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Homeland News
How we are building Lagos to global financial and tech startup hub – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, during an interview on ‘Business Live with Ian King on Sky News’ in London, on Friday, speaks on Lagos participation in the Lord Mayor’s Show in London, the inauguration of the Lagos International Financial Centre Council, commitment of his administration to attract more investments to the State and President Bola Tinubu’s government What kind…
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News from States
Kwara Gov swears-in SA on Education, inaugurates committee on university of education*
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday swore-in the new Special Adviser on Education Dr. Ariyike Salau, with the Governor saying that her appointment was to strengthen the policy direction in the education sector of the state. AbdulRazaq said the administration is taking all necessary steps to bequeath an education system that gives every Kwara child a fair shot in…
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Perspectives
My party lost the election but Liberia won, By George Weah
ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR. GEORGE MANNEH WEAH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA CONCERNING THE RESULTS OF THE RUN-OFF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS HELD ON NOVEMBER 14, 2023 MONROVIA, LIBERIA NOVEMBER 17, 2023 MY FELLOW LIBERIANS, DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I stand before you tonight with a heavy heart, but with the utmost respect for the democratic process…
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Global News
Liberia election results: President George Weah calls Joseph Boakai to congratulate him
Liberian President George Weah has called his challenger in the presidential race, Joseph Boakai, to congratulate him on his victory. In an address to the nation he said “the Liberian people have spoken and we have heard their voice”. The opposition candidate holds an unassailable lead of 28,000 votes with nearly all ballots counted. A former football star, President Weah…
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News from States
Jonathan: I would have moved my mother to Abuja if Diri had lost
Goodluck Jonathan, the former president, said he would have moved his mother to Abuja, the capital city, if Bayelsa’s governor, Duoye Diri, had lost the election. Jonathan visited Diri in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Friday and praised the governor for tackling the issue of insecurity in the state. He said that cultism and kidnapping have declined from the “oppressive…
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Development
FG to include Almajiris in school feeding program
The Federal Government on Friday said plans are underway to conduct headcounts of Almajiris in the country and enroll them into the homegrown school feeding programme by the present administration. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Schools Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, revealed this during a courtesy call on the Executive Governor of Nasarawa state, Abdullahi A. Sule in…
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Politics
APC hails Appeal Court verdicts on Kano, Zamfara governorship elections
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the judiciary for upholding the will of the people in the governorship elections of Kano and Zamfara states. In a press statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, Esq., the party said the Appeal Court judgements delivered on Thursday and Friday were epochal and rekindled confidence in the courts as the…
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National News
Tinubu cancels 40% IGR deduction policy for federal universities
President Bola Tinubu has cancelled the policy of automatically deducting 40 per cent of the internally generated revenues (IGR) of federal universities. He said the policy was ill-timed and detrimental to the universities. He made this announcement on Friday at the 75th Founder’s Day ceremony of the University of Ibadan (UI), where he was represented by the Minister of Education,…
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Perspectives
Matters arising in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi off-cycle polls, By Tunde Rahman
Former President Goodluck Jonathan last weekend opened the debate on the propriety or otherwise of off-season elections. Speaking in an interview with journalists after voting at his Ward 13 Otuoke, Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa State in last Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election, Dr. Jonathan asked the country to put a stop to off-cycle elections, explaining that if the trend continued a time…
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Development
First Lady visits Sierra Leone, advocates against sexual exploitation, abuse, violence in Africa
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has emphasized the need for women and girls to speak up when sexually exploited, abused or violated as this will not only help them access help and heal, but give others the confidence to speak up. She was speaking at the special prayers organized by the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone…
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