The Federal Government says it is engaging foreign media organisations, networks and think tanks to shape their opinions on the true position of things and correct the negative narratives about the country and President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in London after an engagement with the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he would continue to hold the former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, in high esteem because he (Jonathan) conceded defeat at the 2015 presidential election. President Buhari made the statement on Thursday night when he hosted members of the Kannywood entertainment industry to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, […]
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Flooding killed six people and sacked no fewer than 35 communities in the Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo this year. The Chairman of the council, Mr Victor Emuankhangbon, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Ubiaja, the headquarters of the council. He said that […]
Read More The Ogun State House of Assembly, yesterday, grilled the state Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Wale Oshinowo over the alleged disappearance of the last tranche of the Federal Government bailout funds of ₦17.3 billion released to the state. Oshinowo was invited by the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation to explain the reasons behind the delay […]
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Former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose who presently is being detained by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has alerted members of the public of an audio recording conversation currently circulating in the social media in which the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu boasted that nothing will happen should he die in their […]
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The League of Patriotic Lawyers has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately reverse the travel ban on some high profile politically exposed persons. Briefing newsmen yesterday, the Chairman of the group and former President of Students Union of the University of Benin, Mr. Abubakar Yesufu, described the travel ban as a travesty of justice, […]
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Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to a 20 hour debate to defend his achievements or lack of it. Affirming that debate by proxy should not be accepted by Nigerians, she said that those who shy away from presenting themselves before the people do not deserve […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday, alleged that the Presidency has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest and detain indefinitely, the outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. In a statement issued Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said information at the party’s disposal and all over the social […]
Read More The death toll from last Friday Osisioma fuel pipeline explosion has risen to 200, even as protesting youths from the host communities of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, depot, yesterday, shut operation at the facility over the incident. The youths, numbering 2,000, who barricaded the gate of the depot with a coffin containing the corpse […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Lagos State said 6, 609, 115 residents were eligible to vote in the 2019 general elections in the state. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mr. Sam Olumekun, disclosed this at a workshop on Lagos State Election Security Strategic Plan for 2019 Elections. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, […]
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the party is proud of its governors and the achievements recorded in their various states. Secondus made the expression in his remarks at the send-off ceremony organised by the PDP Governors Forum for the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Sunday night in […]
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As the countdown to Wednesday’s Appeal Court ruling continues, former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, has said the injustice visited on him in the United Kingdom has made him to have little faith in the UK judicial system. In a statement issued by his Media Assistant, Tony Eluemunor, yesterday, Ibori said: “I have been […]
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