Ondo State Government has started recruitment of personnel into the local security outfit Security Network Agency, otherwise called Amotekun Corps. This was confirmed in Akure the state capital by the Amotekun Corps Commander, Chief Adetunji Olu-Adeleye, who said the recruitment started following the approval of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN. The security outfit, spontaneously conceptualised and […]
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Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday night expressed fear that he might not get justice from the All Progressives Congress (APC) Edo State Governorship Primary Screening Committee. He said this after two hours of drilling by the Prof. Jonathan Ayuba-led seven-man committee at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. Addressing newsmen after the screening, […]
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About 39.4 million Nigerians, representing 33.6 percent of the population may be left without jobs by the end of 2020, as a result of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic. This was part of the ramifications envisaged by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN)-led Economic Sustainability Committee (EAC) in its Action Plan, submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari […]
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Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says it has directed all its partners and suppliers to bring down their cost to between 30 and 40 per cent to ensure production efficiency. NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Malam Melem Kyari, made the disclosure when he featured as a guest on a live Television programme on […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The brutal killing of George Floyd in the hands of a white policeman in Minneapolis 25 May has taken the centre stage in the last two weeks displacing the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic to the second place in the consciousness of the human race. Horrified humanity in the free world spoke in unison: Enough […]
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House bars journalists as CUPP urges rejection of final report The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), yesterday, faulted the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill as the House of Representatives began the long-awaited public hearing on the controversial legislation. NGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, who represented his colleagues, said: “The Act gives governors very […]
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The Senate on Thursday mandated the leadership of the National Assembly to urgently meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and the heads of the nation’s armed forces over the renewed upsurge in Boko Haram attacks. This resolution followed a point of order moved by Senator Abubakar Kyari (Borno North), on the recent killing of 90 people […]
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, will on Thursday, present a well-prepared post Covid-19 Economic Sustainability Plan to President Muhammadu Buhari. The all-inclusive Plan contains actions and well-thought through strategies that will help mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Nigeria’s economy. Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, made this known on Thursday. […]
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A former candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last governorship election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has again collected his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo state. He told reporters he is in the race to win and fulfill his dreams for the state. He […]
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The United Nations is mobilising $182 million to support Nigerians hit by the coronavirus pandemic, including conflict-torn communities in the North East. The World Food Programme (WFP) said the funds were needed to sustain life-saving aid for the next six months The lifeline is to aid three million people in Kano, Abuja and Lagos in […]
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