The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it will offer automatic employment to National Youth Service Corps members who are dedicated and found with integrity in the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who made the promise at the NYSC Orientation camp in Abuja on Monday, said the […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured Lagosians that his administration will put safety of lives and property as the core aspect of his administration. The governor gave the assurance while briefing State House correspondents after the weekly security meeting with top security officers at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja on Monday. He said […]
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Prof Henry Fadamiro (4th L), representative of FUTA Alumni in Diaspora with award recipients By Banji Ayoola The Alumni of the Federal University of Technology, Akure in Diaspora have given scholarships to seven students of the institution with proven academic excellence. Speaking at the occasion held at the Theodore Idibiye Auditorium of the institution on […]
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday lived up to his ‘wake and see’ toga as residents woke up to hear the much awaited 7th Assembly has been inaugurated. Hon Frank Okiye (Esan North East 1) was elected Speaker while Hon. Yekini Idiaye of Akoko Edo Constituency 11 was elected Deputy Speaker. Government officials, […]
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Nine hundred and twenty suspects were arrested for sundry crimes in the last four weeks, the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu, said yesterday. The police boss said that the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Operation Puff Adder for kidnapping, armed robbery, murder and cultism. A breakdown of the arrests shows that 424 were […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Monday sacked three commissioners as he moves to rejig his cabinet for optimum performance by his administration. Simultaneously, he named five new Commissioner – nominees and two Special Adviser – nominees. These were contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Segun Ajiboye, […]
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Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Commodore Bode George, to desist from fabricating lies against its stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The party wondered why George could support the Mr. Kola Abiola’s lie that Tinubu begged the late Gen. Sani Abacha to be made commissioner in Lagos State. […]
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By Reuben Abati Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of its review of the 2019 General elections in the country is reportedly working on a proposal for the alteration of the 1999 Constitution as amended to enable it reduce the number of political parties in the country. A total of 91 political parties […]
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• Caution president over crises across nation• 30 confirmed killed, 42 injured in fresh Borno attack• Tension in Taraba as suspected herders sack communities• NYSC ponders safety of corps members Amid raging insecurity across the country, Fulani leaders have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, listen to the advice of former […]
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The Supreme Court on Monday fixed July 5 to deliver its judgment on the dispute arising from the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State. The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the said election, Ademola Adeleke, had filed four separate appeals before the apex court to challenge the Abuja Division Court of Appeal’s […]
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