Olusegun Mimiko A former governor of Ondo State Olusegun Mimiko said the devaluation of life in Nigeria is one of the reasons he is contesting for the presidency.Mimiko governed Ondo State between 2009 and 2016 on the platform of the Labour Party and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), respectively. After returning to Labour party […]
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Tanzania’s Inspector-General of Police, Simon Sirro, on Friday, said police have identified the vehicle used to abduct east Africa’s youngest billionaire, Mohammed Dewji, nine days ago. Sirro said the vehicle came from a neighbouring country which he, however, did not name at a news conference in the business capital, Dar es Salaam. Dewji, the country’s […]
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Adams Oshiomhole, APC leader The All Progressives Congress (APC) has submitted the list of presidential and senatorial candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a bid to beat the October 18 deadline.The Guardian learnt that the APC’s director of organisation, Alhaji Abubakar Kari, led other senior staff of the party in a branded […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on all citizens of the country, particularly the elite, to be prepared to make sacrifices as a foundation for national growth and development. Speaking at a meeting Sunday in Daura with Katsina Senior Citizens, President Buhari said that in the life of a country, there are occasions when citizens must […]
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THE leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appeared in Jerusalem. A press statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, confirmed that its leader was in Jerusalem at the wailing wall where he joined Islamic faithful to offer prayers. The group, however, kept mum on where […]
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Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, faulted the statement of the Court of Appeal on Osun Governorship Election Tribunal, describing it as “an attempt to trivialise shady interference. This was contained in the press release signed by the chairman of the PDP in the state, Hon Soji Adagunodo, which was forwarded to the Nigerian Tribune […]
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The Ondo State House of Assembly has dissolved the 18 Local Government Caretaker Committee Chairmen in the state. The dissolution came into effect on Thursday at the plenary of members of the Assembly in Akure. The lawmakers had, on April 18, granted another six-month tenure extension to the 18 caretaker committees. The Deputy Majority Leader of […]
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A court in Benin on Thursday sentenced opposition politician, Sebastien Ajavon, to 20 years in prison on drugs charges and issued an international warrant for his arrest. The former presidential candidate was not at the hearing in the West African country’s administrative capital, Porto-Novo, which lasted less than an hour. His legal team has previously […]
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says panel members were routinely reorganised Sitting resumes soon, it assures PDP protests The Court of Appeal has said that the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, constituted to hear matters arising from the recently concluded governorship poll in the state has not been disbanded as claimed by the Peoples Democratic Party […]
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Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun on Thursday stormed the premises of the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, the state capital to protest against an alleged sudden disbandment of the panel. Displaying placards bearing different inscriptions, the protesters said they were eager to witness the hearing of the PDP petition, saying […]
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