The All Progressives Congress, APC, says the resignation of Mrs Kemi Adeosun as Minister of Finance and acceptance of same by President Muhammadu Buhari is an action of honour, strength, character and integrity. It said this in a statement by its acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, on Sunday in Abuja. The former minister, […]
Continue ReadingBy Banji Ayoola Four commissioners and two special advisers in the Ondo State Government, who are interested in contesting the forthcoming primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have opted out of the State Eecutive Council, in compliance with the directive of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Yemi Olowolabi, […]
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More than half of the Netherlands’ senior clerics were involved in covering up sexual assault of children between 1945 and 2010, a press report claimed Saturday, further engulfing the Catholic Church in a global abuse scandal. Over the course of 65 years, 20 of 39 Dutch cardinals, bishops and their auxiliaries “covered up sexual abuse, […]
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Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has blamed the sector’s woes on the Federal Government’s budgetary attitude, accusing it of hampering the maintenance of ministry’s infrastructure across the country. Speaking in Abuja while unveiling plans for the 2018 National Sports Festival, Dalung said: “The past three annual budgets for sports development is not even up to one […]
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– Osun election to serve as pilot case The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has banned the use of mobile phones by voters and other duty officials at polling units during elections, beginning with the September 22 governorship elections in Osun State. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, said the decision was a deliberate […]
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As Nigerians, especially residents of the Northeast and Borno State in particular fret over the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks, ahead of next year’s general elections, the Defense Headquarters (DHQ) has said that there might be a link between the current resurgence in the activities of the insurgents and next year’s presidential elections. The Director, […]
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• FEC okays bill to set up electoral offences commission • No plan to postpone 2019 general elections, says INEC • PDP hails verdict against president President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly summoned the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to Abuja over the latter’s rift with Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. […]
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After months of intrigues and politicking over her presentation of a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate, everything came to a climax on Friday with the final resignation of Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, […]
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– dismisses The Economist, HSBC’s reports as fake news – reels out achievements of the Buhari administration Information and Culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the APC will win the 2019 general elections on the basis of its performance, irrespective of the doomsday predictions by some international financial institutions and publications. He gave the […]
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– says ‘I had no reason to suspect that the certificate was anything but genuine’ – nevertheless, ‘I must do the honourable thing and resign’ – Buhari accepts resignation Former Finance minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun on Friday cleared herself of forgery allegation leveled against her, saying that she had no reason to suspect that the […]
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