By Babafemi Badejo On December 6, after some debate on whether I should rest or not, I summoned the courage and strength to proceed to the Sadique Baba Abubakar Golf Club (SBAGC). This is at the Nigerian Airforce Base, at Shasha, a suburb of Lagos. Wondering about the name Sadique Baba Abubakar? It belongs to […]
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By Banji Ayoola Supporters of Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the October 10 election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede engaged in a bloody fight on Tuesday at the High Court, Akure premises, venue of the inaugural sitting of the Ondo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. The tribunal is hearing Jegede’s petition […]
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Osun #EndSARS Movement has called on “serious-minded and well-meaning youths to prepare for massive public-driven demonstrations that would bring about a new era in the Nigerian system of government. The movement made the call in a statement issued and signed by its spokeperson, Olawale Adebayo Bakare; Mobilisation Secretary, Ogunleye Olushayo; and Organising Secretary, Olawale Ogunruku, […]
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Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige and NLC president, Ayuba Wabba The Federal Government has faulted claims by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, that it has failed to deliver on the timelines on offers made to the union. It insisted that the timelines had been complied […]
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extends Buni’s tenure The National Executive Committee, NEC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Tuesday dissolved all states, zonal, and national party structures. It also extended the tenure of the party’s caretaker extraordinary convention planning committee led by Governor Mai Buni by six months. The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee […]
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Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Bamidele Oleyelogun By Banji Ayoola Ondo State House of Assembly has directed the state’s Ministry of Environment to collaborate with the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, NEWMAP, in finding a lasting solution to incessant ocean surge in Ayetoro in llaje Local Government area. It gave the […]
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The National Population Commission,NPC, says Nigeria’s population is now estimated at 206 million. This comes exactly two years after the NPC estimated the country’s population at 198 million. The Chairman of the NPC, Nasir Kwarra, said this at a press conference on the commencement of the next Enumeration Area Demarcation in Abuja on Tuesday. Kwarra […]
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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad By Banji Ayoola The Ondo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal would hold its inaugural sitting today Tuesday, December 8, 2020 in Akure, the state capital. Justice Umar Abubakar, leading two other Justices, would hear the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, […]
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The National Executive Committee, NEC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is currently holding an emergency virtual meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The party had in late November scheduled the meeting to review its position and deliberate on its next line of action as it concerns its national leadership. The National […]
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Nigeria has denied the allegation that it engages in religious freedom violations. The United States had on Monday blacklisted Nigeria for “engaging in systematic, ongoing, egregious religious freedom violations.” Although the US did not state why Nigeria was blacklisted, Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State who announced the measure, said his country would continue to […]
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