Vice President Yemi Osinbajo The Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said whenever he wants to sack a public official found to be corrupt, calls from religious and political leaders reach him not to do so. Despite this claim, it will be recalled that he has been involved in the dismissal of some government officials […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa PHOTO: TWITTER/LSHA The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has refuted claims that the State Assembly is planning to impeach the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.Ambode, early October, amid dramas, lost the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress in the state to his rival […]
Continue ReadingIn this file photo taken on October 07, 2018 Cameroon’s incumbent President Paul Biya (C) looks on as he votes at the polling station in Bastos neighbourhood in the capital Yaounde during Cameroon’s presidential election. – Cameroon President Paul Biya has been re-elected to a seventh straight term with 71.3 percent of the vote in […]
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said he did not approve the statement issued on his behalf by his media aide which accused some unnamed aggrieved members of the party of plotting a vote of no confidence on him. Oshiomhole’s media aide, Simon Egbebulem on Sunday 21 October […]
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The Kaduna State Government on Sunday said the imposition of a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna metropolis and environs was a preemptive measure to avert breakdown of law and order. Mr. Samuel Aruwan, Senior Special Assistant on Media to Governor Nasiru el-Rufa’i, told the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview that the action was based on […]
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Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna town and environs with immediate effect. The Senior Special Assistant to the state governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, stated this on Sunday in Kaduna. Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has deployed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of […]
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday alleged that some powerful stakeholders within the party, who are opposed to his efforts at reforming and returning the party to the people were frustrating his efforts. He said those allegedly opposed to him have begun to mobilise to pass a […]
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Eriwa, has demanded for full autopsy and investigation from Kenya Government into the killing of a Nigerian, Mr Bamiyo Ashade, allegedly killed by the Kenyan police. Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement by her media aide, Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Sunday in Abuja said that […]
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Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has dismissed as mischief the insinuation that he had defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or is planning to dump the party over political developments in the state. He stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondent of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) after a closed […]
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THE founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) is unhappy that the Federal Government is flouting the directive of the United Nations Education and Socio-Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) that 26 per cent of its budget should be allocated to the funding of education. The legal icon, who spoke at the sixth […]
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