Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has expressed deep frustration over the recurring bloodshed in Benue, Borno, Plateau, and other parts of the country, declaring that lawmakers are exhausted from offering condolences while lives continue to be lost in droves. Speaking during a press conference on Tuesday at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, Chairman […]
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After 73 years of existence, the West African Examinations Council urgently requires a reset. The ordeal faced by candidates at some centres during the 2024/25 Senior School Certificate Examinations signifies a troubling decline at WAEC and demands a comprehensive overhaul of its operations. Following the leakage of the English Language question paper just four days […]
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The Senate on Thursday disclosed that about 85 per cent of the N1.48 trillion 2025 budget submitted by the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), was originally drafted by suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Chairman of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Emergency Governance in Rivers State, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, revealed this during […]
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Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission officials sealing off France, Belgium and Italy visa centres in Abuja. Photo: Vanguard Officials of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealing off France, Belgium and Italy visa centres in Abuja. Photo: Vanguard The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed off France, Belgium and Italy […]
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nullifies APC chairmen’s election The controversy over which party controls the 30 local governments of Osun State has been laid to rest, as the certified true copy, CTC, of the latest appellate court’s judgement affirmed the chairmen and councillors recently elected on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the valid occupants. […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has condemned the intervention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers from the state in the House of Representatives regarding the lingering controversy over local government allocations. In a statement signed by Kola Olabisi, Director of Media and Information of the Osun APC, the party accused the […]
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A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, has issued a bench warrant for the immediate arrest of Kayode Asa and Hezekiah Ilufoye over their alleged role in inciting violence and breaching public peace in Ekosin, Odo-Otin Local Government Area. Presiding over Court Five, Magistrate A. Adeyeba issued the bench warrant following […]
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To avert the looming chaos in Osun State fueled by the escalating tension over which party controls its 30 local governments, the state’s assembly has passionately appealed for President Bola Tinubu’s urgent intervention. In fact, it raised the alarm that the situation has now reached a dangerous tipping point, threatening the foundations of grassroots democracy […]
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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday set up a committee to help restore sustainable peace to Benue State following last Friday’s massacre in Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, which saw around 200 people killed. Members of the peace committee selected by the President include former Military Governor of Benue State, Gen […]
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Osun NULGE President, Comrade Kehinde Ogungbanggbe, addressing a press conference in Osogbo on Wednesday, over alleged illegal plan by CBN to release LG funds to “illlegal chairmen” State Govt,NULGE warn CBN, AGF against funding ‘illegal chairmen” Osun State Government, and the state”s chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) have cautioned federal […]
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