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HoS rejects claims of sycophancy among civil servants
By Innocent Raphael The Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, has emphatically rejected the characterization of civil servants as sycophants. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday as part of the events for the 2024 Civil Service Week, Dr Yemi-Esan clarified that while civil servants are duty-bound to serve any government in power, this does not equate…
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Nigeria will not acquire biological weapons, FG assures
The Federal Government has re-affirmed its commitment to implement the tenets of the Biological Weapons Convention by not developing, producing, acquiring or retaining biological weapons in line with the international community’s efforts to address the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, made the disclosure at the Stakeholders Forum on…
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Top Ogun traditional ruler dies
A frontline traditional ruler in Ogun State, Oba Femi Ogunleye, has died. Oba Ogunleye is the Towulade of Akinale in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. He was a foremost journalist who had stints with the old Daily Times of Nigeria. WESTERN POST learnt that Oba Ogunleye died in London on Wednesday afternoon. He was 79. Burial arrangements will be announced by…
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ASUU gives FG three weeks to meet it’s demands to avoid industrial action
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday, gave the Federal Government three weeks ultimatum to consider its demands or face the possibility of an industrial action. The Chairman of the Union at the Federal University, Dutse in Jigawa State, Comrade Salim Ahmed disclosed this at an emergency press conference held at the ASUU Secretariat in Dutse. He said:…
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Ex-president Obasanjo, First Lady Tinubu did not meet at her home in Ikoyi, Lagos on Sallah Day – Sources
By Ibidapo Balogun Facts have emerged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, did not meet at home last Sallah day Monday in Lagos, contrary to the impression in some quarters. The impression had been created as the photograph of the two taken together was released by Busola Kukoyi, the Media Adviser to the First Lady. …
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My administration left Nigeria in a better position than we met it – Obasanjo
Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has asserted that his government was among the best the nation has ever had. He spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Tuesday, at the Safe Online Youth Fellowship Bootcamp organised by NerdzFactory Company. Chief Obasanjo, who reeled out his administration’s accomplishments while in power said: “When I came in as elected President, I wanted…
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APC urges Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in Rivers
Chairman of the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee, Tony Okocha, has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the state. According to him, it is the only way to end the lingering political crisis in the state. Okocha said Rivers State is at war and a state of emergency ‘remains the way out’…
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Abuja Federal Court denies suspended DCP Abba Kyari bail
By Innocent Raphael The Abuja Federal High Court has denied bail to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Justice Emeka Nwite, presiding over the case, ruled that granting bail to Kyari was at the court’s discretion as per section 161 (2) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act. Justice Nwite stated that Kyari failed to present sufficient evidence…
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Ramaphosa sworn in as South African president for a second term
South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second full term in office as president, despite failing to secure a majority in parliament in last month’s election for his African National Congress (ANC). “I swear I will be faithful to the Republic of South Africa… I will obey, observe and uphold the constitution and all other laws of…
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Nnamdi Kanu’s terrorism trial begins today
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will go on trial today at the Federal High Court in Abuja on terrorism-related charges. To prevent any threats to law and order, agents of the Department of State Services (DSS) have taken over the security of the court’s property and the highways leading there. The Supreme Court…
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