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EXCLUSIVE: Fears mount as Buhari keeps mum over assent to Electoral Act amendment
There is currently palpable fear over what becomes the fate of statutory delegates to political parties’ conventions less than 10 days to the start of presidential primaries as President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to sign the new amendment to the electoral law. WesternPost exclusively reported that the National Assembly would effect a change to the Electoral Law after it was…
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G7 finance ministers, central bank governors meet in Germany
The Federal Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner, together with the President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Joachim Nagel, will host and lead the work process of the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors until 31 December 2022. Here, G7 finance ministers and central bank governors will discuss current issues and challenges in the area of finance policy. Germany is pursuing…
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Fayemi inspects, airport, school, bus terminal, other projects in Ekiti
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi on Thursday inspected numerous ongoing projects in the state. In a post on his Facebook page, the governor said he was at a bus terminal project, the airport project and the Memorial Model College under construction. “I was on my routine inspection of the Bus Terminal project in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti Agro-allied Cargo Airport and Ekiti…
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Police arrest kidnappers of Greenfield University students
The Nigeria Police has announced the arrest of two suspected kidnappers of students of Greenfield University, Kaduna. This was disclosed in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Wednesday. The arrest comes more than a year after the incident happened in Kaduna when gunmen invaded the school hostel and went away with 20 students and three…
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Abe condemns Rivers APC congress, promises not to leave party
A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State, Magnus Abe has condemned the violence which characterised the ward congress of the party in the state. In a statement he personally signed, Abe accused immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of being behind the violence. He accused Amaechi of unleashing violence on anyone who does not…
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Osinbajo promises hotel accommodation, feeding for 7,000 APC primary delegates
The Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Campaign Organisation on Wednesday said that it would provide hotel accommodation for more than 7,000 All Progressives Congress delegates across the country during the party’s presidential primary election. Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, Office of the Vice-President, disclosed this. Ojudu announced this to delegates in Minna, while wooing them to vote for…
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FCT minister orders closure of Dei-Dei market over violence
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello has ordered the immediate closure of the Dei-Dei timber market and other adjourning markets. Bello gave the order on Wednesday when he visited the market after the violence that engulfed the market earlier in the day. According to a statement by Anthony Ogunleye, his chief press secretary, the minister said the violence…
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Reps aspirant, Ajia, seeks support ahead party primaries
By Mosunmola Ayobami,Kwara Ahead of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primaries, Ibrahim Ajia, an aspirant for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency has said if given the opportunity to represent the good people of his constituency,he will be an active, relevant, and a performing green chamber member. Ajia,a philanthropist and 2019 gubernatorial aspirant, pointed out that his mission is to attract federal…
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Soyinka gives FUNAAB Ijegba Forestage’s custody
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has given up the custody of his Ijegba forestage in Abeokuta to the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. The institution announced this in a statement by the Registrar, Dr. Bola Adekola on Tuesday. According to the statement, the institution and Soyinka signed a Memorandum of Understanding to seal the deal. Ijegba Forestage, comprising several hectares…
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Why is Turkey causing problems for Finland and Sweden’s plans to join NATO?
Just when it seemed like Finland and Sweden’s accession into NATO was imminent, Turkey has taken its allies by surprise by throwing a wrench into the works. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he didn’t view “positively” the Nordic countries’ desire to join the alliance, accusing the two of being “like guesthouses for terror organizations.” He told his party lawmakers in…
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