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LP demands removal of INEC chairman, investigation of finances
The Labour Party (LP) has called for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The party also urged the international community to take “punitive action” against Yakubu and other top officials of the electoral body over the handling of the 2023 elections. In a press conference held in Abuja on…
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Rivers govt to pay Julius Berger N150bn upfront for road project
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has announced that the state government will pay Julius Berger Nigeria Plc over N150 billion as an advance for a road project in the oil-rich state. The governor made this known during the signing ceremony of the construction of the Port Harcourt Ring Road between the state government and Julius Berger on Wednesday. “On our…
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Kwara FADAMA CARES: KWSG trains extension agents, advisory experts
The Kwara State government on Thursday had a technical session with the experts/agents recruited to provide extension and advisory services to the beneficiaries of the Fadama NG-CARES Programme. The training, tagged “Orientation for Extension and Advisory Service Providers” was an essential part of the implementation procedure for disbursement and was to aid and perfect the second phase of Kwara Fadama…
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Tinubu vows to reclaim Nigeria, pledges commitment to women’s concerns
President Bola Tinubu has assured women in the country that his administration is committed to ensuring that Nigeria is retrieved from the vested interests that have stifled her development. He also assured the women that issues of security, healthcare system and industrialization would be top on the priorities of his administration. President Tinubu spoke on Thursday at the State House when…
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Senate confirms service chiefs’ appointment
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointments of Service Chiefs, whose names were presented by President Bola Tinubu to the upper house last week. The service chiefs’ appointment were confirmed following an extensive screening process conducted behind closed doors. The newly confirmed service chiefs are Christopher Musa as the Chief of Defence Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja as the Chief of Army…
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Tribunal dismisses petition challenging Makinde’s victory
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Ibadan on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by the Allied Peoples’ Movement against the March 18 victory of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. The APM had challenged the declaration of Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the winner after polling 563,756 votes. The News Agency…
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Tinubu hails Soyinka, Folu Adeboye on 89th, 75th birthdays
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has poured encomiums on Nobel Laureate and elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka, and wife of General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Folu Adeboye on their 89th and 75th birthdays respectively. This was contained in separate statements signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake. The…
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Tunde Rahman: Rugged PRO gets his due, By Tunde Olusunle
Non-initiates marvel at the peculiarity of the rapprochement which subsists between media practitioners, even when they differ in opinions and even political disposition. My very good friend and brother Segun Ayobolu served as Media Adviser to Bola Tinubu now President, when the latter was governor of Lagos State. Within the period, I was engaged in the Olusegun Obasanjo/Atiku Abubakar government,…
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The bicycle boy who built an empire, By Dare Babarinsa
A sea of humanity bid Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun, founder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), farewell last week in Ijebu-Ode. It was grand, the kind of occasion that befitted his sense of grandeur and his love of drama. The high priests of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) were there in large numbers for Balogun was an influential and…
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Again, court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s rights suit against DSS
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that Kanu’s suit lacked merit and ought to be dismissed. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Kanu, in the…
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