The Abuja residence of Chief Edwin Clark, the Ijaw national leader and a former Federal Commissioner for Information, was on Tuesday raided by officers of the Nigeria Police. The policemen arrived the Asokoro residence of Chief Clark at 1.30pm and left the premises 2.30pm. They searched all the rooms of the Elder statesman, alleging that […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has implored the government of China to facilitate visa for businessmen and women, and students from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) who seek to visit the country. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the high-level dialogue between Chinese and African leaders and business representatives on Monday in Beijing, he […]
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A two time Cross-Rivers State Governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Donald Duke on Tuesday formally dumped the Party for the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and declared his intention to run for the presidency under the Party in the 2019 general elections Duke who was also a former Presidential Aspirant […]
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Mark (R) Former Senate President David Mark Tuesday declared to run for Nigeria’s presidency come 2019 election. Mark, one of Nigeria’s longest-serving senators, was the president of the Senate between 2007 and 2015. His declaration made him the fourth PDP senator to show interest in the presidency. The former Senate President said he will fix […]
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The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and one of his predecessors, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, have continued to exchange banters for and against the sensitive issue of restructuring, with the latter insisting that Nigeria is long overdue for political and economic restructuring. Earlier on Tuesday, in an open letter to the editor of Premium Times, Osinbajo […]
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Tourism has been identified as a major avenue which would increase the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of Osun State if the potentials are properly harnessed. Alliance for Democracy, AD, governorship candidate in the September 22 election, Architect Olugbenga Akintola through the Media Director of Atunse 2018, Mr Olaniyi Omotoso, said that once AD assumes office […]
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– Country in recession for first time since 2009 South Africa entered recession in the second quarter for the first time since 2009, data showed on Tuesday, in a stinging blow to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to revive the economy after a decade of stagnation. Statistics South Africa said the economy contracted by 0.7percent in […]
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China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has assured Nigeria of its unflinching commitment towards securing funding for the financing and execution of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano, AKK, pipeline project. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, disclosed this in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja on Monday. It said that CNPC gave the assurance […]
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As part of the build up to the September 22 governorship poll in Osun State, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Olalekan Badmus, on Tuesday expressed optimism that Governor Rauf Aregbesola would hand over reins of governance to the party’s standard bearer, Mr Gboyega Isiaka Oyetola, saying the coast had beeen cleared […]
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– flays Aregbesola for tempering with LGs A former Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan, has warned against rigging in the September 22 governorship election in Osun State, saying, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) will resist any action that will tamper with the victory of its candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore, at the polls. Adesiyan, […]
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