Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. PHOTO: AIT • Panel reserves ruling on application• Hears motions against PDP petition The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) that it had no server to be inspected by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over the conduct of […]
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By Banji Ayoola Journalists, fans, relatives friends and admirers of the deceased ace broadcaster with the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, the vivacious Mrs Lara Olagboyegun, have in their hundreds, bombarded the social media expressing shock at her passage, and sharing fond memories of the time spent with her while alive. They accompanied her with prayers, […]
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Following the expiration of their six months’ tenure, the 18 interim Local Government chairmen and 203 Supervisory Councillors in Ondo State, were on Thursday sacked by the State House of Assembly. This was announced at the Assembly’s plenary held in its chambers at the state capital. The dissolution of the councils’ temporary management committee members, […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo would have been misunderstood if he had attempted to honour his kinsman, the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election, late Chief MKO Abiola. Dr. Doyin Okupe, former Senior Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan, gave this explanation against the backdrop of criticisms against Obasanjo. According to Okupe, only […]
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Wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has restated the unwavering commitment of the Akeredolu-led administration to delivering the dividends of democracy to Ondo State women. A statement by her Chief Press Secretary, Oluwatobi Omosalewa Fademi, said that she made this known during an interactive session with Iyalojas from across the 18 local government […]
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The Federal Government may relax the ban on importation of vehicles through the land border. The government had in January 2017 ordered a ban on importation of vehicles through the land borders. The restriction on the importation of vehicles followed that of rice, whose imports through the land borders had been banned since April 2016. […]
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Clerk to the Nigeria Senate Nelson Ayewoh Thursday swore in former Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha as a senator. Okorocha was excluded when other elected senators were inaugurated on Tuesday because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had not issued him a certificate of return. Later Tuesday, INEC issued Okorocha his certificate of return to the Senate […]
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DSS, army, NSCDC yesterday stopped a rally of the Yoruba Summit Group scheduled to hold at Agodi, Ibadan. Photo/IndiaOperatives of the Department of the State Services (DSS), alongside the Nigerian Army and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), yesterday stopped a rally of the Yoruba Summit Group scheduled to hold at Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo […]
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President Buhari at the June 12 inaugural National Democracy Day Celebration at the Eagle Square in Abuja. Photo/Twitter/AsoRock It was meant to be the celebration of a democratic milestone witnessed by people of the home country and leaders of other nations. But yesterday’s Democracy Day left many observers puzzled as none of Nigeria’s former leaders […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday honoured the winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola, by renaming the Abuja National Stadium after him. The President said this in a speech he read at the first National Democracy Day celebration in Abuja, stating that he approved June 12 as the nation’s […]
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