The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday postponed its resumption earlier scheduled for Sept. 17 to Oct. 8. The Assembly had on July 10 adjourned to Sept. 17 to enable members to go on their annual recess. During the period, the House hosted the Conference of South West Speakers and Conference of Speakers of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari says construction of section 5 of the East-West road from Oron (Akwa Ibom) to Calabar (Cross Rivers) to be funded under the forum on China-Africa cooperation has been approved. President Buhari disclosed this when he received a delegation of elders and political leaders from Akwa Ibom, who visited him at the Aso […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has charged Nigerians to continue to challenge corruption and its related vices, and not to allow politicians who institutionalised it to take over governance again. Mr Yekini Nabena, the APC acting National Publicity Secretary gave the charge in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “We must continue to challenge corruption […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says in spite of pocket of attacks by remnant of Boko Haram terrorists in Borno North, the army is tightening the noose against them. Buratai, therefore, urged Nigerians and people of the region in particularly not to panic as those attacks do not signal resurgence of insurgency […]
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Twenty-Three House of Representatives members under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may soon defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), The Nation reports. The lawmakers are aggrieved by alleged plans by their state governors to substitute them with “anointed candidates”. The soon-to-be-defectors became uncomfortable with alleged manipulations by the governors in their states to […]
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Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced that it would hold presidential election on October 5 and 6 respectively. In a statement disclosed on Tuesday by the party’s national Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP stated that its governorship primaries would hold on September 26. See tweets below: PDP Presidential Primary To Hold on Oct. 5 & 6, […]
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Kano State Government has declared today as public holiday to mark the new Islamic year. 1440 AH. This is contained in a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Youth and Culture, Malam Muhammad Garba. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje was quoted as congratulating Muslims the world over for witnessing the New Year, which commences in the […]
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In its first public reaction to the forgery allegation levelled against the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Presidency, yesterday, said the allegations were unproven, noting that naysayers were bent on nailing her irrespective of investigations. The Presidency’s assertions were immediately dismissed by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which said the administration had […]
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The Federal Government on Monday promised to support the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) in the building of new world class sports centre to boost sporting activities in the university. The Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, made the promise when he visited Unilorin, the venue of the ongoing 4th National Youth Games in Ilorin. […]
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It was wailing, sobbing and gnashing of teeth by victims and sympathizers at Mbanugo Street Onitsha, as goods, house hold properties and documents worth over ₦40 million naira were destroyed by fire at No. 18/27 Mbanugo Street, near The Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity Onitsha, Anambra state. According to an eye-witness, the fire incident […]
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The Operation Lafia Dole of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has destroyed some facilities of the Boko Haram terrorists, at Bukar Meram and Tumbun Allura on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Daramola who […]
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The incumbent Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode today, Monday, finally picked his interest of expression and nomination form for his second term bid in the forthcoming 2019 general poll. Ambode, after picking his nomination form, formally declared his intention for re-election at rally on open ground, Alausa, Ikeja, attended by Senator Gbenga Ashafa, representing […]
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