Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has pardoned Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and husband, Abdulrasheed Bello. The Governor also granted pardon and approved the release of 56 inmates from various correctional Centres in Lagos. Akindele-Bello and her husband were on April 6 convicted by a Lagos Magistrate Court for violating COVID-19 lockdown regulations. They were sentenced to […]
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The #EndSARS protesters have vowed not to back down until the government addresses their demand to end police brutality and intimidation carried out by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. They made the vow at the Lagos State House of Assembly in Ikeja on Friday, the third day of protests aimed at ensuring the infamous […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the 2021 budget estimate to a joint session of the National Assembly. The proposed expenditure is put at N13.08 trillion with a crude oil benchmark price of $40 per barrel and daily oil production estimate of 1.86 million barrels (inclusive of condensates of 300,000 to 400,000 barrels per day). This […]
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1. It is with pleasure that I present the 2021 Federal Budget Proposals to this Joint Session of the National Assembly. 2. Distinguished and Honourable Leaders, and Members of the National Assembly, at this juncture, I wish to commend your tremendous efforts in approving the revision of the 2020 – 2022 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has commenced distribution of sensitive materials to various local government areas across for Saturday’s election. Roads leading to the Akure office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) were cordoned off. There was heavy security inside the CBN and in the roads leading to the bank. Party officials were […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, Prof. Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede, as Chief Returning Officer of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo. The party alleged that Ondo residents cannot get free and fair election with the present composition of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Chairman of the PDP […]
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By Banji Ayoola Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State is drawing erudite scholar and Vice Chancellor of the reputable Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, Prof Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodeede, into the murky waters of politics. His choice as the Returning Officer for the election, which promises to be one of the keenest conducted recently in […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has denied having anything to do with the attack on former Ekiti Governor Ayo Fayose during the grand finale of the Ondo Governorship campaign. Fayose was on Wednesday attacked by hoodlums who removed his cap as he made his way to the podium. The former Governor accused Makinde and former […]
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By Banji Ayoola Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, the umbrella body for all Nigeria’s registered political parties, has called on the people of Ondo State to come out en masse on Saturday and peacefully vote for their preferred candidate. It appealed to politicians in the state to desist from perpetrating violent acts before, during and after […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Everyone knows when he is happy; each person feels it to his finger tips. We also know when we feign happiness but keep a straight face, perhaps out of courtesy before our peers and acquaintances. The warmth and glow of happiness and the concomitant aura can’t but envelope the happy man. It […]
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