President Bola Tinubu met with the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa, and other lawmakers from the state. The lawmakers were seen arriving in a Coaster bus a few minutes past 2:00 pm (local time) on Wednesday, after which security officials ushered them into the President’s office complex. While Mojisola Meranda, […]
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Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Strategy, and Security, Ogundipe Olukayode, has dismissed claims that 25 lawmakers are planning to defect from the All Progressives Congress to an unnamed party. According to Leadership, Olukayode described in a Tuesday statement that the report is “entirely false and without merit.” “We categorically […]
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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said all stakeholders in the Rivers State polity should adhere to the rule of law to ensure lasting peace and prosperity. He made this appeal to political leaders from the South-South during a meeting with representatives and leaders of the Niger Delta under the Pan-Niger Delta Forum at the Aso […]
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By Banji Ayoola A writer is passive in his work. He is a receptacle. He receives. He passes on or mediates what he receives in his own words and language in his unique style. His is to prepare and make himself available for what he may receive, what may be passed or mediated through him. […]
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The price war in the downstream oil sector intensified on Tuesday as major oil marketers moved to offer a lower price against the gantry loading cost of N825 per litre set by Dangote Petroleum Refinery. This development followed a revelation by marketers that the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) imported into Nigeria has […]
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Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, escalated her dispute with Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday by presenting her case at a United Nations forum. Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended on March 6 after a heated confrontation with Akpabio over a new Senate seating arrangement, which she claimed was designed to undermine her. Tensions intensified when […]
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The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the location where the Lagos State University graduate, Adedamola Ogunbode, was buried, following the arrest of the principal suspect, Olaoluwa Ajisomo. Punch Metro exclusively learnt that the prime suspect, rumoured to have fled to the Benin Republic, was leading police detectives in locating the burial site of […]
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The immediate former Managing Director/EIC of The Guardian, Mr. Martins Oloja, on March 6, delivered the 11th Distinguished Lecture of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, Ondo State titled: ‘University and National Development in an Era of Economic Challenges.’
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promises more support for security agencies to combat challenges Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has commended e Supreme Court over its verdict affirming his victory in last year’s November 16 election. Reacting to the Supreme Court’s verdict on the election as he arrived Akure from Abuja, he reaffirmed his confidence in the judiciary as […]
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Controversy has trailed the purchase of N5 billion vehicles for 40 lawmakers at the Lagos State House of Assembly, deepening the feud between Speaker Mudashiru Obasa and erstwhile Speaker Mojisola Meranda. It was learnt that Meranda purportedly led the purchase of about 39 vehicles for the lawmakers during the period Obasa was removed as Speaker. […]
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