The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced plans to conduct a mock accreditation of voters ahead of the Ondo State governorship election, scheduled for November 16, 2024. The exercise, set for Wednesday, November 6, 2024, will test the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and the real-time result upload to the INEC Result Viewing […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been appointed Chairman of the National Campaign Council, formed by the ruling All Progressives Congress to drive the party’s campaign for the upcoming Ondo State governorship election. This was disclosed in a list issued by the APC’s National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu, on Thursday. The Ondo governorship election is […]
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Nigeria’s total public debt stock surged by N12.6tn in three months to N134.3tn ($91.3bn) by the end of the second quarter of 2024, The PUNCH reports. This is a 10.35 percent increase from the N121.7tn ($91.5bn) recorded in the first quarter of this year. The rise has been attributed primarily to the devaluation of the […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun Each time another minister of the FCT declares yet another war on the beggars in the nation’s capital, I am reminded of Aminata Sow Fall’s famous novel, The Beggars’ Strike. The plot is built around a government that wants to get beggars off the streets so they can effectively promote tourism. The […]
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President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Board, its staff, and the families affected by the recent helicopter crash off the coast of Bonny Finima in Port-Harcourt. In a Friday statement released by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Tinubu expressed his “deepest […]
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Senate President Godswill Akpanio The Senate, on Thursday, approved 15 percent of the Consolidated Revenue Fund as the source of funding for the newly created zonal development commissions by member-states. The approval followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Special Duties on the bills establishing the commissions. Earlier, the […]
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FG differs as Clark, others allege lopsidedness, Tinubu seeks Senate confirmation President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, which had Ogun State reportedly producing four ministers, the highest by a state in the cabinet, has sparked reactions across the country. In a significant cabinet shakeup during the 19th Federal Executive Council meeting at the State […]
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The Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, has ordered the troops of 17 Brigade Katsina to end the lingering insecurity bedeviling Katsina State, saying President Bola Tinubu “is ready to supply everything” needed to eliminate insecurity. The minister gave the order while addressing newsmen at the Katsina – Zamfara States border town, Gurbin Baure in the […]
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Residents of Oyo State have been assured of even distribution of rehabilitation, as the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA, continues to make efforts to rehabilitate roads in the State. Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said OYSROMA chairman, Mr. Raphael Ogunlade gave the assurance in Ibadan while inspecting some ongoing rehabilitation […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has promised to spread developmental projects across all parts of the State, even as he pledged an all-inclusive administration if retained in the coming November 16 election. His spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan said in a statement that he made the promises on Thursday at Isua Akoko, in the Akoko South East […]
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