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Akpabio, who addressed newsmen at a briefing organised by the […]
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Nigeria lost an estimated $50 billion worth of investments in 10 years, due to the uncertainty surrounding the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), lack of progress and stagnation in the petroleum industry. President Muhammadu Buhari lamented this loss on Wednesday, at the presidential villa, Abuja during his remarks at a ceremony on the […]
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Against the backdrop of a report on Thursday by military authorities that Boko Haram insurgents are surrendering in the Northeast in large numbers, owing to reported relentless onslaught on them by the security agencies, President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to do whatever it takes to ensure that he does not leave the country in security […]
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