Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday inaugurated the ninth Lagos State House of Assembly, which saw Mr Mudashiru Obasa (APC-Agege I) re-emerging as the Speaker of the assembly. Obasa was Speaker of the eighth Assembly which ended its session on Thursday. Proclaiming the ninth Assembly, Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, […]
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Immediate past Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, says he has forgiven Prof. Innocent Ibeabuchi, the returning officer for the Imo West senatorial election, in the 2019 general elections. He said this in a statement by his media aide, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, and made available to newsmen in Owerri, on Friday. The statement came shortly after […]
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Determined to tackle the waves of insecurity across the region, South West governors are set to hold a regional security summit that will bring all critical stakeholders together to brainstorm on how to address the challenge. The governors, at a special security meeting held at the Ondo State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, on Friday, elected […]
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Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Friday, queried the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II and gave him 24 hours to respond to allegations of misappropriation. The latest action, which has pushed the standoff between the two, to a disturbing crescendo, followed the June 5, 2019 restriction of Sanusi’s sallah activities to the palace. […]
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Raymond Dokpesi, Founder, DAAR Communications Plc Reprieve came the way of DAAR Communications Plc, owners of AIT and Ray Power FM on Friday as a Federal High Court in Abuja granted an order ex-parte for the maintenance of the status quo, following the suspension of its operating licence by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The […]
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately issue the certificate of return to the immediate-past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, as the senator-elect for the Imo West Senatorial District. Justice Okon Abang made this order in his judgment on the suit filed by Okorocha […]
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A Federal High Court on Friday adjourned for further mention a suit challenging the nomination of Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, a member of the House of Representatives vying for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly until June 14. He was sued before the court in the suit with […]
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have expressed their readiness to pay the N30,000 minimum wage recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, disclosed while speaking with newsmen at the end of the forum’s meeting which ended in the early hours of Friday […]
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A charity organization, AndTop Charity Foundation has launched its scholarship scheme in a bid to create and ensure equal opportunity for indigent students as well as reduce out,- of- school children in the country. The scheme is set up by two US – based Nigerians. Dr. Akindutire Temitope(a.k.a Ponto) and Mr. Olawale Temitope who had […]
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Ondo State Council of Obas has decried the arbitrary use of obaship costumes by nontraditional rulers. This was contained in a statement by the Head, Press and Media Relations Unit of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Bisi Agboola. At their monthly meeting held in Akure on Thursday, they resolved to take […]
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