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Ogun traffic agency officer kidnapped on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
An officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Popoola Olasupo, was on Sunday abducted at Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Mr Olasupo was kidnapped at about 6:30 a.m. on Sunday while going to his duty post. It was also gathered that the police and local vigilantes are…
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17 takeaways from Fashola’s interview with Seun Okinbaloye on Channels Television
Minister of Works and Housing and former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN was the guest of Seun Okinbaloye on Channels TV Politics on Sunday on April 16th, 2023. The minister spoke on sundry issues including the victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the incoming President of Nigeria and why his party All Progressives Congress won the…
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FAAN advises travellers to make contingency plans ahead of aviation unions’ planned strike
Travellers and stakeholders have been advised by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to make contingency plans to avoid missing their flights due to a planned strike by aviation unions which could affect scheduled flight operations. In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, the management of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) warned that passengers may experience “disruptions in…
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Fashola dismisses allegations against Tinubu, says governance about performance, not sainthood
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has defended President-elect Bola Tinubu against allegations of corruption and misconduct. Speaking during an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, Fashola dismissed the allegations as unproven. “Every time it gets more difficult, that is his path to success. There is no easy day for him. The more difficult it gets, you can be…
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Social justice indispensable to overcome global challenges, ILO tells World Bank, IMF
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Gilbert F. Houngbo, has called for coherent multilateral action to strengthen the social dimension of sustainable development and economic growth – as envisaged by the ILO’s proposed Global Coalition for Social Justice. In statements delivered at the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington D.C., Houngbo highlighted the need for social justice, to…
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Dino Melaye emerges Kogi PDP governorship candidate
Dino Melaye, a former senator, Kogi West Senatorial District, has been declared winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Melaye polled 313 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Idoko Ilonah, who got 124 votes in the Direct Mode primary election on Sunday in Lokoja. The Chairman, PDP Primary…
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Buhari shares warm moments with governors, other officials in Makkah
President Muhammadu Buhari on the fifth day of his official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, shared a warm moment with some of the country’s governors and other officials, where he was updated on ongoing situations including the conclusion of outstanding elections back in the country. At the Makkah Guest Palace where he is accommodated by the government of…
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Chidi Amuta, Peter Obi and the ‘Obidient’s’ thriving tyranny, By Dele Alake
Nothing captures and portrays the crisis of credibility and integrity of the vast majority of a sectional intelligentsia than a recent piece by Dr Chidi Amuta titled ‘Peter Obi and the looming tyranny’. To some who thought Chidi was supposedly more cosmopolitan, liberal, less parochial and less paranoid, his vituperation is more revealing than concealing.In the absurd and falsely alarmist…
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Atiku calls for arrest, prosecution of Adamawa REC over botched supplementary poll
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has raised the alarm over what he called attempt to upturn the democratic wishes of the people of Adamawa State in the governorship election in the state. Atiku, in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, said that the initial decision of the Resident Electoral Commissioner…
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Multi-tracking Nigeria has become a compelling project, By Tunde Akanni
For the first time in the history of the country, and also acutely contrasting with simple logic and commonsense, a second runner up in the presidential election February 25, 2023, is making a most laughable claim of having won the election. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of All Peoples Congress, APC, had won the election with no fewer than two million…
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