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PMB lands softly on a sofa floor
This has been a week of reflection, introspection, and rumination. It’s the last full week of a journey that started eight years ago. And like Yoruba people say, if you can ponder, then you will wonder, and be filled with thanksgiving to God. That was what Wednesday was dedicated to. Looking backwards, inwards, and forward, as the last Federal Executive…
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BREAKING: Supreme Court dismisses PDP’s case challenging Tinubu, Shettima’s candidacy
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the candidacy of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the Court of Appeal that the PDP does not have a locus standi to file the case. The PDP had accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of double…
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Commonwealth names Osinbajo leader of Sierra Leone election observer group
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has accepted the offer to lead the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) constituted by Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt. Hon Patricia Scotland to observe the general elections in Sierra Leone. The Secretary-General constituted the observer group, a team of distinguished experts upon the invitation from the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone for next month’s polls in the West…
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Buhari advises Tinubu, Shettima to lead with courage, wisdom, compassion
…says ‘I have run a good race, I have finished my course’ “I have run a good race, I have finished my course. It is now time for another to take up the baton,’’ says President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja, after the investiture of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR and Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, GCON. The investiture of…
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FG grants Nigeria Governors’ Forum request to halt deductions, repay Paris Club debts
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has received confirmation from the federal government that their request to cease further deductions from states’ accounts for Paris Club debt obligations has been granted. The decision was announced in a communiqué issued at the conclusion of the 7th emergency meeting of the forum, held in Abuja on Tuesday. During the meeting, Aminu Tambuwal, the…
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Abe thanks Rivers people for believing his dreams
Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers state, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has expressed appreciation to Rivers people for believing in his dreams and vision for a better Rivers state. In a statement posted on his Facebook account to appreciate his family, friends, supporters and all those who found time to celebrate his 58th birthday on Wednesday,…
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More women engage in trafficking, adoption crimes – NAPTIP
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has revealed that a larger percentage of trafficking and adoption crimes in the country are committed by women. Director-General, NAPTIP, Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, disclosed this on Thursday at the ongoing workshop in Awka, organised for Non-Governmental Organisations from Anambra, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states. Waziri-Azi, represented by the Director,…
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PHOTO NEWS: Osinbajo receives Shettima in Vice President office ahead of inauguration
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday received in audience at the Vice Presidential Wing of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa the Vice President-elect, Senator Kashmir Shettima. During the meeting, Osinbajo handed over documents to Shettima and conducted the incoming number two citizen round the office complex.
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari confers Tinubu, Shettima with GCFR, GCON honours
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday conferred the nation’s highest honour Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima was also conferred with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) honour.
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Tinubu bags highest national honour, promises not to disappoint Nigerians
…praises President Buhari for honouring MKO Abiola President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised not to disappoint Nigerians who put their trust in him by electing him their president. The President-elect said this on Thursday, during his investiture as Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) – the nation’s highest honour-and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima as Grand Commander of the Order…
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