It’s spurious claim to cover failure – Ex-Governor Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi , on Thursday said the debtprofile of Ekiti State as at October 16, 2018 when he took over mantle o leadership from his predecessor, Mr Ayo Fayose stood at N155,791 million. Fayose has however swiftly reacted to the governor’s claims, […]
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A confidence vote was on Thursday unanimously passed on Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, by the state House of Assembly, for his laudable policies and programmes in his first 100 days in office, even as he presented a whopping N156 billion debt profile. .It was at a special plenary sitting at the Assembly’s complex, […]
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and criminalises maternal death By Banji Ayoola Former Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, said on Thursday that he would ensure that the National Assembly passes a law which would ensure that every child in Nigeria has access to universal and quality education. Besides, he promised to see that the apex law making body […]
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It was a hectic Wednesday at the Nigerian Air Force Base’s Protestant Church and the National Military Cemetary, Abuja, as top military Officers gathered to pay their last respect to the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin and the three Service Chiefs, as […]
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear about 14 pre-election appeals on the grounds that they were caught by the amendment to Section 285 of the Constitution (aka 4th Alteration Act Number 21 of 2017) which came into effect on June 7, 2018. The amendment to Section 285 of the Constitution required the trial […]
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Ahead of the general election, an election observer coalition, the Situation Room, has expressed concern over what it described as scary message coming from the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The minister had on Monday raised the alarm, accusing some unnamed opposition parties of planning to cause mayhem during the forthcoming elections, […]
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By Banji Ayoola “I give him his due. The man has served Nigeria in many capacities before now; and people may say creditably well. That again is a matter of opinion. But I think the Buhari that we have today, like Obasanjo said, is tired and should just go home and rest.” These were the […]
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There was palpable tension and jubilation in the Nigerian Police Force across the country following the decentralization of the Special Anti Robbery Squad(SARS) and the disbandment of the Special Investigation Panel (SIP) and Special Tactical Squad (STS), and other investigation team by the Inspector General of Police(IGP), Mohammed Adamu, on Monday. The IGP had during […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the N27,000 new national minimum wage adopted by the National Council of States on Tuesday. The NLC Secretary-General, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. According to him, the council has no jurisdiction determining another amount after a Tripartite Committee had submitted its report. […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will be thrown into hell fire if their records are examined. He spoke in an interview with BBC Yoruba. The former president criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for alleged ethnic considerations in appointments. He said if the President did not trust […]
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