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Homeland News
Sanwo-Olu removes Oreagba, appoints Olalekan as new LASTMA GM
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Bakare-Oki Olalekan as the acting General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. The agency’s Public Relations Officer, Adebayo Taofiq, revealed this in a statement made available to the public. Olalekan was appointed to replace the former GM, Bolaji Oreagba, who was removed by the governor. According to the statement the Permanent…
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News from States
BREAKING: Appeal Court affirms Sani’s election as Kaduna governor
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 18 governorship election and Governor of Kaduna State. The appellate court in its unanimous decision on Friday, dismissed the appeal of the Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Muhammed Ashiru challenging the earlier…
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Economy
NNPC Ltd to stop petrol importation by December 2024
The NNPC Limited has announced its plan to stop importing refined petroleum products by December 2024. The company’s group chief executive officer, Mele Kyari, disclosed this at a meeting with the speaker of the house of representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. He was accompanied by a delegation of the company’s senior management team. Kyari said the NNPC would revive all the refineries…
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Global News
Ceasefire takes hold in Gaza ahead of hostage release, aid enters enclave
A temporary ceasefire between Israeli and Hamas forces took hold in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the first respite in 48 days of conflict that has devastated the Palestinian enclave, but both sides warned that the war was far from over. No big bombings, artillery strikes or rocket attacks were reported although Hamas and Israel both accused each other of…
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Homeland News
UPDATE: Tinubu summons meeting to end Ondo leadership crisis
President Bola Tinubu has summoned a meeting towards resolving the leadership crisis in Ondo State. WesternPost gathered that the meeting which will be attended by major stakeloders in the crisis will hold at thr Presidential Villa by 2pm. Among those expected at the meeting are the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, members of thr state house of assembly and some aides…
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Economy
Soludo: Tinubu inherited a dead economy, CBN violated the law by printing money
The governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, has said that the current administration led by President Bola Tinubu inherited a dead economy He made this remark on Thursday on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, where he also criticised the policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Soludo, who was the CBN governor from 2004 to 2009, said that…
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Perspectives
Soleye, Opaleye and Alli who lived in the shadows, By Dare Babarinsa
We are in the Ember months and the harmattan wind hangs in the air like incubus. Nigerians believe that the Ember months, that is the months starting from September to the closing days of December, are the period when the Grim Reaper is especially busy. There is no doubt that the people of Egbaland in Abeokuta would know that the…
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Politics
PHOTO NEWS: Jonathan visits Ganduje in Abuja
Former President Goodluck Jonathan paid a visit to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, in his residence in Abuja on Thursday. The party disclosed this via a post on its official X page. The lparty wrote, “The National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, received in audience former President Goodluck Jonathan @GEJonathan at his residence in Abuja.”
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Homeland News
Heavy security presence as Ondo Assembly plans to transfer power to Aiyedatiwa
Roads leading to the Ondo State House of Assembly have been taken over by security men as plans are underway by some members of the assembly to declare Governor Rotimi Akeredolu incapacitated. WesternPost gathered that some members of the assembly have concluded plans to make the Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa acting governor since Akeredolu has failed to step his foot…
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Perspectives
Wike and his N5m Certificate of Occupancy, By Bolaji Adebiyi
The FCT minister needs to be more temperate in his utterances, writes Bolaji Adebiyi Last Tuesday, Nyesom Wike, minister of Federal Capital Territory, was at it again. At a meeting with stakeholders of the FCT Mass Housing Scheme, he spoke about what appears to be a review of the scheme’s policy guidelines with respect to the issuance of Certificate of…
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