Atiku visits Mubi bomb blast victims, donate N10m

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Monday visited victims of the Mubi suicide attack receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, and donated N10 million to the hospital Paupers’ Fund. He told newsmen after he was conducted round the hospital wards, to console the victims, that he was satisfied with the […]

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APC raises appeal committees over disrupted congresses

Nigeria\’s All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday set up appeal committees to resolve the disagreements which trailed the conduct of its ward congresses last Saturday in some states. They will begin sitting on Monday, May 7. These were contained in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi in Abuja on Sunday. It […]

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PDP holds South West mega rally in Osogbo, vows to defeat APC at 2019 polls

  The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on Saturday in Osogbo, Osun State capital, declared that no amount of intimidation and propaganda can hinder the anticipated electoral victory of the main opposition party during the forthcoming election exercise. He alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Government has destroyed […]

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Salaries gulp 90 percent of Ondo allocation

  Payment of workers\’ salaries alone gulps 90 percent of the monthly revenue allocation accruing to Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has disclosed. This translates to N4. 5billion of the state\’s N5 billion monthly allocation, leaving an insignificant N500 million for capital and other projects. By implication, the state spends its monthly income from […]

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Buhari says second term bid driven by passion to serve

The driving force for seeking public office should be to serve the people, improve their lives and not for frivolity or personal ambition. President Muhamadu Buhari said this on Saturday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward Congress held at Bayagida Model Primary School, Daura, Katsina State, his hometown. This is contained in a statement […]

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Police explain how stolen mace was recovered under bridge

The police have said the mace that was stolen from the Senate chambers on Wednesday was recovered under the flyover before Abuja city gate. The Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, SP Adeniran Aremu, in a statement on Thursday, said a “high-powered police investigation team” recovered the symbol of legislative authority where it was abandoned. He […]

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FG budgets N1. 3tr for infrastructure development

  By Banji Ayoola For the first time ever in Nigeria, the Federal Government will spend a whopping N1 . 3 trillion naira on infrastructural development across the country to provide an enabling climate for investments. The move, according to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, is also to provide desired support for entrepreneurs of […]

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Ward congresses: Lagos police chief reads riot act to APC members

Ahead of Saturday’s Ward Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal on Friday urged members of the party to eschew all form of violence in the interest of peace in the State. Speaking while addressing leaders of the party in Lagos at POWA Conference Centre in Ikeja, […]

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